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48 maltatoday, SUNDAY, 21 AUGUST 2016 Sport FOOTBALL BOV Premier League Floriana - Pembroke Athleta ............. 2-1 Balzan - Mosta ................................ Late England - Premier League Stoke City - Manchester City ............. 1-4 Burnley - Liverpool ......................... 2-0 Swansea City - Hull City ................... 0-2 Tottenham Hotspur - Crystal Palace .. 1-0 Watford - Chelsea ............................ 1-2 West B. Albion - Everton .................. 1-2 Laicester City - Arsenal .................... 0-0 Today 14:30 Sunderland - Middlesbrough 17:00 West H.United - AFC Bournemouth Italy - Serie A Roma - Udinese .............................. 4-0 Juventus - Fiorentina ....................... Late Today 18:00 AC Milan - Torino 20:45 Atalanta - Lazio 20:45 Bologna - Crotone 20:45 ChievoVerona - Inter 20:45 Empoli - Sampdoria 20:45 Genoa - Cagliari 20:45 Palermo - Sassuolo 20:45 Pescara - SSC Napoli Spain - Liga BBVA Barcelona - Real Betis ..................... 6-2 Granada - Villarreal ......................... Late Sevilla - Espanyol ............................ Late Today 18:15 sporting Lisbon - Athletic Bilbao 20:15 Real Sociedad - Real Madrid 22:15 Atletico Madrid - Alaves Tomorrow 20:00 Celta Vigo - Leganes 22:00 Valencia - Las Palmas Football Results & Fixtures Promoted Burnley stun wasteful Liverpool MANCHESTER City joined Man- chester United on maximum points and climbed to first in the Premier League with a convincing 4-1 win at Stoke. England goalkeeper Joe Hart again remained a substitute but City's season and Pep Guardiola's reign as manager gained a sense of momen- tum with a third victory in eight days. Last week's 2-1 defeat of Sun- derland was followed by Wednes- day's 5-0 Champions League win at Steaua Bucharest. At Stoke, two goals each from Sergio Aguero and Nolito brought City's goals total to 11 in three games. First-half finishes from Aguero, the first from the penalty spot, had given City a convincing lead. Stoke's Bojan Krkic scored a pen- alty in the 49th minute. Nolito then secured the three points in the 86th before adding his second five min- utes into stoppage time. Burnley impressively earned their first points of the season by defeat- ing Liverpool 2-0. Their visitors' 4-3 win at Arsenal last weekend suggested they could emerge as title contenders. But for all of their dominance of possession and their many goalscoring chanc- es, they were unable to overcome Burnley's resilience. Sam Vokes scored from outside the area in the second minute, and Andre Gray added their second in the 37th minute from similar range. Unlike Liverpool, Chelsea proved capable of recovering from going behind to win 2-1 at Watford. As with Monday's 2-1 defeat of West Ham, a late winning goal from Diego Costa from close range se- cured all three points for new man- ager Antonio Conte. Substitute and summer signing Michy Batshuayi had equalised sev- en minutes earlier in the 80th min- ute, also from close range. Etienne Capoue had given Watford a 55th- minute lead. The result leaves Chelsea in fourth place with six points from two games, behind only City, United and Hull, who won 2-0 at Swansea. City's lack of a permanent man- ager and thin squad meant they re- mained many observers' favourites for relegation back to the Champi- onship, even after last week's 2-1 win over champions Leicester. Substitute Shaun Maloney gave them the lead with a close-range finish in the 79th minute, and Abel Hernandez secured all three points in the second minute of stoppage time. They could yet struggle if they do not strengthen before the transfer window closes, but two wins from two gives them the fighting chance many feared they would not have. Tottenham climbed to sixth, on four points, with a 1-0 home win over Crystal Palace. Summer signing Victor Wanyama headed his first goal for the club in the 83rd minute, leaving Alan Pardew's team with two defeats from two and bottom of the table. Fifth-placed Everton also have four points, having won 2-1 at West Brom. Gareth McAuley had headed the hosts into the lead in the ninth minute. Kevin Mirallas then rolled in Everton's equaliser on the stroke of half-time. Ronald Koeman's first victory as Everton manager was secured when Gareth Barry forced in from close range after a corner on the hour mark. In the evening's late kick-off, Ar- senal and Leicester responded to losses in the opening weekend of the season by drawing 0-0 at the King Power Stadium. Laurent Koscielny returned to Ar- senal's injury-hit defence in place of Calum Chambers. But despite them being the supe- rior team they were unable to secure the goal needed to lift the pressure that has already built on manager Arsene Wenger. Sam Vokes of Burnley scores against Liverpool Sergio Aguero is congratulated after scoring for Man City against Stoke