Windhoek: Erling Haaland scored the only goal as Manchester City battled to a 1-0 win away to Manchester United in a bad-tempered derby on Sunday, maintaining its perfect record. The Norwegian striker stuck out a foot to score from a narrow angle on the hour mark, with the goal initially ruled out for offside before VAR overturned the decision. Manchester City had been reduced to 10 men in the 23rd minute when Phil Foden was sent off for kicking out at Bruno Fernandes.

According to Namibia Press Agency, Marcus Rashford and Kobbie Mainoo hit the post for Manchester United either side of halftime, before Gianluigi Donnarumma pulled off a save to deny Bryan Mbeumo an equalizer deep into injury time. Sunday's opening game saw Coventry suffer a heavy 5-0 home defeat to Brighton. Charalampos Kostoulas opened the scoring in the first half, with Malick Yalcouye, Pascal Gross from the penalty spot, Lewis Dunk, and Yasin Ayari adding to Coventry's misery. The home side also saw Taiwo Awoniyi sent off with the score at 2-0.

On Saturday, Arsenal maintained its perfect record with a 2-0 win away to Sunderland, with goalkeeper David Raya saving a penalty at 0-0 shortly before Bruno Guimaraes put Arsenal ahead with a curling shot from the edge of the penalty area. Bukayo Saka scored an injury-time penalty to seal the win in the closing moments.

A lackluster Liverpool was held to a 0-0 draw at Anfield by Fulham, while two goals from Mohamed Belloumi saw Hull City continue its unbeaten start with a 2-2 draw away to big-spending Chelsea. The home side had led through Morgan Rogers but needed Joao Pedro's 66th-minute goal to salvage a point.

Tottenham coach Roberto De Zerbi said his side has a "mental block" after it was held to a 0-0 draw at home to Everton, which also maintained its unbeaten start to the campaign. Ipswich Town beat Crystal Palace 3-2, Nottingham Forest defeated Aston Villa 2-1, and Brentford drew 2-2 with Bournemouth.