Manchester City continued their winning streak in the Premier League with a hard-fought victory over Coventry City, while other top-flight teams battled for crucial early-season points.
Key Points
- Manchester City secured a 1-0 win over promoted Coventry City, maintaining a perfect record after three games.
- Crystal Palace earned their first victory of the season, coming from behind twice to beat Fulham 3-2.
- Tottenham Hotspur registered their first point with a goalless draw against Nottingham Forest, failing to register a shot on target.
- Newcastle United recovered from a two-goal deficit to draw 2-2 with Bournemouth, who are still winless.
- Enzo Fernandez, a British-record-equalling signing for Manchester City, played a key role in Erling Haaland's opening goal.
Manchester City made it three wins from three but were relieved to hear the final whistle as they beat promoted Coventry City 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday.
Crystal Palace earned their first victory of the campaign as they twice came from a goal down to win 3-2 at Fulham but four other games ended all square.
Newcastle United recovered from a two-goal deficit to draw 2-2 at home to Bournemouth who scored first for the third game in a row but are still without a victory.
Tottenham Hotspur picked up their first point of the season but failed to have a shot on target in a 0-0 draw at Nottingham Forest who had a goal ruled out by VAR for handball.
Brighton & Hove Albion drew 1-1 at home to Leeds United, while Brentford versus Sunderland also finished 1-1.
Manchester City's Hard-Fought Victory
After Manchester City's eye-watering spending spree that continued until Tuesday with the arrival of Argentina midfielder Enzo Fernandez from Chelsea for a British-record-equalling £125 million ($169.01 million), Coventry might have feared the worst.
Manager Enzo Maresca handed debuts to Fernandez and fellow deadline-day signing Iliman Ndiaye.
Fernandez played a key role in Erling Haaland's 26th-minute opener at The Etihad Stadium, sliding a pass for Antoine Semenyo, whose cross the Norway striker headed in.
Haaland also had a goal ruled out but it was Coventry who finished strongly and an equaliser would not have flattered Frank Lampard's side who forced City goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma into a string of saves.
City hung on though to lead the table with nine points.
Promoted Hull City could also reach nine later on Saturday if they beat Aston Villa, while champions Arsenal and Chelsea, the other teams with a 100% record after two rounds of fixtures, meet on Sunday at The Emirates Stadium.
Coventry and Fulham remain without a point after three games, while Villa will hope to get their points tally up and running when they travel to surprise package Hull.
Chilwell Wins It For Crystal Palace
The day's real entertainment happened at Craven Cottage where Fulham's new manager Alvaro Arbeloa suffered his third successive defeat as Ben Chilwell scored the winner for Palace.
Josh King put Fulham ahead after 11 minutes but Tyrick Mitchell levelled for the visitors before Cesar Palacios tucked in a rebound to restore the home side's lead.
Mitchell equalised again for Pierre Sage's side before Chilwell, who joined on a free transfer, latched onto a loose ball to drive home the winner in the 77th minute.
"It's a good result but we have to be honest, our start has not been of the level expected. We did better with mentality in the second half," Sage said.
Bournemouth Do A First
Bournemouth made Premier League history by becoming the first club to score first in their opening three games of a season without winning any of them.
Marcus Tavernier gave Bournemouth an early lead before a Malick Thiaw own goal made it 2-0 after 35 minutes.
Harvey Barnes pulled a goal back before half-time and Jacob Ramsey earned Newcastle a point with a late strike to maintain their unbeaten start to the season.
"Two times already in the last two games, but it is what it is," Bournemouth manager Marco Rose said. "It's good that we are in situations to be able to win games ... We have to talk about the negatives, get better and try to finish the games."
Vitaly Janelt put Brentford ahead against the run of play just before the hour mark against Sunderland but Enzo le Fee's late penalty earned the visitors a point. Brighton's record signing Luka Vuskovic scored his side's equaliser against Leeds.
Tottenham are yet to score in the league this season but at least emerged with a point from the City Ground, although Forest were left frustrated after Neco Williams' second-half effort was ruled out for handball after some chaotic Spurs defending.
