Dzeko hot as City drubs Spurs
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Shanghai Daily, August 29, 2011
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Edin Dzeko scored four as Manchester City maintained their 100% start to the season with an awesome display. [Source:Sina.com] |
Edin Dzeko and Manchester City continued their superb start to the season when the Bosnian striker bagged four goals in a vastly confident 5-1 win at a shell-shocked Tottenham Hotspur yesterday.
Debutante Samir Nasri was the architect of the first two goals as Roberto Mancini's expensively-assembled side made it three wins out of three and took over at the top of the English Premier League pending Manchester United hosting Arsenal later.
After investing more than a US$1 billion on players in three years, the Sheikh Mansour-owned team finally appears to be a cohesive attacking unit, having now scored 12 goals.
Former Arsenal midfielder Nasri had already gone close himself twice before putting in a perfect left-wing cross for Dzeko to prod home on 34 minutes at White Hart Lane.
Dzeko, who struggled when he arrived last season but has scored in every league game so far this term, netted again seven minutes later with an expert header from another Nasri ball from the left.
Dzeko's close-range third and Sergio Aguero scoring with aplomb underlined City's title aspirations before Spurs, beaten to a Champions League spot by the visitors last term, netted through Younes Kaboul.
Chelsea target Luka Modric was booed by his own Spurs fans and their mood darkened further when Dzeko bent in a brilliant fourth in injury time.
Early kickoff
In the other early kickoff, striker Leon Best scored twice in Newcastle United's 2-1 home win over Fulham.
Making his first start of the season, the Ireland striker tapped in from close range in the 48th minute after Yohan Cabaye's shot rebounded back off the bar before grabbing his second with a poked shot from 12 meters in the 66th.
United States midfielder Clint Dempsey's 88th-minute header from Danny Murphy's free kick ensured a tense finale but Newcastle held on.
The result followed up a 1-0 win at fierce rival Sunderland and moved the unbeaten northeast club level on seven points with Liverpool, Chelsea and Wolverhampton Wanderers after three matches. Fulham has just one point.
On Saturday, Juan Mata scored on his Chelsea debut in a 3-1 home win over promoted Norwich City while Jordan Henderson and Charlie Adam netted their first Liverpool goals in another 3-1 triumph over Bolton Wanderers.
Wolverhampton drew 0-0 at Aston Villa.
At the other end of the table Blackburn Rovers remain bottom without a point after Junior Hoilett and Mauro Formica missed penalties in a 0-1 home defeat by Everton which prevailed when Mikel Arteta made no mistake with his injury-time spotkick.
Franco Di Santo scored twice to give Wigan Athletic a 2-0 home win over promoted Queen's Park Rangers. Villa and Wigan are joint sixth.
Promoted Swansea, still looking for its first Premier League goal, drew 0-0 with Sunderland in south Wales.
