Manchester City vs Watford match report: Raheem Sterling breaks goalscoring duck as Fernandinho seals win to maintain winning start

There are two articles of faith that underpin Jose Mourinho’s management. The first is that a football season is no longer a marathon but a long-distance sprint and that you can break your opponents in the first 10 games. The second is that the key to any title is to beat the teams likely to finish in the bottom half. It is a pattern that Manuel Pellegrini appears wholeheartedly to have embraced.