Overview
- Brighton won 1-0 at the Etihad on Saturday with Yasin Ayari’s early goal, handing Manchester City a second straight league defeat and ending City’s recent home scoring run.
- Manager Enzo Maresca blamed a sequence of avoidable individual errors at the back and said the club must analyse and correct those mistakes quickly ahead of the Champions League trip to RB Leipzig.
- AFC Bournemouth continued a strong run by beating Leeds 2-0 to record their sixth straight win in all competitions without conceding and move up the table.
- Manchester United lost 2-0 to Chelsea on Saturday, Lisandro Martinez was sent off after a VAR review for a raised elbow, and Michael Carrick faces intensified pressure as United extend a nine-match winless run.
- Sunderland remain bottom after a 3-1 defeat to Coventry despite solid Europa League form with two wins and a draw, and their congested schedule including a December trip to San Siro risks worsening their domestic slide.