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I-Manchester City ithathe igxathu eliseduze nesicoco se-Premier League ngoLwesithathu ngemuva kokunqoba ngamagoli amabili eqandeni ibhekene ne-West Ham e-Etihad.
Lo mdlalo umakwe njengoyingqophamlando, njengoba i-City kanye no-Erling Braut Haaland bedlale ngendlela emangalisayo ukuze bathole amaphuzu.
Alikho iqembu kumaligi amakhulu amahlanu ase-Europe eselike lashaya amagoli amaningi ukwedlula elikaPep Guardiola selokhu lo mqeqeshi wase-Spain waba umqeqeshi omkhulu eminyakeni eyisikhombisa edlule, njengoba i-Citizens isivalele amagoli angu-1 000.
I-City ithathe isikhathi ukuthi ibambe lo mdlalo njengoba i-West Ham ibinenkani ekuvikeleni ngesiwombe sokuqala, kodwa womabili amaqembu abedlala kahle.
Impumelelo iqhamuke ngemuva nje kwekhefu kuNathan Ake osuke ku-Riyad Mahrez waqala ukuhlaselela i-City.
Emzuzwini engu-70, uHaaland wase-Norway ushaye elinye irekhodi ngesikhathi eshaya igoli lika-35 lesizini.
Njengamanje ungumdlali onamagoli amaningi emkhankasweni owodwa we-Premier League, edlula u-Alan Shearer no-Andy Cole, amarekhodi abo afika kumasizini emidlalo engu-42.
UPhil Foden uthole ithuba sekwephuzile ukuze anikeze iqembu lakhe igoli lesithathu, ethumela iqembu lakhe iphuzu elingaphezulu kwe-Arsenal nomdlalo owodwa osele esandleni kuma-Gunners.
Komunye umdlalo wangoLwesithathu, i-Liverpool isinqobe amahlandla amahlanu ngosizo lukaMohamed Salah eshaya i-Fulham.
I-Reds ibingenalo ulaka njengasemidlalweni edlule, kanti-Cottagers ibavivinye kakhulu. Iphenalthi ngasekupheleni kwesiwombe sokuqala bekwiyona kuphela ebidingeka eqenjini likaJurgen Klopp ukuthi lithole wonke amaphuzu amathathu nokho liphumelela ngegoli elilodwa eqandeni.
Lokhu kunqoba kubashiya ngamaphuzu amane kwi-Champions League, yize sebedlale imidlalo emibili kune-Manchester United, ezovakashela e-Brighton ngoLwesine.
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