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MANCHESTER, England -- Welcome to the Premier League, Bob Bradley. Vans Toy Story Discount .The first American coach in the 24-year history of the Premier League got a taste of the frantic nature of Englands top division in his debut match in charge of Swansea, a 3-2 loss at Arsenal on Saturday.Lots of goals, a red card, momentum swings, a nerve-wracking finish. It was some first game for Bradley, but ultimately a sixth loss in the last seven league games for Swansea and a reminder of the scale of the task facing the much-traveled, 58-year-old coach.That was an exciting game, Bradley said, but it didnt finish the way we wanted.Defensive mistakes by Swansea allowed Theo Walcott to score twice and put Arsenal 2-0 ahead by halftime at Emirates Stadium. Bradleys new team showed spirit to fight back against the leagues most in-form team, with Gylfi Sigurdsson making it 2-1 and Borja Baston setting up a tense ending with a 66th-minute goal to make it 3-2.In the end, Mesut Ozils stunning volley in the 57th minute was the difference between the two teams, earning Arsenal a sixth straight win that left it tied on 19 points with first-place Manchester City after eight games.Arsenal finished with 10 men after midfielder Granit Xhakas 70th-minute red card.Bradleys task now? To pick up Swansea after its worst-ever start to a league season, having collected just four points from eight games to lie second-to-last in the standings.Of course we are confident we can turn this around, Bradley said. After the week of training we have just had and the mentality of the team, for me we are going to become a good team.City stayed in top spot despite a 1-1 draw at home to Everton. Tottenham missed the chance to take over in first place after also drawing 1-1 at West Brom.Heres a look at Saturdays action as the Premier League returned after a two-week break for international matches:---MANCHESTER CITY 1, EVERTON 1After starting his City tenure with 10 straight wins, Pep Guardiola has now gone three matches without a victory after this draw at Etihad Stadium. City will wonder, though, how it failed to beat Everton.City had two penalties saved -- by Kevin De Bruyne and Sergio Aguero either side of halftime -- and needed a 72nd-minute goal by substitute Nolito to earn a point from a game it dominated.Everton went ahead in the 64th through Romelu Lukaku, his sixth goal in the last five league games.---WEST BROMWICH ALBION 1, TOTTENHAM 1With City drawing, Spurs could have gone top with a fifth straight league win but needed an 89th-minute goal by Dele Alli to claim a point at The Hawthorns and preserve their undefeated record.Nacer Chadli put West Brom ahead in the 82nd minute with his fourth goal in five games since moving from Tottenham for a club-record transfer fee.Alli finally broke the resistance of West Brom and its impressive goalkeeper Ben Foster when he turned home a finish from 10 meters, his second goal in as many league matches.---CHELSEA 3, LEICESTER 0Struggling defending champion Leicester slumped to a third big away defeat this season -- and all of them have come before Champions League games.After 4-1 losses to both Liverpool and Manchester United, Leicesters latest heavy beating was administered by Chelsea, which won a second straight game since manager Antonio Conte switched to a three-man defense.Diego Costa -- with his seventh goal of the season -- Eden Hazard and Victor Moses were the scorers at Stamford Bridge.Leicester has lost four games this season, one more than in the whole of its title-winning campaign.---OTHER GAMESAfter seven games in caretaker charge, Mike Phelan was finally announced as permanent manager of Hull on Friday. A day later, his first match as fulltime coach was a 6-1 loss at Bournemouth.Sunderland stayed in last place -- and is still without a win this season -- after losing 2-0 at Stoke, whose goals came from Joe Allen.Manuel Lanzini scored the winner as 10-man West Ham held on for a 1-0 victory at Crystal Palace, which missed a penalty though Christian Benteke. West Ham had Aaron Cresswell sent off in the 75th after two quick bookings. Black Vans Old Skool Sale . Just as Montreal was settling into the first full working week of a new year, the Impact announced the appointment of their new head coach. Vans Old Skool Sale . The injury bothered Bledsoe in the Suns victory over the Clippers on Monday and he sat out the teams home loss to Memphis on Thursday night. http://www.cheapoldskoolwholesale.com/ . LOUIS -- St. A confrontation between James Anderson and R Ashwin provided a sour end to the fourth Test in Mumbai, according to Alastair Cook.Anderson, Englands last batsman, received quite the welcome party when he walked out to bat in the dying moments of the match. Ashwin, in particular, appeared to have taken exception to his comments on the fourth evening that seemed, at best, grudgingly respectful of Virat Kohlis dominance, and accompanied him for much of his walk to the middle. While it is unclear exactly what was said, it seems safe to assume Ashwin was not offering his full support. Play was delayed briefly before Kohli and umpire Marais Erasmus stepped in to ensure order was restored.The England camp felt Andersons comments were, in Cooks words, blown out of proportion. But while Cook accepted Ashwin and his team-mates were sticking up for their captain he still described the episode as unnecessary and disappointing.It was a bit of a sour end really, Cook said. It was a disappointing end in terms of how well the spirit between both sides has been played.It was clearly in reference to what Jimmy said yesterday which has kind of been blown out of all proportions, which it can do here. He was just stating a fact which if you asked Virat is probably quite true. But yes, it was obviously just sticking up for their captain which I thought was slightly unnecessary.Kohli was more relaxed about the incident and confirmed that he had made his peace with Anderson and agreed to move on.For the first time I was trying to calm things down in the middle at a time when James Anderson is involved, he said. Ashwin wasnt pleased with what he said in the press, but I didnt even know about it. So I didnt know what to make of it. Cheap Vans Old Skool Womens. I was laughing about it.Ashwin wasnt too impressed and he let him know, not using any bad words honestly. I think he told me he was pretty disappointed with what he said and it is important to accept defeat as it is. Things like that. Just general, you know how Ashwin is, he is to the point can really strike you well and he doesnt need to say bad words. Later on I told James these things happen and lets move on.While Kohli said he was not going to sit here and comment about someone elses faults he had already expressed his views. Having suggested Englands batsmen lacked intent as they battled to save the Test in Visakhapatnam, he told Star Sports after this match that England had played too expansively as they were not so confident of their defence.He may well have a point. Just as Anderson may have had a point about Kohlis record in England and Parthiv Patel may have had a point about the limitations of Englands spinners and the early struggles of Jos Buttler in the first innings of this game. The way in which these views are expressed, which sometimes seems intended to goad the opposition, is the issue.But there is history between these teams. India felt Englands behaviour towards them was poor on the tour of 2014 - in particular, the alleged incident between Anderson and Ravindra Jadeja was never satisfactorily resolved from an Indian perspective - and England can feel their proud record against India crumbling by the moment.Either way, it all seems unnecessary. India have proved themselves the better side. No amount of comment will change the scoreline. ' ' '