Pep Guardiola said it is a “privilege” to manage Manchester City after Erling Haaland scored his 91st goal for the Premier League champions to kick off their pursuit of a fifth consecutive title with a 2-0 win over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.The visitors dispatched their hosts with relative comfort as new Blues head coach Enzo Maresca saw his team struggle to create chances in his firs

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers stressed the value of Daizen Maeda’s versatility after the Japan international struck twice against Hibernian as a stand-in centre-forward.With new signing Adam Idah still short of match fitness, Maeda started in place of the injured Kyogo Furuhashi and netted twice in the first 15 minutes as Celtic beat Hibs 3-1 to set up a Premier Sports Cup quarter-final aga

Manchester City began their pursuit of a fifth consecutive Premier League title with a comfortable 2-0 win at Stamford Bridge to ruin Chelsea head coach Enzo Maresca’s first game in charge.Erling Haaland scored for the third season in a row on the opening weekend to hand the champions the lead in the first half, finishing smartly after a clever touch from Bernardo Silva to create the chance.

Ian Evatt felt Bolton deserved more from their goalless draw with League One rivals Wrexham in front of the club’s biggest post Premier League crowd of 25,957.The frustrated Trotters boss also believed his team were denied a “stonewall” stoppage-time penalty for a shirt pull on skipper Ricardo Santos.Wrexham goalkeeper Arthur Okonkwo denied striker Dion Charles a potential second

Stuart Kettlewell has urged his Motherwell players to embark on a special Premier Sports Cup run after beating 10-man Kilmarnock 1-0 to move into the quarter-finals.Moses Ebiye scored an extra-time winner with a brilliant header for Well, who dominated after Stuart Findlay was dismissed for the visitors in the 50th minute.Motherwell were rewarded with a kind last-eight draw against Dundee United a

Notts County head coach Stuart Maynard could not hide his frustration after the Magpies had to battle to secure a 2-2 draw with Fleetwood despite dominating the League Two game at Meadow Lane.County had by far the better of the game but found themselves two goals down just a minute into the second half after Ryan Graydon and Brendan Wiredu were on target for the Cod Army.But the hosts did not let

Ivan Toney wanted to play for Brentford against Crystal Palace but was left out ahead of a potential big-money move away.The England striker looks to have played his last game for the Bees, with boss Thomas Frank revealing his absence was due to “transfer interest”.Toney has been heavily linked with a lucrative move to Saudi Arabian side Al-Ahli and the Bees, keen to pocket a potential

Dundee United boss Jim Goodwin admitted he would have been “lambasted” if his team selection had backfired against St Mirren.The Terrors edged through to the quarter-finals of the Premier Sports Cup as a solitary Ross Graham goal secured a 1-0 win.Kevin Holt also played a key role, with the central defender employed in midfield, and Goodwin confessed he was relieved that the move paid

Stand-in striker Daizen Maeda scored an early double as Celtic moved into the Premier Sports Cup quarter-finals with a 3-1 victory over Hibernian.Mykola Kuharevich pulled a goal back for Hibs before half-time, but the visitors paid the price for a poor attempt to play the ball out from the back as Nicolas Kuhn restored Celtic’s two-goal lead.Maeda started up front after Japan team-mate Kyogo

Bolton and Wrexham played out a goalless draw in League One in their first meeting since 1988.In front of Wanderers’ biggest post Premier League crowd of 25,957, Nathan Baxter and Arthur Okonkwo made crucial saves to protect their respective teams’ unbeaten start to their league campaigns.Okonkwo denied Aaron Collins after 13 minutes and turned away Dion Charles’ effort two minut