Saturday EPL summary

Manchester City started the new season on a good note

Raheem Sterling's hat-trick inspired a five-zero rout of West Ham as Manchester city commenced their quest for a 3rd straight top of the line League name in style in a contest wherein VAR performed a prominent position.

The england superstar struck a treble after Gabriel Jesus prodded the champions ahead in the twenty fifth minute of a one-sided affair at the London Stadium.

Sterling's well-worked first aim got here six mins after the interval and though a VAR evaluate determined he changed into offside before Jesus tapped in, he did locate the net once more 15 minutes from time to place town past the Hammers' attain.

Kane won the game for Tottenham with two late strikes

Tanguy Ndombele scored a sensational debut goal as Tottenham got here from at the back of to overcome best League new boys Aston Villa 3-1 way to Harry Kane's late double.

John McGinn's ninth-minute goal appeared set to mark Villa's go back to the pinnacle flight in fashion, with Champions League finalists Spurs – gambling with out the benched Christian Eriksen for over an hour – suffering to break down Dean Smith's facet.

Eriksen's introduction sparked urgency into Tottenham's assault and, after Tom Heaton had made a brilliant stop to disclaim Davinson Sanchez, Ndombele slammed home a high-quality equaliser at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. 

Every other high-quality Heaton stop stored Eriksen at bay, but Villa's resistance was ended whilst Kane capitalised on a mistake from Jack Grealish earlier than excellently tucking in his 2nd to add gloss to a hard-fought win.

Burnley Won their first game of the season

Ashley Barnes scored a brace as Burnley commenced their optimal League marketing campaign with a 3-0 victory over Southampton.

Barnes struck within the 63rd minute after which scored once more seven mins later, with Erik Pieters putting in both goals.

Johann Berg Gudmundsson secured victory for Burnley as he scored in the 75th minute.

Everton battled to a 0-0 draw against their hosts Crystal Palace

Iwobi linked up with the Toffees from Arsenal on Thursday and was deemed now not ready sufficient via Everton coach Marco Silva to feature in the match.

Everton had been reduced to 10-guys 14 mins from time when French midfielder, Morgan Schneiderlin became despatched off for a 2nd bookable offence.

At the Vicarage road, Isaac success performed for 15 mins in Watford’s 3-0 domestic loss to Brighton & Hove Albion. He replaced Andre gray in the game.

Brighton’s Nigeria defender, Leon Balogun turned into no longer listed for action in the match.