Worrying trend for Mourinho as Guardiola and Klopp celebrate
Saturday 22 September 2018 19:10, UK
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Manchester City turned on the style at Cardiff, thumping their hosts 5-0.
It was the first time the Welsh club have lost a home league game by five clear goals since a 7-2 thrashing by Cambridge in April 1994 when they were playing in the third tier.
Neil Warnock and his men should not be too hard on themselves though - City have scored five goals or more in 10 Premier League fixtures since Pep Guardiola took over ahead of the 2016/17 season. That is four times more than any other side.
There was a big win for Burnley, too, who saw off Bournemouth 4-0 at Turf Moor. Matej Vydra was among the scorers for the home side and he became the fifth player to find the net on his first Premier League start for Burnley. Daniel Fox, Scott Arfield, Robbie Brady and Chris Wood were the others.
As for Bournemouth's travelling support, they have seen plenty of goals fly in on the road. Bournemouth have kept just one clean sheet in their last 15 Premier League away games, conceding 30 goals in those matches.
It was a good away day for Wolves supporters, though, as their side grabbed a point at Old Trafford. It was the first time they have avoided defeat away at Manchester United in all competitions since November 1980, having lost their last eight in a row at the famous ground.
But for Jose Mourinho the result continued a worrying trend.
United have dropped six points from seven Premier League games at home to newly-promoted opposition under Mourinho. To put that into context, they only dropped five points against such opposition in 10 seasons between 2006/07 - 2015/16.
There were no problems for Liverpool, though, who maintained their perfect start to the season with a 3-0 win over Southampton. They have won their first six games of a top-flight season for the third time in their history. Previously, in 1978/79 they went on to finish first, and in 1990/91 they finished second.
It was a fine way for Jurgen Klopp to celebrate his 600th league game as a manager (W296 D158 L146), and he has now won all five of his Premier League meetings with Mark Hughes, his best record against any manager in the competition.
