Pellegrini thrilled by match-winner Sergio Aguero

Manchester City register impressive 3-1 win against West Ham in EPL.

LONDON: Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini praised Sergio Aguero after the Argentine helped his side finally pick up their first away win of the season in the Premier League.

Aguero scored twice either side of half-time and then set up David Silva for a late goal as City moved up to fourth place in the table with a 3-1 win at West Ham United.

After Aguero’s heroics ended their away hoodoo, Pellegrini is hopeful they can now build on that success.

“I’m very pleased. The most important thing was to win, but we continued to play the same way as we have been,” said Pellegrini. “I told the players to have patience and keep moving the ball. I think we did it very well and deserved our victory.”

The manager added: “Sergio is a top player who makes an important difference. He didn’t play the second game with Argentina in mid-week, so he was fresh.”

Any trophy will do, Fergie tells struggling Moyes

Alex Ferguson told successor David Moyes that winning a trophy in his first season as Manchester United manager would be ‘fantastic’ after a 1-1 draw at home to Southampton dented their Premier League title hopes.

The result at Old Trafford left reigning champions United an unusually lowly eighth in the table, five points adrift of the Champions League places and only four above the relegation zone. They’ve now won just three of their opening eight Premier League games under Moyes.

“For David, winning a trophy would be a fantastic achievement,” Ferguson told MUTV, United’s in-house television station. “No matter what it is — the League Cup, FA Cup, European Cup or Premier League.”

Wenger wowed by Arsenal wonder goal

Arsene Wenger hailed Arsenal’s opener in the 4-1 win over Norwich City as one of the best goals he has ever seen at the Emirates Stadium.

England midfielder Jack Wilshere finished a fluid passing move as the Gunners swept across the half-way line and put the Canaries on the back foot in the 18th minute.

Wilshere started and then ended the attack that involved Spaniard Santi Cazorla and a sublime one-two with France striker Olivier Giroud to lift the ball over the back four into the path of Wilshere who ghosted in and tucked home.

“It was certainly one of the best and one I enjoyed the most,” said Wenger, whose side cruised to victory after Wilshere’s strike thanks to Mesut Ozil’s double and an Aaron Ramsey goal. “It was a mix of technical quality, speedy thinking and quick reaction. It was a great goal.”

The Gunners have managed to move to the top of the Premier League, two points ahead of Chelsea and Liverpool, without a number of key players such as Theo Walcott, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Lukas Podolski.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 21^st, 2013.

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