BPL: Negredo helps nervy Man City edge past Hull

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Barclays Premier League results on Saturday:
Cardiff 0 Everton 0
Manchester City 2 (Negredo 65, Toure 90) Hull 0
Newcastle 1 (Ben Arfa 86) Fulham 0
Norwich 1 (Redmond 68) Southampton 0
West Ham 0 Stoke 1 (Pennant 82)
Crystal Palace 3 Sunderland 1

Playing Sunday
Arsenal v Tottenham (1500GMT), Liverpool v Manchester Utd (1230GMT), West Brom v Swansea (1230GMT)

Manchester City mined their rich resources to break Hull City's dogged resistance in a nervy 2-0 Premier League win on Saturday with their new Spanish striker Alvaro Negredo coming off the bench to prove his worth.

The Spaniard, who was brought on at halftime and later followed on to the pitch by more high-cost talent in Samir Nasri and James Milner, brought relief to the home fans in the Etihad Stadium with 25 minutes left when he clinically headed home.

Midfielder Yaya Toure put an undeserved gloss on the scoreline with a fantastic curling freekick from 20 metres in the 90th minute to give City six points from their opening three games, moving them up to second in the table.

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West Ham United missed the chance to join Chelsea at the top on seven points after a Jermaine Pennant freekick gave Stoke City a 1-0 away win, while Norwich City beat Southampton 1-0 to record their first league victory of the season.

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Hatem Ben Arfa scored Newcastle United's first league goal of the season with a late rasping finish to give them a 1-0 win at home to Fulham, while Everton drew for the third straight game with a 0-0 stalemate at Cardiff City.

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Crystal Palace manager Ian Holloway was dancing on the touchline as the promoted club stylishly dismantled Sunderland 3-1 for their first win of the season.

Baby-faced striker Dwight Gayle was the hero for Palace as he completed his elevation from non-league to Premier League by winning and scoring a penalty to put the London club 2-1 up after Sunderland's John O'Shea was sent off for the foul.

Stuart O'Keefe's curler wrapped up the points in added time.

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Norwich and Southampton both splashed the cash in the transfer window and it was a close-season signing who proved the difference, although not one of the marquee names on show.

Teenager Nathan Redmond, who joined Norwich from Birmingham City, scored the winner in the 68th with a driving run and low shot into the bottom corner of the net.

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Everton manager Roberto Martinez is still without a win after they drew a blank at Cardiff. The visitors had a penalty appeal waved away when Leighton Baines was brought down in the area and Kevin Mirallas missed two good chances. ($1 = 0.6465 British pounds)

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In the weekend's big matches, third-placed Liverpool take on Manchester United at Anfield on Sunday hoping to extend their perfect start to the season before Tottenham Hotspur, the only other top flight team with maximum points, visit rivals Arsenal.