THE NOTEBOOK: Man Metropolis boss Pep Guardiola targets extra switch offers, Kevin De Bruyne suffers ANOTHER harm and Burnley condemn fan after Rico Lewis is struck by a lighter

Unusually for Manchester City, they’re nonetheless spinning a number of plates within the switch market with the season having already kicked off.

Erling Haaland‘s good brace helped Manchester Metropolis kick off their quest for an unprecedented fourth straight top-flight title with victory at promoted Burnley.

Simply two months on from profitable the Champions League to change into the second Treble winners in English soccer historical past, Pep Guardiola‘s males returned to aggressive motion with a bang at Turf Moor.

Star man Haaland’s wonderful first-half double and a close-range Rodri effort did the injury as Metropolis ran out 3-0 winners within the Premier League curtain raiser at Vincent Kompany’s Burnley

Mail Sport’s Jack Gaughan takes a take a look at a few of the stuff you might need missed on Friday night time.

Man Metropolis boss Pep Guardiola continues to be interested by signing Lucas Paqueta and Jeremy Doku

Erling Haaland began the brand new season the identical means he ended the final one again in amongst the targets

Pep targets extra switch offers

Incomings are nonetheless possible and each West Ham’s Lucas Paqueta and Jeremy Doku of Rennes stay of curiosity.

Rennes predict to area a bid from Metropolis for Doku, a tough winger valued at greater than £30million, over the approaching week.

As for outgoings, Aymeric Laporte and Joao Cancelo are nonetheless seeking to transfer. Cancelo once more did not make the bench — simply as he did for final week’s Neighborhood Defend — with teenager Rico Lewis that includes at left again.

Mail Sport understands that Pep Guardiola’s points with Cancelo had been festering because the 2021-22 marketing campaign and never simply following final yr’s World Cup.

Lewis struck by lighter

Burnley have strongly condemned a first-half incident at Turf Moor in which Manchester Metropolis defender Rico Lewis was the goal of a missile thrown by a fan. 

The membership stated: ‘That is unacceptable. The particular person accountable has been recognized and faraway from the bottom by the police.

‘Any particular person discovered responsible of throwing missiles throughout the stadium will obtain a banning order.’

Manchester Metropolis star Rico Lewis was struck by a lighter at Burnley on Friday night time

Not the lesson Kompany had hoped for 

After Metropolis beat Burnley 6-0 within the FA Cup a number of months again, Vincent Kompany instructed his gamers within the dressing room to ‘take the lesson, subsequent time it is going to be a special recreation’.

It was in truth very comparable: Burnley had been nice in spells however Metropolis had an excessive amount of innovative. 

De Bruyne suffers one other harm

For Metropolis, Kevin De Bruyne’s season began how the final one ended: coming off injured before half-time. 

It was a hamstring in Istanbul and seemingly a knee downside at Turf Moor.

He seemed completely dejected wandering down the tunnel – as did Erling Haaland on the break, on the receiving finish of a prolonged lecture by his supervisor. 

An animated Guardiola even pushed a TV digicam out of his face as he rebuked the striker, who already had two targets to his title.

Turf Moor the important thing for Burnley this time period

Turf Moor goes to win Burnley some factors this season. 

Vincent Kompany’s invigorating recreation plans give this crowd extra vitality and people two elements are a recipe for survival. 

Metropolis had been in a recreation because the Clarets had 4 urgent gamers, together with new signing Sander Berge – who solely joined from Sheffield United on Wednesday. They’re fast to get shifting on turning over possession, with new forwards Luca Koleosho and Zeki Amdouni each direct within the closing third. 

It’ll trigger plenty of issues for lesser groups.

Burnley forwards Luca Koleosho and Zeki Amdouni had been each direct within the closing third