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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 23513273" data-attributes="member: 158020">Arsenal 0 Manchester City 2:  Sterling-Silva show as champions sparkle   <img src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/08/12/17/4F0BD4BE00000578-6052531-image-a-61_1534091544416.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />   Raheem Sterling and Bernardo Silva got Manchester City's Premier League title  defence up and running with a deserved 2-0 win at Arsenal.Sterling made six  starts in England's semi-final run at the 2018 World Cup and only returned to  training with City on Monday.He rewarded Pep Guardiola's faith with a lively  showing and a clinically dispatched 14th-minute opener.     The first game of Arsenal's new era under Unai Emery often proved a thankless  task but there were moments of encouragement before Silva settled the issue with  a brilliantly taken second in the 64th minute.   Petr Cech – preferred in the Arsenal line-up to new arrival Bernd Leno –  saved sharply at his near post in the ninth minute after Sterling twisted past  Shkodran Mustafi.But the veteran goalkeeper was grasping at fresh air when  Sterling sashayed inside to lash home a shot from the edge of the box.   Hector Bellerin gave Ederson his first serious task in the City goal but that  Arsenal foray only led to a swift counter-attack that ended with Sergio Aguero  testing the side-netting.Cech bailed out his ailing team-mates by thwarting  Aymeric Laporte at point-blank range having parried Riyad Mahrez's  free-kick.   Guardiola responded to Arsenal pressure early in the second half by sending  on Kevin De Bruyne with half an hour remaining and the Belgium midfielder was  furious to be denied the chance of doubling City's lead.    Matteo Guendouzi's error gave Aguero the freedom of the Arsenal half and the  Argentina star shot too close to Cech as De Bruyne screamed for a square  pass.The anguish did not last long as Benjamin Mendy made his way to the byline  and cut the ball back for Silva to emphatically find the top-left corner.   Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang had a goal ruled out for offside and blazed over at  close quarters as late lethargy brought errors into City's game – something that  will not have escaped their perfectionist manager.</blockquote>

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