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Julian Alvarez scored the only goal of the game in the first half as Manchester City made light of any tired legs from Wednesday’s European Supercup final to beat Newcastle United 1-0 in the Premier League.
The Argentinean hit a powerful shot into the top corner of the net in the game on Saturday night in which City had the better of the chances against the side that finished fourth in the table last season.
Pape Sarr scored his first goal for Tottenham as Ange Postecoglou celebrated his first home league game in charge in north London with a win as his side beat Manchester United 2-0.
Tottenham were not in their best form in the first half of an entertaining game but were on top after the break and after Sarr’s header, they sealed the match after Lisandro Martinez deflected Ben Davies’ scuffed volley into his goal with seven minutes left to play.
Spurs fans will be pleased with their side’s attacking attitude without Harry Kane, but United were again disappointed after last weekend’s scrappy win over Wolves.
Brighton took a 15th-minute lead against Wolverhampton through Kaoru Mitoma’s excellent opening goal, which saw him beat four defenders before scoring and they went on to win 4-1 with Pervis Estupinan added a second at the start of the second half, before Solly March added further goals after 51 and 55 minutes.
Hwang Hee-chan netted a consolation for the Wolves, who ended with 10 men after Matheus Nunes was shown a red card deep into injury time.
