Man City, Norwich eager to bounce back following early-season setbacks


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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. 
 
Norwich City forward Teemu Pukki
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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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Published: 08/17/2021