Premier League giants and title hopefuls Liverpool misplaced their warys to touring Nottingham Forest, struggling a shocking 1-0 defeat Saturday whereas holders Manchester City prolonged their excellent begin because of objective machine Haaland.
Forest had not tasted victory at Anfield since 1969 however Callum Hudson-Odoi’s 72nd-minute roller past Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson secured the three factors as Nuno Espirito Santo’s facet moved into the Premier League’s prime 5.
Haaland, whose place in City’s facet was doubtful after being granted compassionate depart this week, continued his unimaginable begin to the season with two objectives as City recovered from conceding after 22 seconds to win 2-1.
Reigning champions City are prime with a most of 12 factors from 4 video games, with Liverpool second on 9 together with third-placed Aston Villa who hit again from 2-0 right down to beat Everton 3-2 because of an Ollie Watkins double and a shocking Jhon Duran winner that left the guests nonetheless with no level.
Fourth-placed Brighton & Hove Albion, who drew 0-0 at dwelling to promoted Ipswich Town, are on eight factors together with Forest.
Manchester United’s new signing Matthijs de Ligt grabbed his first objective of the marketing campaign and Marcus Rashford scored for the primary time since March as Erik Ten Hag’s facet cruised to a 3-0 victory at Southampton who’re but to earn a degree.
Chelsea rode their luck at Bournemouth within the late kickoff however earned their second league success of the season with the substitute poking dwelling within the 86th minute for a 1-0 victory.
Bournemouth twice hit the woodwork and had an Evanilson penalty saved by Robert Sanchez within the first half.
The recreation contained a Premier League file 14 yellow playing cards, eight of them proven to Chelsea gamers.
Liverpool stumble
Liverpool’s transition from the Juergen Klopp period had appeared seamless as they started the season with three league victories, however they stumbled badly in opposition to Forest.
“The result frustrates the most, and we cannot be happy about how the game went. It was a stop-start game and we hardly created any chances,” lamented Dutchman Slot.
“We only have to look at ourselves – we have to be better. Far too many times we lost the ball around the area, it was not good enough. We have to be better with the ball.”
For Forest, their begin affords optimism that they’ll lastly start to look upward within the desk after two seasons of combating in opposition to relegation.
They produced a tactically astute show to frustrate Liverpool after which despatched their visiting followers wild as Anthony Elanga discovered his fellow substitute Hudson-Odoi with an excellent cross-field go, and the 23-year-old winger completed in fashion.
“We are working hard, and it is about building and believing in this idea that you can develop,” Espirito Santo mentioned.
Goal machine
Man City, whose 115 prices of breaking Premier League monetary guidelines will begin to be heard by an impartial tribunal subsequent week – prices the membership denies – have been shocked as Brentford opened the scoring within the first minute at The Etihad.
Yoane Wissa gave the London facet the lead however Norwegian objective machine Haaland struck twice earlier than halftime.
He restored parity within the twentieth minute when he scored from a good angle after which muscled by from an Ederson clearance to chip what turned out to be the successful objective.
Haaland was denied a 3rd that will have made him the primary participant since 1946 to attain three successive hat-tricks within the English prime flight. He has 9 objectives in 4 video games – greater than some other Premier League staff has managed this season.
City’s neighbors United had misplaced two of their opening three video games to as soon as once more put the stress on supervisor Ten Hag, however they have been convincing winners in opposition to Southampton on the south coast as they moved to 6 factors.
Things may need been completely different although had Saints’ Cameron Archer not had a first-half penalty saved by Andre Onana when the rating was nonetheless 0-0.
“Once Andre stopped the penalty, straight after, we scored a goal with Matthijs de Ligt, the game was all ours and we dominate the game from that point,” Ten Hag mentioned.
Leicester City have been denied a primary win of the season as Jean-Philippe Mateta’s stoppage-time penalty salvaged a 2-2 draw for Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.
Jamie Vardy and Wilfred Ndidi had put the Foxes 2-0 forward however Mateta threw the house facet a lifeline after which coolly slotted dwelling a penalty on the loss of life.
West Ham United additionally wanted a stoppage-time objective to seize a 1-1 draw at London rivals Fulham – Danny Ings putting within the ninety fifth minute after Raul Jimenez had given the hosts the lead.
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