Roundup of the third matchweek of the 2026-27 Premier League season as Manchester City continued to head the order.
Erling Haaland headed in a 26th-minute winner from Antoine Semenyo’s cross as Man City scraped past Coventry in a 1-0 home win to continue their winning start to the season.
Arsenal remained second after Martin Odegaard’s finish completed a 2-1 comeback victory at home over Chelsea, in which Kai Havertz restored parity after Morgan Rogers smashed Xabi Alonso’s Blues ahead on the volley at the Emirates Stadium but the visitors’ defeat saw them slip to fourth.
Hull sat third as the only team yet to concede a league goal in England’s top four divisions after they were held to a 0-0 draw by Aston Villa at MKM Stadium.
Brentford rounded out the top five with another 1-1 draw as they were held at home by Sunderland, having initially led through Vitaly Janelt’s finish before Enzo Le Fee’s penalty rescued the Black Cats a point in a clash which saw two goals disallowed.
Down in the relegation zone, Fulham slipped to second bottom following a 3-2 loss at home to Crystal Palace in which Josh King and Cesar Palacios twice put the Cottagers in front either side of Tyrick Mitchell’s equalisers, before Ben Chilwell netted the Eagles’ winner.
Tottenham sat third bottom after they snatched a lucky goalless draw at Nottingham Forest, as the hosts saw a Neco Williams winner disallowed for handball by VAR.
Elsewhere, Harvey Barnes and Jacob Ramsey rescued Newcastle a 2-2 draw at home against Bournemouth after having fell 2-0 down through Marcus Tavernier’s opener and Malick Thiaw’s own-goal in the opening 35 minutes.
Ainsley Maitland-Niles’ 96th-minute equaliser on debut saw Everton snatch a 2-2 draw at home against Manchester United, with Bryan Mbeumo and Benjamin Sesko having twice put Utd in front either side of Tyrique George’s equaliser for the Toffees.
Alexander Isak’s quick-fire brace in the opening nine minutes saw Liverpool secure a 2-0 win at Ipswich.
Luka Vuskovic’s 71st-minute headed equaliser – which marked his first goal for the Seagulls – saw Brighton snatch a 1-1 draw at home to Leeds, after Jayden Bogle had fired the Whites into a 15th-minute lead.