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LONDON. — Pep Guardiola’s all-conquering City took their tally of goals in all competitions this season to 100 when the outstanding De Bruyne, who had provided a superb first-half assist for Fernandinho to shoot home, scored their second in the 3-0 win over bottomclub West Bromwich Albion.
City are now 15 points clear of neighbours Manchester United who suffered a 0-2 defeat at the hands of Tottenham at Wembley before the biggest crowd to ever watch a Premier League match.
Frenchman Laporte, signed from Athletic Bilbao for a City club record of 57 million pounds on Tuesday, slotted into their defence comfortably.
“Yesterday he made the first training session but today we saw how good he is. He made an amazing, amazing performance,” said Guardiola
The match of the night at Wembley, though, played in front of a record crowd for a Premier League game of 81 978, proved a disappointing one for Jose Mourinho as his own major signing Alexis Sanchez failed to shine after United had conceded a “ridiculous” early goal. — Reuters
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