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Your support makes all the difference.Manchester City ran riot as they thrashed Watford 8-0 to record their biggest Premier League win.
Bernardo Silva scored a hat-trick while Kevin De Bruyne capped a midfield masterclass with a wonderful eighth goal for Pep Guardiola's side, who exorcised last week's 3-2 loss to Norwich in some style.
City needed less than a minute to get started as De Bruyne's sublime cross from the right found David Silva for a simple finish at the far post.
After Gerard Deulofeu missed a good chance for Watford, Sergio Aguero scored City's second from the spot six minutes in after Riyad Mahrez was fouled, and it was 3-0 after 12 minutes as the Algerian's free-kick was deflected past Ben Foster.
The goals just kept coming as Bernardo stooped to head in a fourth in the 15th minute before Nicolas Otamendi, a key culprit against Norwich last week, finished off from Aguero's square ball three minutes later.
Aguero then missed when through one-on-one before hitting the post as Watford made it to half-time without conceding again, but Bernardo scored his first Premier League hat-trick with two goals early in the second half.
Still the champions pushed forward as Mahrez struck the crossbar and they were not done as De Bruyne powered in what might have been the pick of the bunch five minutes from time.
If all that was a response to last week's defeat at Norwich, the Canaries went in the opposite direction as they lost 2-0 at Burnley.
Chris Wood struck twice in the space of five minutes to put the hosts in control at Turf Moor.
First he stooped to head in Ashley Westwood's low corner in the 10th minute, and then he got across his defender to turn in Dwight McNeil's ball from the left wing.
Not long after Moritz Leitner struck the post for Norwich with a shot out of nowhere, which was as close as the visitors got.
James Maddison's superb late strike gave Leicester a 2-1 win over Tottenham as they came from behind to beat Mauricio Pochettino's men at the King Power Stadium.
VAR played a starring role, ruling out a goal for each side in the game for offside.
The first was Wilfred Ndidi's effort with the scores at 0-0, and Spurs soon capitalised through Harry Kane's improvised finish as he powered the ball home despite having fallen to the deck.
Tottenham then thought it was 2-0 in the 65th minute but Son Heung-min was offside by the tightest of margins before Serge Aurier fired home.
Leicester took encouragement and Ricardo Pereira powered home an equaliser from Jamie Vardy's cross before Maddison's winner.
Sheffield United punished a wasteful Everton as they picked up their second win of the season with a 2-0 victory at Goodison Park.
The Blades took the lead just before the break when Jordan Pickford failed to deal with a corner and the ball went in off Yerry Mina for an own goal.
Chris Wilder's side had still not had a short on target come the 79th minute but their first led to the second goal as Lys Mousset beat Pickford with ease.
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Manchester City to hit back after faltering last week. Man City 4-1 Watford.
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Hello and welcome along to our live coverage of the day's first Premier League game...
Leicester host Tottenham in the first Premier League match of the day. Some early team news for you.
Ben Chilwell is expected to be available for Leicester despite a minor fitness issue this week but Matty James is missing as he continues his recovery from Achilles surgery.
Tottenham full-backs Serge Aurier and Danny Rose did not travel to Greece on Wednesday for Spurs' Champions League game with Olympiacos and could return to the team but Giovani Lo Celso and Ryan Sessegnon remain out.
Forward Son Heung-min is likely to start after beginning on the bench in midweek.
In midweek Spurs threw away a two-goal lead against Olympiacos to open their Champions League game with a draw and it is the second time this season that Tottenham have been pegged back despite a two goal advantage.
Captain Harry Kane claims his side aren't learning from their mistakes and that they need to improve, he said:
"You can see why the manager is frustrated, he has been here for five years now and we are still making similar mistakes as we were the first year.
"We are not young any more, we are not inexperienced. We have played in big games for club and country,
"We have to try to find a way to get around it and improve and get better. That is all we can try to do."
After a promising season where Tottenham finished fourth in the Premier League and reached the Champions League final last year, they haven't yet capitalised on that success.
Manager Mauricio Pochettino believes a change in attitude and approach is the best way to fix Spurs' early season problems.
"We are conceding a lot of chances and lots of goals and we need to change that," said Pochettino.
"The only way we can change is being more demanding from ourselves. That is the way we are going to approach the different days and be more consistent.
"Training needs to be harder. Psychologically harder."
For Leicester the opposite is true. They've started the season beautifully and are being seen as one of the sides that could push into the top six this year.
Last time out they went down 1-0 to Manchester United at Old Trafford after Marcus Rashford converted a penalty chance, but for the majority of the game Leicester were the better side.
Since Claude Puel left the club they have only lost one of their eight Premier League matches at home and with Spurs having already been defeated by Newcastle this season today's game is a good opportunity for Leicester to push for a win.
Another point in their favour this that manager Brendan Rodgers has defeated Tottenham five times in his last six Premier League outings against the club, although he was in charge of Liverpool at the time.
Leicester City's danger men, Jamie Vardy and James Maddison are in contrasting form for the Foxes.
Vardy has scored 31 Premier League goals against the top six since August 2014, more than any other player. He's also been directly involved in 14 goals in 15 games under Brendan Rodgers, scoring 12 and assisting two.
Meanwhile James Maddison has attempted the most shots without scoring in the Premier League this season. He has failed to score in 28 shots in the top flight since April with only one of the 16 he has taken this season being on target.
Although his willingness to shoot should not be overlooked as form is only temporary and if his luck changes Leicester could become a formidable team indeed.
Team news
Tottenham's Mauricio Pochettino makes six changes to the side lost gave up a two-goal lead to Olympiacos on Wednesday.
Serge Aurier and Danny Rose start in the full back positions after being rested for the Champions League tie and Heung-min Son is restored to the starting XI.
Hugo Lloris misses out for the birth of his child with Dele Alli also missing from the squad. They're replaced by Paulo Gazzaniga and Erik Lamela with Moussa Sissoko also getting a start.
Christian Eriksen and Lucas Moura drop to the bench where 20-year-old Alfie Whiteman is the substitute goalkeeper.
Just the two changes for Leicester as Brendan Rodgers brings Ayoze Perez and Harvey Barnes in the team with Demarai Gray and Hamza Choudhury dropping to the bench.
Brendan Rodgers will get his first chance to come against Mauricio Pochettino since his time in charge of Liverpool and he's been speaking about the rise of the Tottenham manager.
"It’s the first time I have come across him now for a few years and he’s a very talented coach. I think he’s done a brilliant job [at Tottenham]," said Rodgers.
"My Liverpool team played against his team early on in his reign at White Hart Lane, so I got a good chance to see where he was at at that early stage of his career at Tottenham.
"When I look now at where he’s at, where he’s taken the club and what he’s done in the period that he’s been there… it’s been exceptional."
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