Raheem Sterling and Bernardo Silva got Manchester City's Premier League title defence up and running with a deserved 2-0 win at Arsenal. Sterling made six starts in England's semi-final run at the 2018 World Cup and only returned to training with City on Monday. He rewarded Pep Guardiola's faith with a lively showing and a clinically dispatched 14th-minute opener. The first game of Arsenal's new era under Unai Emery often proved a thankless task but there were moments of encouragement before Silva settled the issue with a brilliantly taken second in the 64th minute. Petr Cech – preferred in the Arsenal line-up to new arrival Bernd Leno – saved sharply at his near post in the ninth...
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