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WELCOME Hello and welcome to live coverage of Manchester City's first home Premier League of the season against Huddersfield Town. Team news is on the way

Premier League / Matchday 2
Etihad Stadium / 19.08.2018
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Pete Sharland

Updated 19/08/2018 at 14:22 GMT


24'
Huddersfield break for their first real attack of the game and it results in a wayward shot for Gorenc-Stankovic.
23'
Laporte takes aim from a long way out and it goes very, very high.
22'
Lovely feet from Bernardo Silva as he beats two players before Terence Kongolo comes flying in. He wins the ball but he also wins a lot of man.
The ref says throw but it might have been a foul.
21'
Pep looks calm yet nervous on the touchline if such a thing is even possible.
He'll know that Huddersfield should crack at some stage but we're past the 20 minute mark with no goal
19'
I don't wish to alarm anyone but David Silva just gave the ball away...
I'll see you in the evidently imminent apocalypse
18'
This time David Silva gets down the left-hand side to the byline and his cross is blocked before his follow-up results in a shot that is blocked.
17'
Huddersfield have the ball in the City half, that might be the first time of this match.
It doesn't last long as City quickly win the ball back.
16'
Here's Hamer denying Jesus.
What I failed to mention at the time was the area of his body he used to block the ball.
A painful one shall we say...
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14
Silva finds Mendy on the left but the Frenchman gets his cross all wrong.
13'
City just need one here, one will force Huddersfield out.
For the Terriers I guess they've just got to try and defend as best they can until late in the second-half.
11'
Mendy whips another ball in from the left but it's too close to Hamer and he gathers.
Mendy is playing at wing-back but it's practically wing.
9'
It will come as no great surprise to anyone that Huddersfield are basically camped in and around their box.
Mendy whips a ball over and Huddersfield put it behind for a corner.
David Silva produced more magic as they win another set-piece.
7'
Here is that picture of Silva with Mateo.
Heartwarming
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5'
CHANCE!
David Silva has started this game in incredible form. He twists and turns out on the right and whips the ball in over with the left. The ball skims off a Huddersfield defender, onto Jesus and into the arms of Hamer.
3'
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SAVE!
Brilliant stop from Ben Hamer as he gets out well to deny Jesus. The Brazilian had been played in by a fabulous ball by David Silva.
2'
Early carnage in the Huddersfield box.
David Silva involved early as he works free and slides the ball back across, however the subsequent shot is blocked.
City then win a corner and we nearly see one of the great comical own-goals from Huddersfield as the ball is sliced onto the bar.
1'
We're underway!
And yes it does look like Bernardo is out at right wing-back...
Genuinely lovely moment as David Silva, making his 250th Premier League appearance, comes out with his son Mateo.
You may recall that Matteo was born prematurely at 25 weeks.
The other problem that Huddersfield have is that City can call on players like Riyad Mahrez and Raheem Sterling from the bench....
So this result is a foregone conclusion right? City are just that dominant...
We'll see if Huddersfield can surprise us...
Fans watching the players arrive...
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