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Burnley 0-1 Man City LIVE: Haaland scores with first touch as Citizens grab early lead

talksport.com, 11 August 2023, 19:20
Follow all the action as Manchester City travel to Burnley for the opening game of the 2023/24 Premier League season.

Man City dominated in all competitions last campaign, winning the league, FA Cup and Champions League title.

Pep Guardiola has since lost his captain Ilkay Gundogan but has added some new faces to his side in Mateo Kovacic and Josko Gvardiol.

Meanwhile, City legend Kompany led Burnley to the Championship title and will now take to the dugout in the Premier League against his former boss.

Live commentary: talkSPORT website stream HERE, via the app HERE

Match to be streamed on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League

Burnley XI: Trafford, Roberts, O'Shea, Beyer, Al-Dakhil, Berge, Vitinho, Cullen, Koleosho, Amdouni, Foster

Subs: Muric, Cork, Gudmundsson, Brownhill, Benson, Redmond, Ekdal, Zaroury, Larsen

Man City XI: Ederson, Lewis, Walker, Ake, Akanji, Rodri, Bernardo, De Bruyne, Alvarez, Foden, Haaland

Subs: Ortega, Phillips, Kovacic, Grealish, Laporte, Gomez, Gvardiol, Palmer, McAtee

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Burnley 0-1 Man City

Here is that penalty shout from earlier.

What do you think?

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Burnley 0-1 Man City - Chance

17′ - Trafford denies Rodri!

City take a deep free-kick and De Bruyne dinks a lovely ball over the Clarets defence.

Rodri makes a run and arrows a header at goal that Trafford pushes away before the offside flag goes up.

2 minutes ago

Burnley 0-1 Man City - Chance

15′ - Koleosho not far away from a debut goal!

Burnley win the ball high up the field in the centre.

Foster slides a lovely pass out to the left for Vitinho.

He could shoot but finds Koleosho in a better position and his shot flies over the bar.

3 minutes ago

Burnley 0-1 Man City

13′ - Walker shows why City are so desperate to keep him with his express pace to stop Foster getting in.

A miss-hit Ake clearance rebounds over Akanji and Foster looks to be in, but Walker eats up the yards to get in front of him.

6 minutes ago

Burnley 0-1 Man City

12′ - Since the goal, the Clarets haven't dropped back or retreated into their shells, but they are still pushing and trying to do all they can to get back into this.

7 minutes ago

Burnley 0-1 Man City

10′ - De Bruyne plays a one-two with Rodri and finds space on the left.

He whips a sublime cross into the area and Haaland sticks out a leg.

For once, he doesn't make clean contact and it's a goal kick for the hosts.

That would have been a stunning finish.

Townsend: "That's a rude awakening for the Burnley boys - welcome back to the Premier League."

8 minutes ago

Burnley 0-1 Man City

7′ - Alvarez gives away a foul.

Burnley deliver the ball into the far post and O'Shea tries to direct a header back across goal, but it drifts out for a goal kick.

9 minutes ago

Burnley 0-1 Man City - PENALTY SHOUT

6′ - The hosts come forward down the right and Amdouni shows good feet to burst into the box.

Akanji appears to have a hold of him and the new man hits the deck, but the referee isn't interested and City start again.

11 minutes ago

Burnley 0-1 Man City

What can you do about Haaland?

14 minutes ago

GOAL! Burnley 0-1 Man City - Erling Haaland

4′ - YOU CANNOT STOP HIM!

We are four minutes into the new season and Haaland has scored already!

De Bruyne takes a short corner and gets the ball back.

He stands up the ball to the far post.

Rodri climbs and heads it across goal and who is there to score?

Haaland, of course.

Townsend: "Burnley don't want to concede from something as simple as that."

16 minutes ago

Burnley 0-0 Man City

2′ - As you would perhaps expect, the Citizens are dominating the ball in the early exchanges.

And Burnley are actually playing a back three, with Roberts dropping in as the third centre-back.

19 minutes ago

Burnley 0-0 Man City - Kick-off

The Clarets get us underway kicking from left to right.

The players take the knee and there a few boos mixed in with the applause.

21 minutes ago

Burnley vs Man City

Kompany and Guardiola share an emotional embrace and we are moments away now from the 2023/24 season getting underway.

22 minutes ago

Burnley vs Man City

Craig Pawson is the referee as the teams come out to a raucous Turf Moor.

The hosts are in their traditional claret and blue and City are wearing their new white and red and away strip.

24 minutes ago

Burnley vs Man City

The teams are in the tunnel…

25 minutes ago

Burnley vs Man City

Andy Townsend wants to see Burnley give it a go.

Speaking on talkSPORT, he said: "I think Vincent Kompany will be in there saying 'come on, let's go out there and enjoy it'.

"These are the moments they have sweated it out for.

"I think Kompany will want to see a performance."

28 minutes ago

Burnley vs Man City

The teams have finished their warm-ups and we are ten minutes away from this one starting.

33 minutes ago

Burnley vs Man City

Ooooooooooooooo, Turf Moor is up for this one!

The crowd are already in full voice and they really fancy an upset here.

Burnley have been in the Premier League plenty of times, but rarely has there been so much positivity around the club and you can feel it cascading from the stands.

36 minutes ago

Burnley vs Man City

James Trafford was a star of England Under-21s' Euros win earlier this summer.

The young goalkeeper didn't concede a goal and saved a penalty in the final against Spain.

His passing out from the back was brilliant and he's a big presence in goal.

You would expect he will have a busy evening, but he looks a top prospect.

39 minutes ago

Burnley vs Man City

Vincent Kompany is set to become the first Belgian to manage in the Premier League - no Burnley manager has ever won their first Premier League game in charge of the Clarets (D1 L3).

42 minutes ago

Burnley vs Man City

Both sets of players are now out warming up.

Just over 20 minutes until what could be one of the best Premier League seasons ever gets underway.

You just have to look at the strength of the teams in the division to realise that, despite the threat of Saudi Arabia, the Premier League is still home to the best.

45 minutes ago

Burnley vs Man City

How is Vincent Kompany going to approach this?

The Clarets played some delightful possession-based football last year and steamrolled their way to the title.

They have strengthened the squad after losing loanees like Nathan Tella and Ian Maatsen, but are they going to try and play like the 'old Burnley' or stick to their principles?

It's seriously fascinating.

48 minutes ago

Burnley vs Man City

Burnley's chairman Alan Pace is in the building and has been speaking to Sky Sports.

He said: "We want Burnley to be a special place for players.

"We want them to know they will be welcomed by our fans.

"And maybe one day, we will lift the that trophy just down there."

50 minutes ago

Burnley vs Man City: Pre-match facts

Burnley's starting XI has an average age of just 23 years and 206 days, the youngest line-up they've ever named in the Premier League and the youngest a manager - Vincent Kompany - has ever named in his first game in the competition.

Manchester City have won their opening Premier League game in 12 of the last 14 seasons, with both exceptions coming against Tottenham Hotspur (0-0 in 2010-11, 0-1 in 2021-22).

Burnley lost just one home league game in 2022-23 (W16 D6), going down 2-1 against QPR in April. However, as a Premier League side they've lost five of their last eight at Turf Moor (W3).

55 minutes ago

Burnley vs Man City

Just over 30 minutes until the 2023/24 Premier League season gets underway and you have to wonder how many goals Erling Haaland is going to score this year?

He was City's top scorer by absolutely miles last year.

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