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EPL: Reactions as Grealish nets first Man City goal against Norwich, Liverpool beat Burnley
Social media has been reacting when Jack Grealish scored his first goal for Manchester City as the Premier League champions thrashed Norwich 5-0, while title rivals Liverpool extended their perfect start with a 2-0 victory against Burnley on Saturday.
Social media has been reacting when Jack Grealish scored his first goal for Manchester City as the Premier League champions thrashed Norwich 5-0, while title rivals Liverpool extended their perfect start with a 2-0 victory against Burnley on Saturday.
More so, Grealish marked his home debut following his British record £100 million ($136 million) move from Aston Villa with a close-range effort to double City’s lead in the first half.
Tim Krul’s own goal had given City the lead at the Etihad Stadium.
Aymeric Laporte, Raheem Sterling and Riyad Mahrez netted in the second half to ensure City bounced back from last weekend’s defeat at Tottenham.
The City had been beaten in both of Grealish’s previous appearances, losing the Community Shield against Leicester and then slumping in their Premier League opener.
Meanwhile, Grealish’s first goal since January helped show Pep Guardiola’s side they can cope without Harry Kane if their prolonged pursuit of the Tottenham striker ends in failure.
With the injured Kevin De Bruyne absent for City, Gabriel Jesus, Bernardo Silva and Laporte all started amid reports they are looking to leave after growing unhappy with their reduced roles last season.
However, at Anfield, Liverpool earned a second successive wins thanks to goals from Diogo Jota and Sadio Mane, but Reds boss Jurgen Klopp was angry with Burnley’s aggressive tackling.
Jota scored Liverpool’s first goal in the 3-0 win at Norwich last weekend and Portugal forward gave Klopp’s men the lead again with an 18th-minute header from Kostas Tsimikas’ cross.
‘Too dangerous’ -Senegal winger Mane opened his account for the season in the 69th minute.