Manchester City have resembled the mythical Greek Lernaean Hydra in the early going on offence -- stop one option and two more appear.Even without their best forward heading into Saturdays home contest against Bournemouth, Pep Guardiola and the Citizens should still have more than enough firepower to maintain their perfect start and stay atop the Premier League table.The Citizens have already grabbed early bragging rights in Manchester by virtue of their 2-1 win over United at Old Trafford last weekend. They have scored 21 goals in winning all seven of their matches under Guardiola and showed no signs of slowing down Wednesday, putting forth a clinical 4-0 demolition of German side Borussia Monchengladbach to open group play in the Champions League.Sergio Aguero notched his second hat trick in the European competition and his six Champions League goals match his haul for all of last season. However, the Uruguay international will miss this contest as he serves the second of his three-match ban for elbowing West Hams Winston Reid on Aug. 28.Sergio is good because he is good, Guardiola said. He was good with Manuel (Pellegrini) and he is good with the national team. He just has a talent to score goals that is natural. I cannot teach him that.What I can tell him is there is a team behind him that is going to help him. I want to convince him to help them and if it happens in that way hes going to score a lot of goals, just like Kele (Iheanacho) and all our strikers.Manchester City, though, may scarcely miss Aguero if last seasons double is a harbinger of this weekends contest. He missed the corresponding fixture due to a knee injury, but Raheem Sterling picked up the slack and fired in a first-half hat trick to power a 5-1 victory at the Etihad. Aguero did score at Dean Court as City bulldozed Bournemouth 4-0.All told, Manchester City put 18 of their 30 shots on target.Guardiola has a staggering embarrassment of riches to choose from to replace Aguero. Last week, he paired Iheanacho with Nolito up front, with Sterling and Kevin De Bruyne providing service along with incisive runs to help pull apart a United defense that had conceded only one goal heading into their derby.And if the prospects of slowing down City werent already daunting enough for the league, Guardiola unveiled summer signing Ilkay Gundogan. He made his debut in impressive fashion Wednesday as a late replacement in the starting XI for David Silva. The former Borussia Dortmund midfielder came to City for ￡21 million, and looked every bit the playmaker Guardiola sought for his system.Its always a surprise when a player goes so long without playing and plays the way he did, Guardiola told Citys official website after Wednesdays victory. It shows how good he is. He is so intelligent and he is really good when arriving in the box. His qualities will help us a lot.Guardiola was unsure if Silva would return for this match, but if the burgeoning partnership of De Bruyne and Gundogan shown Wednesday was any indication, the manager can afford to be patient with Silva.Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe knows his side are marked underdogs heading into this contest. While the Cherries (1-1-2) are riding high after beating West Bromwich Albion 1-0 last weekend and will be the more rested team, Howe knows his club will have to be markedly better to make it two wins on the bounce.I see Manchester City as potential champions, Howe told the teams official website. They have a manager who, in my opinion, is right at the very top -- theyve obviously started very well. I dont usually say this about opponents but I enjoy watching them.It will be a difficult game though, were going to have to be at the very top of our game and they may have to have a day where they dont perform so well, if those two things happen then we have a chance.The sight of Callum Wilson scoring his first Premier League goal since suffering a gruesome torn ACL last season was a welcome site for Cherries supporters. He had eight goals in 18 matches across all competitions after bagging 20 in helping Bournemouth achieve promotion in the 2014-15 season.Its been a long road, the striker admitted. You just wait for moments like that, to get the winner. Obviously its taken four games into the season to get going, but hopefully thats the start now and they can begin flowing in.Its uncertain if Howe will give midfielder Jack Wilshire his first start for Bournemouth. 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In came 1983 uniforms and a four-game winning streak.James Shields allowed four singles in 7 2/3 innings, Adam Eaton homered and the White Sox stayed unbeaten since their aces suspension by beating the Cubs 3-0 on Tuesday night in Chicagos crosstown rivalry.When Sale tore up the 1976-style jerseys before his scheduled start Saturday, the White Sox had to put on their 1983-era uniforms as Sale was sent home. Theyve won four straight in those white jerseys as Sale serves a five-day suspension.Cant wear them tomorrow, manager Robin Ventura said, noting theyll have to wear visiting dark jerseys as the series shifts to Wrigley Field. If we could, I think we would.The Cubs lost their second straight and never got to use new closer Aroldis Chapman hours after he joined the team and struggled answering questions related to an altercation last year with his girlfriend.The Cubs had no extra-base hits. Kris Bryant was 0 for 4 with three strikeouts and has fanned seven times in 10 at-bats against Shields.The starting pitching the last four games has forced us out of our game plan, Cubs manager Joe Maddon said.Shields (5-12) struck out five and continued an impressive turnaround from a terrible first three starts after being acquired from San Diego last month.This is the guy we were thinking of when we got him, Ventura said.Nate Jones finished the eighth and David Robertson worked a perfect ninth for his 24th save as the White Sox (50-50) returned to .500.Jose Abreu had two hits, including an RBI single in the first off Kyle Hendricks (9-7) that ended his streak of 22 2/3 innings without allowing an earned run.Eaton added a solo homer in the fifth on a day where both teams faced off-field issues.Chapman arrived after being acquired from the New York Yankees and immediately faced scrutiny from reporters over his offseason domestic violence incident and ensuing 29-game suspension. Chapman said he couldnt recall a conversation with Cubs personnel about off-field conduct that Chicago describeed in a team release when it announced the trade.ddddddddddddPresident of baseball operations Theo Epstein said the Spanish-speaking Chapman did not understand the reporters questions, adding that Chapman was pretty nervous and insisting the closer understands what the Cubs expect.Minutes later, Ventura asserted he can work with Sale despite the aces critical comments of the manager for not sticking up for him when he was suspended for the collared jerseys he objected to.Shields, who allowed 22 runs in his first three starts with the White Sox, walked four. He got Dexter Fowler to pop out with the bases loaded to end the second and worked out of another jam in the sixth.Whats been the difference?Maybe luck? I dont know, Shields said. Honestly theres not much of a difference when Im pitching now compared to what I was doing before. The only thing I can give is staying ahead of hitters and having better fastball command.Hendricks, who struck out seven, exited after Todd Fraziers two-out bloop single in the sixth. Travis Wood entered and walked three straight batters to force in a run.TRAINERS ROOMCubs: Maddon said OF Jorge Soler (left hamstring) needs nine or 10 more at-bats at Triple-A Iowa before hell return. ... Bryant was the DH, but not because of any injuries during a head-first slide into second base a night earlier. Itll be nice to get off my feet a little bit, he said. After (the slide), I felt fine.White Sox: Ventura said 2B Brett Lawrie (left hamstring) was headed to the disabled list after missing his fifth straight game. ... LHP Carlos Rodon (left wrist) expects to start Aug. 3 at Detroit after throwing 58 pitches in a rehab start Monday for Triple-A Charlotte. Everything felt good, he said.UP NEXTThe Cubs host the final two games of the series, with RHP Jason Hammel (9-5, 3.35 ERA) to start Wednesday night. RHP Anthony Ranaudo (1-0, 17.18), acquired from Texas in a May trade, will make his White Sox debut. ' ' '