City beats Hull 2-0

After suffering shock loss against

Cardiff City, Man City again struggled for a hard fought 2-0 victory against Hull City.
 Manchester City struggled initially as Hull had better of them as they had goal ruled offside of Danny Gragam and Robert Koren had a good shot saved, but a header from substitute Alvaro Negredo and superb free-kick from Yaya Toure sealed the three points.
City saw plenty of the ball in the first half but failed to convert the dominance into goals, so Pellegrini threw on Negredo at the break.
Negredo came close to making an instant impact but headed wide after being picked out superbly by David Silva. Having served notice of his aerial threat, Negredo duly grabbed his second Premier League goal of the season by nodding home Pablo Zabaleta’s cross on 64 minutes.
Hart was forced to make saves from Graham and Stephen Quinn as Hull went in search of a leveler, but their challenge was snuffed out in the final minute when Toure curled home a brilliant free-kick from the edge of the box.

Stats 
Shots: Manchester City 12-7 Hull City 
Corners: Manchester City 7-4 Hull City 
Possession: Manchester City 58.2 percent-41.8 percent Hull City 
Passes Completed: Manchester City 427-272 Hull City 
Fouls Committed: Manchester City 15-14 Hull City

Chelse beat Hull 2-0

Chelsea started their league campaign which also saw Jose Mourinho's return to management at Stamford Bridge with a routine win, as they strolled to a first half lead which they never looked like surrendering against upgraded

Hull City.
The Blues had already spurned a couple of chances early on before Fernando Torres was sent tumbling inside the box by Allan McGregor's mis-timed challenge, giving Frank Lampard a chance to open the scoring from the spot. His penalty was firmly struck, but like Christian Benteke and Jon Walters on Saturday, the midfielder saw his effort saved by the goalkeeper.
It didn't take Chelsea long to find the eventual breakthrough though, with the three attacking midfielders of Eden Hazard, Oscar and debutant Kevin de Bruyne all showing great movement and creativity. The latter two combined for the Brazilian to slide home from the inside left channel to give Chelsea the lead, before Lampard made it 2-0 before even the half-hour mark was reached, crashing home a swerving, long-range free kick.
Chelsea had plenty more chances to put a disappointing Hull side to bed, but the away side improved after the break by introducing new midfield signings Tom Huddlestone and Jake Livermore from the bench. It was a much more tame and tepid affair after the half time break though, as the chances dried up at both ends and
Chelsea maintained a solid defensive base to record a win on Mourinho's return.

Stats
 Shots: 23-7
 On target: 6-2
 Possession: 51%-49%
 Passing: 86%-82%

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