Premier League desk: Newest standings, fixtures and outcomes
The defending champions and final season’s dominant Treble winners withstood the absence of supervisor Pep Guardiola after again surgical procedure and a uncommon missed penalty by Erling Haaland to triumph 2-1 over newly-promoted Sheffield United due to Rodri’s dramatic late winner at Bramall Lane.
West Ham had been the early leaders after beating Brighton 3-1 with an away-day masterclass on the south coast to prime the desk on Saturday.
Arsenal joined them on seven factors after they came from behind against Fulham but were pegged back by Joao Palhinha’s late goal after Calvin Bassey was despatched off. There was additionally drama as Manchester United got here from two objectives all the way down to beat Nottingham Forest 3-2 at Old Trafford.
Elsewhere on Saturday, Crystal Palace and Brentford played out a 1-1 draw. Chelsea kicked off a busy weekend of top-flight motion with a 3-0 win over Luton to assert their first victory beneath Mauricio Pochettino. Raheem Sterling scored twice while Nicolas Jackson bagged his first Blues goal to get the west London facet off the mark.
Tottenham beat Bournemouth 2-0 on Saturday lunchtime due to objectives from James Maddison and Dejan Kulusevski, whereas on Sunday Aston Villa gained 3-1 at newly-promoted Burnley.