Arsenal's Perfect Start Ends At Brighton As Manchester City Go Top Before The Break
Manchester City moved top of the Premier League and Arsenal's unbeaten start was ended in emphatic fashion by Brighton, while Coventry City won for the first time in the top flight in 25 years, as Matchday 5 wrapped up before the international break.
Manchester City Go Top As Arsenal's Unbeaten Start Ends At Brighton
Manchester City moved three points clear at the top of the Premier League heading into the international break, surviving an eight-goal thriller to beat Sunderland 5-3 at the Etihad Stadium. Enzo Fernandez opened the scoring with his first goal since his £125 million move from Chelsea, before the lead changed hands three times in the first half alone as Brian Brobbey and Antoine Semenyo both struck twice. Semenyo's second goal made it 4-2 before Brobbey completed his hat-trick, the first by a Sunderland player in the top flight since Jermain Defoe in January 2016, and Erling Haaland settled it in the 81st minute, scoring against the only Premier League club he had never found the net against. City's win extended Enzo Maresca's unbeaten start to five league games in charge and moved them clear at the summit after Arsenal's title defence suffered a first setback: the champions were beaten 3-0 at Brighton, with Pascal Gross (31'), Charalampos Kostoulas (45') and Chema Andres (57') all scoring to end Arsenal's bid to match a 123-year-old club record of eight straight wins to start a season.
Coventry End A 25-Year Wait While Villa And Newcastle Get Off The Mark
Coventry City recorded their first Premier League win in 25 years, Jay DaSilva's second-half strike settling a 1-0 win at Nottingham Forest that was also shaped by VAR: Forest had a stoppage-time equaliser from Igor Jesus overturned after referee Jared Gillett was sent to the pitchside monitor and ruled the striker had fouled Caleb Yirenkyi in the build-up. It was Coventry's first top-flight victory since beating Sunderland in April 2001. Aston Villa also picked up their first win of the season, coming from behind to beat Tottenham 3-2 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium: Johan Manzambi scored on his full debut before Nicolas Jackson and Emi Buendia put Villa 3-0 up by the 79th minute, and two late Spurs goals — Conor Gallagher's scramble in the 86th minute and a Jan Paul van Hecke header from an Andy Robertson free-kick in the eighth minute of stoppage time — proved only a consolation, leaving Spurs winless and in the relegation zone. Newcastle also snapped a poor run, beating Hull City 2-1 at St James' Park through early goals from Joe Willock and Lewis Hall, with Newcastle goalkeeper Konstantinos Tzolakis saving a Jean-Philippe Wissa penalty before Mohamed-Ali Cho pulled one back for Hull in the second half.
Everton, Liverpool And Manchester United All Survive Late Scares
Everton stayed unbeaten with a 1-0 win over Ipswich at Hill Dickinson Stadium, James Tarkowski's long-range strike deflecting in off Thierno Barry to settle it inside 11 minutes; Ipswich had Abdul Fatawu sent off for two bookable offences, and Everton also had a second goal chalked off by VAR. Liverpool moved into the top six with a 1-0 win at Bournemouth, Alexander Isak scoring his fourth goal of the season in the 57th minute on Andoni Iraola's return to his former club. Manchester United avoided a third straight defeat in all competitions, coming from behind to draw 1-1 at Fulham: Lisandro Martinez's own goal put the hosts ahead in the second half before Matheus Cunha's deflected strike in the 89th minute salvaged a point, leaving both sides in the bottom half of the table. Brentford beat Chelsea 3-0 at the Gtech Community Stadium on Friday night, their first home league win over their west London rivals since 1938, with goals from Jaidon Anthony, Igor Thiago and Fabio Carvalho extending Chelsea's winless run to three matches. Leeds and Crystal Palace played out a goalless draw at Elland Road, with Palace having a stoppage-time goal from Tyrick Mitchell ruled out by VAR for offside, as Leeds stayed unbeaten and Palace ended a run of conceding 11 goals in their previous four league games.