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maltatoday, SUNDAY, 11 SEPTEMBER 2016 49 PEP Guardiola drew first blood against Jose Mourinho as Man- chester City clinched a thrilling 2-1 derby win at Manchester United. The pair renewed their rivalries after locking horns while at Barce- lona and Real Madrid respectively but it was Guardiola who bagged the bragging rights at Old Trafford as City took the outright lead in the Premier League. City ended United's 100 per cent start under Mourinho, who started Marcus Rashford on the bench, as Kevin De Bruyne and Kelechi Ihea- nacho scored to earn the visitors their first derby win since 2014. Debutant Claudio Bravo flapped at Wayne Rooney's free kick to gift Zlatan Ibrahimovic a goal - mean- ing the striker has four goals in his first four games for United - just before the break but the hosts could not force the equaliser. Ibrahimovic also had a shot cleared off the line but City came closest in the second half when De Bruyne hit the inside of the post af- ter good work from debutant Leroy Sane. Liverpool's much-anticipated return to a new-look Anfield did not disappoint with a 4-1 win over champions Leicester. It was a lively performance in the shadow of their gigantic, rebuilt £115million main stand as the early stages of the Foxes' defence of their title continued to stutter. A second defeat in four league matches, having lost just three times last season on the way to their unexpected trophy, was not the preparation they would have wanted heading into a Champions League debut against Club Brugge on Wednesday. Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane gave the home side a deserved 2-0 lead before a shambolic moment of madness saw Lucas Leiva pass to Jamie Vardy in the six-yard box and briefly change the tone. However, Adam Lallana's third goal for club and country in six matches, having taken until Janu- ary to reach that mark last season, and a late second for Firmino en- sured the celebratory atmosphere did not fall flat. Tottenham ran riot at Stoke as Harry Kane ended his goal drought in a 4-0 win. The England striker had not scored in his previous nine games for club and country after a poor Euro 2016 but he wrapped up Spurs' victory at the Britannia Sta- dium. Son Heung-min's brace put Spurs 2-0 ahead before Dele Alli scored his first goal of the season after the break and Kane opened his ac- count. Stoke boss Mark Hughes, who gave on-loan Manchester City striker Wilfried Bony his debut, was also sent to the stands in the first half. Watford hit back from 2-0 down to clinch a stunning 4-2 win at West Ham to seal their first victory of the season. Odion Ighalo, Troy Deeney, Etienne Capoue and Jose Holebas scored as the visitors recorded their first league victory under Walter Mazzarri, who was appointed in the summer. The Hammers were 2-0 up after 33 minutes following two Michail Antonio goals but Watford were level by half time when Ighalo and Deeney pounced. Capoue put them ahead eight minutes after the break and Holebas fired in after an error from West Ham goalkeeper Adrian. Santi Cazorla's injury-time pen- alty earned Arsenal a last-gasp 2-1 win over Southampton as new signing Lucas Perez struggled on his Premier League debut. Petr Cech was credited with an own goal after Dusan Tadic's free- kick hit the bar and then the goal- keeper to give Saints the lead at the Emirates but Laurent Koscielny's fantastic overhead kick made it 1-1. New £17million striker Perez, who joined from Deportivo La Co- runa, made little impact and was substituted in the second half but Olivier Giroud was fouled by Jose Fonte in injury time and Cazorla won it from the spot. Christian Benteke opened his account for Crystal Palace as they sealed a 2-1 win at Middlesbrough, whose unbeaten start to the season was ended. The striker, who joined from Liverpool in the summer, headed the opener before Wilfried Zaha struck his first Premier League goal in 10 months to win it for the Eagles. Daniel Ayala had pegged the visi- tors back in the first half at the Riv- erside but George Friend's mistake allowed Zaha to score just after the re-start. Jack Wilshere made his Bourne- mouth debut and helped the Cher- ries to a 1-0 win over West Brom. Callum Wilson grabbed the winner with 11 minutes left, af- ter Arsenal loanee Wilshere had come off the bench, to secure three points for the hosts. At Burnley, Robert Snodgrass' injury-time equaliser snatched a point for Hull as they drew 1-1. Steven Defour had opened the scoring with 18 minutes left but Hull struck late on at Turf Moor. Sport FOOTBALL First blood to Guardiola as De Bruyne inspires City Kevin De Bruyne celebrates after giving Manchester City the lead Heung-Min Son scores Tottenham's second goal of the game