First blood to Pep as City beat United 2-1

MANCHESTER, Pep Guardiola got one over his old rival Jose Mourinho as Manchester City edged an absorbing derby clash against Manchester United 2-1 on Saturday to go three points clear at the top of the Premier League.

The victory on their rivals’ home turf maintained their 100 percent start to the season and inflicted a first defeat on United, who looked second best for most of the encounter at Old Trafford.
Arsenal were lucky to escape with three points from a home clash with Southampton as Santi Cazorla held his nerve to score a 94th-minute penalty in a 2-1 win, while Son Heung-min scored twice as Tottenham Hotspur won 4-0 at Stoke City. Roberto Firmino scored twice in an eye-catching attacking display from Liverpool as they beat Leicester City 4-1 at home.
City’s Kevin de Bruyne was at his scintillating best and returned to haunt Mourinho, his former manager at Chelsea, by opening the scoring when he met a flicked header from Kelechi Iheanacho. He then created City’s second goal when his shot deflected off the post into Nigeria striker Iheanacho’s path. Zlatan Ibrahimovic reduced the deficit just before the break during a breathless first half after City’s new goalkeeper Claudio Bravo dropped a high cross at the Swede’s feet, one of several errors during an unconvincing debut. — Reuters
Ronaldo scores on return as Real equal club record
Madrid: Cristiano Ronaldo scored on his return from injury as Real Madrid thrashed promoted Osasuna 5-2 to equal the club’s 1960-61 record of 15 successive La Liga wins. Real have nine points from three games. Madrid rivals Atletico earlier recorded their first win of the season with a 4-0 away thrashing of Celta Vigo. One more win would equal Barcelona’s 2010-11 record of 16 in a row.
Meanwhile, in the German league, Bayern Munich ground out a 2-0 win at battling Schalke 04 on Friday.