Premier League, St James’ Park – Newcastle 0 Manchester City 2 (Silva 38', Aguero 90+2')
Manchester City started their Premier League title defence with a gritty 2-0 win over Newcastle at St James’ Park.
David Silva latched onto a sublime backheel from Edin Dzeko to slot home the opener as the visitors grabbed the advantage shortly before the break.
Newcastle pressed for an equaliser after the restart but, for all their promising positions, struggled to test Joe Hart as the match threatened to fizzle out.
But the arrival of substitute Ayoze Perez sparked the hosts into life, and they almost drew level when the youngster’s deflected effort flew narrowly wide before Moussa Sissoko blazed over with time running out.
With Newcastle committing men forward, City found space in injury time and wrapped up victory when Sergio Aguero reacted quickest to fire home after Tim Krul had saved his initial effort.
-- Eurosport
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