Man City on top with second win in a row

But City held firm,finishing the match with substitute Carlos Tevez on the pitch in place of a tiring Sergio Aguero,a sight many City fans did not expect to see again.

Manchester City,inspired by the outstanding David Silva and playing with new-found attacking panache,won 3-2 at Bolton Wanderers to go top of the Premier League on Sunday.

City,whose billionaire owner Sheikh Mansour has spent hundreds of millions transforming the club into title challengers,lead the early standings on goal difference from Wolverhampton Wanderers,who also have six points from two games after their 2-0 win over Fulham. Champions Manchester United will join the leaders if they beat Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford on Monday when Spurs finally kick off their campaign after last weeks season-opener against Everton was called off following the London riots.

City,who beat Swansea City 4-0,took their tally to seven goals from two matches with fine attacking performance sparked by Silva,who opened the scoring after 26 minutes with a low shot that Bolton keeper Jussi Jaaskelainen allowed to slip through his grasp. The Finnish keeper had no chance with the next long-range effort 12 minutes later when Gareth Barry thundered the ball home,but Bolton,who started the match in good spirits after their opening 4-0 win at Queens Park Rangers,were quickly back in contention.

A fine move ended with Martin Petrov crossing for Ivan Klasnic to sweep a low volley past Joe Hart,but City regained their lead two minutes into the second half when Edin Dzeko maintained his good run of scoring form with a well-taken drive after holding off Zat Knight. Resilient Bolton came back again when Kevin Davies outjumped Joleon Lescott to head their second after 63 minutes.

But City held firm,finishing the match with substitute Carlos Tevez on the pitch in place of a tiring Sergio Aguero,a sight many City fans did not expect to see again.

Wolves win again

Wolves,who won the last of their three titles in 1959,have no real chance of repeating that but have made their best start to a top-flight campaign since 1979 by following up last weeks win at Blackburn Rovers with victory over Fulham. They went ahead when Kevin Doyle scored after 42 minutes and they doubled their lead through Matt Jarvis just before halftime.

In the days other match,10-man Norwich City were denied their first win of the season when Stoke Citys Kenwyne Jones headed in a stoppage-time equaliser at Carrow Road to secure his side a 1-1 draw. Ritchie de Laet had scored against his old club to put the Canaries in front after 37 minutes.