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Whether Manchester City restore their powers as the Premier League?s formidable force after a summer of change remains one of the great unknowns but for Pep Guardiola the early evidence in victory at Wolves was supremely encouraging.
The substitute Rayan Cherki, a summer signing from Lyon, capped the scoring within eight minutes of entering and Tijjani Reijnders, another one of those pinpointed to drive the close-season makeover, was peerless on his league debut; the Netherlands midfielder was the architect for Erling Haaland?s double, which bookended Reijnders?s first City goal, a feathery first-time finish. ?City are back,? crooned the away support and, by the end, it was hard to argue otherwise.
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The substitute Rayan Cherki, a summer signing from Lyon, capped the scoring within eight minutes of entering and Tijjani Reijnders, another one of those pinpointed to drive the close-season makeover, was peerless on his league debut; the Netherlands midfielder was the architect for Erling Haaland?s double, which bookended Reijnders?s first City goal, a feathery first-time finish. ?City are back,? crooned the away support and, by the end, it was hard to argue otherwise.
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