America out to maintain perfect record

<a href="http://cache.images.core.optasports.com/news/soccer/2014/8/8/592625header.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://cache.images.core.optasports.com/news/soccer/2014/8/8/592625header.jpg" /></a>America coach Antonio Mohamed says it is "premature" to talk about anything beyond Saturday's trip to Tigres UANL.<br /> <br /> Mohamed's America have made a dream start to the Liga MX Apertura campaign, winning their opening three games to sit two points clear of Atlas and Monterrey atop the table.<br /> <br /> America preserved their 100 per cent record with a 4-0 demolition of Puebla - a result that was sparked by a hat-trick from the competition's leading scorer Raul Jimenez, who has netted four goals in three games.<br /> <br /> But Mohamed is taking nothing for granted against fifth-placed Tigres UANL at the Estadio Universitario de Nuevo Leon - an unhappy stomping ground for the 2013 Apertura champions - having not won in San Nicolas de los Garza since 2009.<br /> <br /> "It's too soon, we had a good start, very forcefully but we have many things to improve," Mohamed told the club's official website.<br /> <br /> "I am really very happy but it is premature to talk about other things than the next game."<br /> <br /> Tigres UANL have also made an unbeaten start to the season, with one win and two draws, including a 4-2 victory over defending champions Leon.<br /> <br /> "What is said before a game is useless, we have to keep proving and improving, the only thing that concerns us is ourselves," the 44-year-old Mohamed said.<br /> <br /> "I do not like review of rivals and I like to focus hard on our team, we have to play football, enjoy and nothing else."<br /> <br /> Rivals Atlas and Monterrey can keep the pressure on America with wins over the weekend.<br /> <br /> Atlas - 4-2 victors against Chiapas last week - are on the road on Sunday, travelling to 12th-placed Pumas UNAM, who have suffered back-to-back defeats.<br /> <br /> Monterrey, who were held to a scoreless draw by Santos Laguna, face winless Veracruz away from home on Friday.<br /> <br /> In other fixtures, Leon will be out to make it two wins on the bounce when they take on Chiapas in a mid-table clash on Saturday.<br /> <br /> Cruz Azul - held to a draw in CONCACAF Champions League action midweek - play host to Puebla on Saturday as they attempt to win their first match of the season.<br /> <br /> Elsewhere on Saturday, Pachuca host Chivas Guadalajara and Santos Laguna go head-to-head with fourth-placed Queretaro.<br /> <br /> Meanwhile, cellar-dwellers Universidad Guadalajara entertain Toluca on Sunday.

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America coach Antonio Mohamed says it is "premature" to talk about anything beyond Saturday's trip to Tigres UANL. Mohamed's America have made a dream start to the Liga MX Apertura campaign, winning their opening three games to sit two points clear o…

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