Gameweek Roundup: Manchester City and Arsenal Stay Perfect, Hull City Sit Third

The latest round of Premier League fixtures produced 32 goals in ten matches, including a pair of seven-goal games, and the Premier League table now shows just two sides with perfect records. Manchester City and Arsenal made it three wins from three, while Hull City AFC's narrow win at Coventry City left them third and unbeaten.

The results in full

• Crystal Palace 1-4 Manchester City
• Liverpool 2-2 Nottingham Forest
• AFC Bournemouth 1-1 Everton
• Coventry City 0-1 Hull City AFC
• Tottenham Hotspur 0-2 Newcastle United
• Chelsea 4-3 Brighton & Hove Albion
• Sunderland AFC 1-0 Fulham
• Leeds United 1-1 Brentford
• Manchester United 5-2 Ipswich Town
• Aston Villa 0-1 Arsenal

City and Arsenal out on their own

Manchester City were 4-1 winners at Crystal Palace and sit top on nine points, with seven goals scored and two conceded. Arsenal ground out a 1-0 win at Aston Villa and are level on nine, and according to the Premier League table the pair are separated only by goals scored — City have seven to Arsenal's six, with both on a goal difference of plus five. Arsenal's defensive record of one goal conceded is bettered only by Hull City.

Hull City flying in third

Hull made it two wins and a draw from three matches with a 1-0 success at Coventry, and the table shows them as the only side in the division yet to concede: three played, three scored, none against. Seven points without a goal against is a foundation any side outside the top two would envy.

Chelsea edge Brighton in a seven-goal thriller

Chelsea saw off Brighton & Hove Albion 4-3 in one of the round's two seven-goal games, a result worth fourth place and six points. Brighton's reward for their part in the spectacle is tenth on four points — though the table shows both clubs have netted eight times, more than any other side in the division. The difference is at the other end, where Chelsea have conceded seven.

Newcastle prosper, Spurs toil

Newcastle United's 2-0 win at Tottenham Hotspur kept them unbeaten — one win and two draws — and sixth in the table. Tottenham sit 17th with a single point from three matches, and they are one of three sides yet to score this season: the table shows zero goals for Tottenham, Aston Villa and Coventry alike.

Liverpool held, United cut loose

Liverpool were held 2-2 at home by Nottingham Forest and sit seventh on five points, unbeaten but with only one win to show for their efforts. Forest, 16th on two points, remain winless. Manchester United fared rather better, putting five past Ipswich Town — the biggest single-team haul of the round — in the other seven-goal game, a 5-2 win that leaves them 11th on four points, with Ipswich 13th on three.

Honours shared elsewhere

There were 1-1 draws at AFC Bournemouth and Leeds United, against Everton and Brentford respectively, while Sunderland AFC edged out Fulham 1-0. Per the table, Brentford sit fifth, Everton eighth and Leeds ninth, all unbeaten on five points. Sunderland are 12th on four points, Bournemouth 15th on two, and Fulham 19th with nothing to show for three matches.

Trouble at the bottom

Fulham and Coventry prop up the table on zero points, Coventry having lost all three without scoring, while Aston Villa's home defeat by Arsenal leaves them 18th with one point. In all, according to the Premier League table, eight sides remain unbeaten, while six — Bournemouth, Forest, Tottenham, Villa, Fulham and Coventry — are still awaiting a first win.

Three matches into the campaign, the early shape is clear: two flawless pace-setters, a surprise name in third, and a clutch of clubs still searching for their first goal. How long that picture holds is the question the next round will begin to answer.