Manchester City’s perfect start to the Premier League season came undone in a shock 2-1 loss to Wolves, as Manchester United slumped to a 1-0 home defeat to Crystal Palace on Saturday.
Arsenal closed to within a point of the lead by cruising to
a 4-0 win at Bournemouth, while Aston Villa thrashed Brighton 6-1 to move into
the top four.
City had won the opening six games of their title defence as
they aim to become the first side to ever claim four consecutive English
top-flight titles.
By contrast, Wolves had taken just four points from their
first six games but stunned the champions at Molineux.
Ruben Dias’ own goal put the home side in front, but City
responded after the break through Julian Alvarez’s free-kick.
Wolves, though, were a constant threat on the counter-attack
and got their reward when Hwang Hee-Chan swept home at the second attempt 25
minutes from time.
City’s defeat means Liverpool can go top should they end
Tottenham’s unbeaten Premier League start under Ange Postecoglou in the 1615GMT
kick off.
United have now lost four of their opening seven league
games of the season to pile more pressure on Erik ten Hag.
Joachim Andersen’s stunning first-half volley separated the
sides at Old Trafford.
United had won a League Cup meeting between the sides 3-0 in
midweek.
But with Palace restored to full strength, the Red Devils
suffered from a familiar lack of cutting edge up front as they laboured to get
back into the game.
Defeat sees United slip to 10th in the table.
AFP