[وحدهم المديرون لديهم صلاحيات معاينة هذه الصورة]Big-spending Manchester City and unheralded Wolverhampton Wanderers share top spot in the English Premier League after both claimed victories on Sunday.
City won 3-2 at Bolton Wanderers while Wolves beat Fulham 2-0 as both sides made it two wins out of two to move clear of the pack on a maximum six points.
Champions Manchester United can join them at the top if they beat Tottenham Hotspur on Monday.
For the moment, though, rivals City are sitting pretty on top but they had to work hard to beat a resilient Bolton side who twice hit back to within one goal at their Reebok Stadium.
"We played very well," City manager Roberto Mancini said. "It was a very good game. I don't know how it finished only 3-2 because we had many more chances.
"(Winning) 3-2 is OK but sometimes 1-0 is good for the defenders."
First-half goals from David Silva and Gareth Barry put City 2-0 up inside 37 minutes but Ivan Klasnic pulled one back six minutes before the half-time break.
Edin Dzeko made it 3-1 to City two minutes into the second half but again Bolton hit back with Kevin Davies heading home on 63 minutes.
City took off their new 35 million-pound signing Sergio Aguero with just over 20 minutes to go, replacing him with fellow Argentina forward Carlos Tevez.
Earlier in the summer, Tevez had claimed he would never play for City again and wanted to leave because he needed to be nearer to his family in Argentina, but he was given a hearty welcome from the travelling City fans.
Tevez fired over from a good chance but another substitute, Adam Johnson, almost pinched a fourth goal, shooting narrowly wide after a neat turn in the penalty box.
Bolton pushed forward whenever they could in search of an equalizer but City held firm to take their place on top.
Mancini also hinted that Tevez may yet stay with the club.
"I am happy because Edin Dzeko continued to score and Carlos Tevez played 20 minutes," he said. "Carlos is here and he will continue to play for us."
Earlier, Wolves saw off Fulham at Molineux thanks to two goals in three minutes from Kevin Doyle and Matt Jarvis at the end of the first half.
Mick McCarthy's side, who only stayed up on the final day of last season, took the lead when Doyle turned well and finished past Fulham goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer on 42 minutes, before Jarvis belted in the second goal with almost the last kick of the half.
Andy Johnson almost pulled one back for Fulham but his shot was eventually cleared away, leaving Fulham with just one point from their opening two matches.
"We start bottom of the table every season due to alphabetic order so it's nice to be where we are," McCarthy said.
"I thought we played some terrific football and were the best team on the pitch. We go to Villa Aston Villa next and that will be a tough one."
In the day's earliest kick-off, newly promoted Norwich City were denied their first win on their return to the Premier League as Stoke City pinched a last-minute equalizer to force a 1-1 draw.
A header by Ritchie De Laet gave Norwich the lead eight minutes before half-time but when Leon Barnett was sent off for fouling Jon Walters on 62 minutes, Stoke had a penalty and a one-man advantage.
But Walters's penalty was saved by John Ruddy and Norwich looked as if they had won it only for Kenwyne Jones to head the equalizer deep into injury time.
Norwich manager Paul Lambert was aggrieved at the decision to award a penalty.
"The performance was excellent, we played really well," he said. "The penalty, although it was saved, changed the course of the game with the sending-off. It was miles outside the box, it wasn't a penalty. I'm frustrated we didn't win it."
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