City end Everton's unbeaten start

Manchester City bounced back from a pair of
defeats to end Everton's unbeaten start to the
Premier League season with a 3-1 win at the
Etihad Stadium on Saturday.
Beaten 3-2 by Aston Villa last weekend and
outclassed by Bayern Munich in mid-week, City
fell behind to a Romelu Lukaku goal but roared
back to win through goals from Alvaro
Negredo, Sergio Aguero and a Tim Howard own
goal.
Manuel Pellegrini's side rose to second place in
the standings, two points behind leaders
Arsenal, while Roberto Martinez's Everton, who
had been the last unbeaten team in the
division, remain fifth.
Everton took a 16th-minute lead through on-
loan Chelsea striker Lukaku, who sprang the
offside trap to collect Phil Jagielka's pass and
deftly nutmegged Joleon Lescott before beating
Joe Hart with a low shot.
It was his third goal in two games, following
his brace against Newcastle United on Monday,
but City replied within a minute, Negredo
squeezing the ball past Howard from Yaya
Toure's fine reverse pass.
City were dealt a blow in the 34th minute
when captain Vincent Kompany went off with
an injury, but they moved ahead on the stroke
of halftime.
David Silva strode forward and threaded a pass
down the inside-right channel for Sergio
Aguero, who rattled a low shot into the
bottom-left corner.
A foul by Seamus Coleman on Pablo Zabaleta
gave Aguero a chance to extend City's lead
from the penalty spot in the 69th minute and
although Howard turned his shot onto the
post, the ball bounced against the American
goalkeeper and into the net for an own goal.
With Arsenal not in action until their trip to
West Bromwich Albion on Sunday, Liverpool
can take over at the top of the table if they
win at home to second-bottom Crystal Palace
later on Saturday.
Defending champions Manchester United,
meanwhile, will attempt to kick-start their
season at bottom club Sunderland, having
made their worst start to a campaign since
1989.