Tottenham haunt Man City again, Gyokeres opens Arsenal account in Leeds rout

MANCHESTER :It took 10 Premier League games for the first cracks to appear in Manchester City's facade last season, but Pep Guardiola got a much earlier reminder of his side's fall from grace on Saturday in another defeat to Tottenham Hotspur.

The optimism of City's opening-weekend romp at Wolverhampton Wanderers quickly evaporated as their first home game of the season ended in a 2-0 loss to the London club.

Arsenal completed the 60-million-pound signing of Eberechi Eze before kicking off against Leeds United in the late game, and their day got better as new striker Viktor Gyokeres scored twice in a 5-0 hammering to put them ahead of Tottenham on goal difference at the top of the formative league table.

Aston Villa are still to register a goal after two games as they went down 1-0 at Brentford while Bournemouth also earned their first points of the season with a 1-0 home win against Wolves. Burnley ensured that all three promoted clubs have a win after two rounds of fixtures as they beat fellow newcomers Sunderland 2-0 at Turf Moor.

TOTTENHAM AGAIN

When Tottenham beat Manchester City on the opening day of the 2020-21 season it proved of no consequence as Guardiola's side went on to win the first of four successive titles.

Last season a 4-0 home loss in November was proof that their reign of domination was coming to an end.

Guardiola is beginning a new chapter at The Etihad Stadium with several of his serial trophy winners now having left. But the Tottenham problem remains unsolved.

He has now lost eight of his last 15 matches in all competitions against Tottenham, who always seem to relish facing City whatever the state of their own form.

Tottenham, also at the start of a new journey under Thomas Frank, endured a frustrating