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2021/22 English Premier League
Matchday 2 of 38
Manchester City vs Norwich City
Etihad Stadium
Manchester, England
Saturday, 21 August 2021
Kick-off is at 15:00
Defending champions Manchester City will be aiming to get their title defence up and running when they host newly-promoted Norwich City on the second weekend of the
2021/22 English Premier League season.
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City lost 1-0 at Tottenham Hotspur last weekend. The Cityzens struggled for consistency towards the back-end of their title winning campaign but Pep Guardiola isn't concerned by their slow start to the current season.
"In general, we showed a good spirit and good intention and we arrived in the final third many times, but we could not be clinical enough. Son scores and we lose," Guardiola said.
"We have the same players as last season. I'm so delighted with the same guys who scored a lot of goals. We are good enough to create chances and score goals - we will do it.
"We are one against one a lot. But in the end we could not dribble, shoot and score goals. But the way we started showed me the team is there," he added.
Norwich won promotion back to England's top-flight after finishing top of the Championship standings, but that was quickly forgotten as they fell to a 3-0 loss to Liverpool at Carrow Road. The Canaries have now lost their last 11 Premier League matches.
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City thumped Norwich 5-0 in the most recent meeting between the two teams.
Manchester City vs Norwich City head-to-head statistics:
Matches played: 54
Manchester City wins: 29
Norwich City wins: 7
Draws: 18
English Premier League fixtures, matchday 2
Saturday, 21 August 2021
12:30 -
Liverpool vs Burnley
15:00 - Aston Villa vs Newcastle United
15:00 -
Crystal Palace vs Brentford
15:00 - Leeds United vs Everton
15:00 - Manchester City vs Norwich City
17:30 -
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Watford
Sunday, 22 August 2021
14:00 - Southampton vs Manchester United
14:00 -
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Tottenham Hotspur
16:30 - Arsenal vs Chelsea
Monday, 23 August 2021
20:00 -
West Ham United vs Leicester City
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