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Manchester City again splashed the cash on transfer deadline day but it was old hands Yaya Toure, Edin Dzeko and Carlos Tevez who secured a 3-1 Premier League victory over Queens Park Rangers on Saturday.
New Tottenham Hotspur signing Moussa Dembele came off the bench to score on his debut although coach Andre Villas-Boas was left waiting for his first win in charge after Robert Snodgrass's late goal earned Norwich City a 1-1 draw at White Hart Lane.
Spurs, who have two points from their three games this season, were jeered off.
Ivorian Toure fired City, who memorably needed two stoppage-time goals on the final day of the season against Rangers in May to win the top-flight title for the first time since 1968, ahead at Eastlands. The hosts then needed Dzeko's header on 61 minutes, which quickly cancelled out Bobby Zamora's equaliser, to restore control. Tevez sealed the points in stoppage time with a scuffed effort that sank new-look Rangers.
Abu Dhabi-owned City, the world's richest club, spent more than 37 million pounds ($58.77 million) in the final 24 hours of the transfer window, bringing in Javi Garcia, Matija Nastasic, Scott Sinclair and Maicon on Thursday and Friday. None of the quartet figured on Saturday as Roberto Mancini's side moved up to fourth in the table.
Swansea City, despite a fourth goal in three league games for Spanish striker Michu, missed a chance to go top when the Welsh side were held 2-2 at home by Sunderland.
Everton also lost their 100 percent record after goals from Shane Long and Gareth McAuley secured a 2-0 victory for West Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns.
Chelsea are top with a maximum nine points followed by Swansea, West Brom and Manchester City all on seven.
On Sunday, Liverpool host Arsenal (6.00 pm IST), Newcastle United welcome Aston Villa (8.30 pm) and Manchester United travel to Southampton (8.30 pm).
Striker Andy Carroll enjoyed a bitter-sweet debut for West Ham United after joining on loan from Liverpool, helping set up a first-minute goal in a 3-0 demolition of Fulham.
Carroll then suffered a hamstring injury. Kevin Nolan, Winston Reid and Matt Taylor scored the goals for West Ham.