Manchester City maintained their perfect start with a commanding 4-1 victory at Crystal Palace on Friday night. Erling Haaland and Rayan Cherki both scored twice as Enzo Maresca’s side moved clear at the top of the table. Haaland opened the scoring with a header in the 17th minute and added a second late on, while Cherki produced a superb solo goal and a deflected strike either side of an own goal by City goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma.
Saturday’s results
- Liverpool 2-2 Nottingham Forest
Alexander Isak and Víctor Muñoz scored for the Reds, who twice came from behind. Dan Ndoye and a Morgan Gibbs-White penalty earned Forest a valuable point at Anfield. - Bournemouth 1-1 Everton
Alex Scott put the hosts ahead before James Tarkowski equalised deep into stoppage time. - Coventry City 0-1 Hull City
Liam Millar’s late strike gave the newly promoted Tigers a second successive win. - Tottenham Hotspur 0-2 Newcastle United
Anthony Elanga and Yoane Wissa scored in the second half as Newcastle condemned Spurs to a second defeat without scoring.
Sunday’s results
- Chelsea 4-3 Brighton & Hove Albion
Xabi Alonso’s side led 3-0 through Roméo Lavia, Pedro Neto and João Pedro before Brighton fought back. Cole Palmer restored the lead and Pascal Groß scored a late consolation for the visitors in a thrilling encounter at Stamford Bridge. - Leeds United 1-1 Brentford
Kevin Schade gave the Bees the lead before Dominic Calvert-Lewin equalised late on. - Sunderland 1-0 Fulham
Wilson Isidor’s second-half goal secured a hard-fought home win for the Black Cats. - Manchester United 5-2 Ipswich Town
Bruno Fernandes scored a hat-trick as Michael Carrick’s side responded emphatically to their opening-day defeat. An own goal and a Bryan Mbeumo strike completed the scoring, with Leif Davis and Chuba Akpom replying for Ipswich.
Manchester City, Hull City and Chelsea sit level on six points at the top of the early table. Tottenham remain without a point after two matches, while Crystal Palace also sit near the foot of the standings.
The final fixture of Matchday 2 takes place on Monday evening when Aston Villa host Arsenal.