MANCHESTER :It took 10 Premier League games for the first cracks to appear in Manchester City's facade last season, but Pep Guardiola got a much earlier reminder of his side's fall from grace on Saturday in another defeat to Tottenham Hotspur.

The optimism of City's opening-weekend romp at Wolverhampton Wanderers quickly evaporated as their first home game of the season ended in a 2-0 loss to the London club.

Goals by Brennan Johnson and new loan signing Joao Palhinha before halftime - the second after a bad error by City keeper James Trafford - gave Tottenham momentum to maintain their great start to the season under new manager Thomas Frank.

Aston Villa are still to register a goal after two games as they went down 1-0 at Brentford while Bournemouth also earned their first points of t

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