Full-time

City win!

FT: Burnley 0-3 Man City

Change for City

McAtee on for Walker.

90+5 mins: Burnley 0-3 Man City

RED CARD

And it’s a red! Zarouri is off!

90+4 mins: Burnley 0-3 Man City

Yellow for Zarouri

He clips Kyle Walker, sliding in from behind. First booking of the game. VAR check on to see if it should be a red. Referee is called to the screen to have another look.

90+3 mins: Burnley 0-3 Man City

Late changes for Burnley

Brownhill replaces Sander Berge and Nathan Redmond comes on for his Burnley debut in place of Foster.

Six minutes of added time announced.

90+1 mins: Burnley 0-3 Man City

City still pressing for the fourth

Phil Foden went close with an effort from the edge of the box and Alvarez came close to finding the back of the net with a shot that inched just wide of the post.

89 mins: Burnley 0-3 Man City

Burnley release statement on incident involving Rico Lewis

In the first half, Man City defender Lewis was struck by a lighter thrown from the stands. Meanwhile, as we speak, another fan has attempted to run onto the pitch but before he could, he was apprehended by the stewards.

We are aware of an incident that happened in the first half of the match where a missile was thrown at Manchester City player Rico Lewis.
This is unacceptable.
The person responsible has been identified and removed from the ground by the police.
Any individual found guilty of…
— Burnley FC (@BurnleyOfficial) August 11, 2023

Changes for City

Josko Gvardiol comes on for City debut, replacing Rico Lewis.

Laporte replaces Ake and Cole Palmer replaces Haaland. No hat trick for him then.

80 mins: Burnley 0-3 Man City

Game, set, match for City

If it wasn’t already, the game is done now. Rodri’s goal caps off what has been a typically assured City performance.

79 mins: Burnley 0-3 Man City

GOAL!

Rodri lashes home!

75 mins: Burnley 0-3 Man City

Change for Burnley

Bayer is off, Benson is on.

73 mins: Burnley 0-2 Man City

Rodri has shot blocked

He strides forward unopposed and takes a shot from about 25 yards out but it’s well blocked by Al-Dakhil. He should have let it rip a tad earlier.

67 mins: Burnley 0-2 Man City

Changes for Burnley

Zaroury and Bruun Larsen are on in place of Amdouni and Koleosho.

62 mins: Burnley 0-2 Man City

Alvarez shoots wide

Haaland muscles away O’Shea and lays the ball off for Alvarez whose first touch is poor and takes him away from goal and his shot is wayward.

60 mins: Burnley 0-2 Man City

Flurry of corners for City

O’ Shea’s sliding block on a Haaland shot from the right wins City a corner. It doesn’t amount to much but the ball is worked back into the box, where Foden’s acrobatic effort at the far post is blocked for another corner.

Burnley deal with it easily.

54 mins: Burnley 0-2 Man City

Burnley start on the front foot

Encouraging start by Burnley, who are sticking to their guns. Foster is seeing lot more of the ball and a nice battle between him and Rico Lewis is developing.

Berge’s influence on the game has grown too.

50 mins: Burnley 0-2 Man City

Back underway

Second half kicks off

46 mins: Burnley 0-2 Man City

Pep doesn’t seem happy

He’s seen venting at Haaland as they walk off the pitch, clearly upset about something the Norwegian has or hasn’t done. Haaland’s got two goals in the half but Guardiola isn’t pleased. It seems strange but it’s these exacting standards that have won him so much glory.

GOAL
It’s Haaland, who else?

De Bruyne swings a cross across goal that finds Rodri at the far-post, whose header back into the middle is volleyed into the bottom corner by Haaland.#BURMCI https://t.co/ewSe1VXksW pic.twitter.com/UR9nyBKEZb
— Inside Pitakwa (@PitakwaJobzilla) August 11, 2023

Half-time

Too easy for City.

HT: Burnley 0-2 Man City

Five minutes added on

First half will see an additional five minutes with De Bruyne’s injury having a role in time added on.

45+1 mins: Burnley 0-2 Man City

Otherworldly Haaland

He’s had just nine touches in the game so far, the second fewest among the 22 players on the pitch. Yet, he’s already scored twice.

41 mins: Burnley 0-2 Man City

Corner for Burnley

Burnley quickly go down the other end and win a corner after Bernardo is caught in possession.

GOAL

Haaland gets his second with a stunning finish.

He receives the ball on the turn from Alvarez in the box and with hardly a glance at goal, he smashes it into the top corner.

Two goals for Haaland and we’re still in the first 45 minutes of the season!

35 mins: Burnley 0-2 Man City

‘Boring, boring City’

That’s what the Burnley fans are chanting as City consolidate possession after a nervy passage that saw the Clarets go close on a couple of occasions. They are all camping outside the Burnley box now, patiently trying to squeeze out an opening. It’s been a good content so far at Turf Moor.

33 mins: Burnley 0-1 Man City

Rodri cleans up

Rico Lewis’ pass back to his center backs is intercepted by Amdouni who skipped past Akanji and was through on goal before Rodri nipped in from behind to get a touch and stymie him.

28 mins: Burnley 0-1 Man City

Tactical switch

De Bruyne’s injury has altered City’s shape. Foden has moved to the right, Alvarez has gone on the left and Bernardo has moved more central.

25 mins: Burnley 0-1 Man City

Change for City

De Bruyne’s night has ended and he’s replaced by Matteo Kovacic, who is making his Premier League debut for City.

23 mins: Burnley 0-1 Man City

De Bruyne pulls up

The Belgian is on his haunches and the City physios are treating to him. He’s handed the armband to Walker and appears to be going off.

22 mins: Burnley 0-1 Man City

Burnley continue to grow in confidence

Amdouni receives the ball on the edge of the box and darts inside before taking a shot on his left from 20 yards out.

It’s straight to Ederson, who mops up easily. Burnley’s first shot on target. They’ve raised their tempo.

19 mins: Burnley 0-1 Man City

Koleosho shoots over

Beautiful piece of play by Burnley. They pass it well amongst themselves and work it up into the City box rather silkily. A cut back from the right finds Koleosho, who can’t get over it and sends it miles wide. Encouraging move however, that draws cheers from the Turf Moor crowd.

16 mins: Burnley 0-1 Man City

City in cruise control

They’ve hardly broken a sweat here and are moving the ball around with such authority. De Bruyne is popping up all over the pitch. He finds himself down the left wing this time and Haaland on the far shins it above goal. Delicious cross.

12 mins: Burnley 0-1 Man City

Penalty shout

Burnely want a penalty after Akanji drags back Amdouni in the box. VAR checked it and quickly ruled it out. That was a 50-50 – won’t be surprised to see offenses like that penalised later on in the season.

8 mins: Burnley 0-1 Man City

GOAL

It’s Haaland, who else?

De Bruyne swings a cross across goal that finds Rodri at the far-post, whose header back into the middle is volleyed into the bottom corner by Haaland.

That did not take long…

3 mins: Burnley 0-1 Man City

Man City

Formation 4-2-3-1

31Ederson
2Walker
25Akanji
6Aké
82Lewis
17De Bruyne
16Rodri
20Bernardo Silva
19Álvarez
47Foden
9Haaland

Substitutes

4Phillips
8Kovacic
10Grealish
14Laporte
18Ortega
21Gómez
24Gvardiol
80Palmer
87McAtee

Referee:Craig Pawson

Burnley

Formation 4-4-2

1Trafford
14Roberts
2O’Shea
28Al Dakhil
5Beyer
30Koleosho
16Berge
24Cullen
22da Silva
25Amdouni
17Foster

Substitutes

4Cork
7Gudmundsson
8Brownhill
10Manuel
15Redmond
18Ekdal
19Zaroury
34Bruun Larsen
49Muric

Premier League: Man City & Burnley name line-ups for season opener

#BURMCI

Premier League: Man City & Burnley name line-ups for season opener#BURMCI pic.twitter.com/iShhesw8uP
— Inside Pitakwa (@PitakwaJobzilla) August 11, 2023

The Premier League is back! The new season gets underway tonight with newly-promoted Burnley hosting the reigning champions Manchester City at Turf Moor. It’s been two months since the conclusion of the 2022/23 season saw City defeat Inter Milan and claim a treble of trophies in the Champions League, Premier League and FA Cup.

Pep Guardiola will be hoping to repeat that success in this new campaign but City have been updating their squad this summer. Captain, Ilkay Gundogan, has moved to Barcelona, and Riyad Mahrez has joined Saudi Pro League club Al-Ahli. Mateo Kovacic and Josko Gvardiol have since joined up with the champions and could feature in their first league game for the club this evening.

Burnley, meanwhile, are hoping to build on an outstanding season in the Championship under boss Vincent Kompany. They notched up 101 points in 46 games, scoring the most goals (87) and conceding the fewest (35) after a successful rebuild in the second tier. As Kompany prepares to face off against his old team he’ll be hoping that the Clarets bring this form and skill into the Premier League.

Pep Guardiola expects Man City’s standards ‘to drop’ this season

Pep Guardiola claims it is inevitable standards will drop at Manchester City following last season’s treble success.

The City boss accepts it is unlikely his team will be able to match the intensity that saw them pick up the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League trophies last term as a new campaign begins.
The Spaniard wants to make sure City pace their challenge for further silverware and is not even thinking about an end goal yet.

Manchester City treble heroics were ‘once in a lifetime’ triumph – Pep Guardiola

Pep Guardiola feels it is “almost impossible” for Manchester City to repeat last season’s treble-winning heroics.

City will begin the 2023-24 campaign as favourites in all competitions but Guardiola is not expecting a repeat of last term, when his side claimed Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup success.
“It feels like it finished yesterday but we start again,” said the City manager, whose side travel to Burnley for their Premier League opener on Friday.

Burnley vs Manchester City

Kompany also admitted that he will be able to put aside his connections with Manchester City when his Burnley team look to get their season off to a flying start.

“It has been an awkward month or so with congratulations flying back and forth between a lot of the people I know there,” said Kompany about City.

“They won the league, then FA Cup, then Champions League. They are people I have worked and lived with many years of my life. The contact will always be there.

“Now we have to put everything behind us and go toe to toe. We will try to do the best we can.
“Our concern is starting the league with everyone on zero points, so we have to get the best of ourselves and that is what we care about.”

Burnley vs Manchester City

Burnley have won one of their last 23 league matches against Manchester City (with six draws and 16 defeats). The Clarets have lost each of the last eight by an aggregate score of 26-1.

City have claimed 11 consecutive victories versus the Clarets in all competitions, scoring 40 goals and conceding one.