Soccer-Man City make it three wins in a row, Palace earn first points

Soccer Football - Premier League - Manchester City v Coventry City - Etihad Stadium, Manchester, Britain - September 5, 2026 Manchester City's Erling Haaland celebrates scoring their first goal REUTERS/Phil Noble

LONDON, Sept 5 (Reuters) - ⁠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.

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.

($1 = 0.7396 pounds)

(Reporting by Martyn Herman; Editing by Ken Ferris)

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伦敦，9 月 5 日（路透社）——曼城在周六的英超联赛中以 1-0 击败升班马考文垂城，取得了三连胜，但听到终场哨声时他们松了一口气。

水晶宫在富勒姆客场两度落后的情况下，最终以 3-2 逆转取胜，取得了本赛季的首场胜利，但其他四场比赛均以平局告终。

纽卡斯尔联队在主场以 2-2 战平伯恩茅斯，尽管伯恩茅斯连续第三场比赛率先破门，但他们仍然未能取得胜利。

托特纳姆热刺队在本赛季首次拿到积分，但在与诺丁汉森林队的比赛中，全场没有一次射正，最终双方0-0战平。诺丁汉森林队的一个进球因手球犯规被VAR判罚无效。

布莱顿和霍夫阿尔比恩在主场与利兹联队1-1战平，而布伦特福德与桑德兰的比赛也以1-1结束。

在曼城令人瞠目结舌的疯狂引援之后——直到周二，他们以 1.25 亿英镑（1.6901 亿美元）的英国转会费纪录从切尔西签下了阿根廷中场恩佐·费尔南德斯——考文垂可能担心最糟糕的情况会发生。

主教练恩佐·马雷斯卡让费尔南德斯和另一位在转会截止日签下的球员伊利曼·恩迪亚耶上演了首秀。

在伊蒂哈德球场，费尔南德斯在埃尔林·哈兰德第 26 分钟的进球中发挥了关键作用，他向安托万·塞梅尼奥送出一记传球，后者传中，挪威前锋头球破门。

哈兰德的一个进球也被判无效，但考文垂最终强势收官，如果能扳平比分，对弗兰克·兰帕德的球队来说并不算什么，他们迫使曼城门将吉安路易吉·多纳鲁马做出了一系列扑救。

不过，曼城最终还是守住了胜果，以9分领跑积分榜。

如果升班马赫尔城在周六晚些时候击败阿斯顿维拉，他们也可能达到9胜。而卫冕冠军阿森纳和切尔西，这两支在两轮比赛后保持全胜的球队，将于周日在酋长球场交锋。

考文垂和富勒姆三轮过后仍未取得积分，而维拉则希望在客场挑战黑马赫尔城时能够开始得分。

（1美元=0.7396英镑）

（Martyn Herman报道；Ken Ferris编辑）

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