Jovetic fires City past Liverpool as Balotelli sees old beat new

Manchester City overcome title rivals at Etihad as Jovetic finally seizes his chance

Steven Jovetic
(Image credit: Lindsey Parnaby / Getty)

Manchester City 3 Liverpool 1. Two goals from Stevan Jovetic helped ease Manchester City to a comfortable 3-1 win over Liverpool in the first big clash of the Premier League season.

It was a ruthless display by the reigning champions, and one watched by their former striker Mario Balotelli, who on Monday was officially unveiled as Liverpool's marquee summer signing. The Italian striker, who spent two colourful seasons at the Etihad before leaving for AC Milan in January last year, has been bought by Brendan Rodgers to score the goals that Luis Suarez once did for Liverpool. But Rodgers' immediate concern will be to shore up a defence that was too easily breached by the Sky Blues.

Subscribe to The Week

Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.

SUBSCRIBE & SAVE
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/flexiimages/jacafc5zvs1692883516.jpg

Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

Sign up
Bill Mann is a football correspondent for The Week.co.uk, scouring the world's football press daily for the popular Transfer Talk column.