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Updated: Stuani double earns Middlesbrough win at Sunderland, West Ham beat Bournemouth

Associated Press Sunday, 21 August 2016, 16:44 Last update: about 9 years ago

Uruguay striker Cristhian Stuani marked his first appearance in the Premier League with two goals to guide Middlesbrough to a 2-1 win at northeast rival Sunderland on Sunday.

Stuani smashed a 25-meter shot into the top corner in the 13th minute, then slotted home from close range off Alvaro Negredo's squared pass to finish off a flowing team move in the 45th.

Patrick van Aanholt pulled a goal back in the 71st for Sunderland, which has lost it opening two games of the season under recently hired manager David Moyes and lost captain John O'Shea to an injury in the first half.

Middlesbrough, back in the Premier League after a seven-year absence, has four points from a possible six.

West Ham started Premier League life at its new home at the London Stadium by beating 10-man Bournemouth 1-0 on Sunday, with Michail Antonio grabbing the 85th-minute winner.

The winger rose at the far post to head in Gokhan Tore's cross in one of the few chances created in a drab, low-quality match.

Bournemouth had been left a man short eight minutes earlier after midfielder Harry Arter was given a second booking.

West Ham bid farewell to Upton Park — its home of 112 years — at the end of last season to take up tenancy at the stadium that was the centerpiece of the London Olympics in 2012. The team has already played a Europa League qualifier there.

West Ham collected its first points of the new league season.

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