Premier League matchday 5: Brighton beat Arsenal, City win an eight-goal game, and Coventry and Villa win at last

Five rounds in, one club has won every match. Manchester City beat Sunderland 5–3 on Sunday, while Arsenal lost 3–0 at Brighton, so City are three points clear at the top. Two of the sides without a win found one: Coventry at Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa at Tottenham. Hull City lost for the first time, at Newcastle. Ten matches, 27 goals: five home wins, three away wins and two draws, and one red card.

The headline matches

Brighton 3–0 Arsenal was the round's big test and Brighton passed it with 40 per cent of the ball. Pascal Groß scored on 31 from Charalampos Kostoulas's pass, Kostoulas made it two on 45 from Diego Gomez's, and Chema Andrés added the third on 57, set up by Groß. Brighton had seventeen shots to Arsenal's eleven, and five on target to two. Arsenal had conceded once in their first four matches; they conceded three here.

Manchester City 5–3 Sunderland had eight goals, the most of the round, and was 3–2 at half-time. Enzo Fernández scored on 9 and Brian Brobbey equalised on 12 from Enzo Le Fée's pass. Rayan Cherki put City ahead again on 29, from Antoine Semenyo; Brobbey equalised again on 33, from Thomas Meunier. Semenyo scored on 43 from Marc Guehi's pass and again on 57. Brobbey completed his hat-trick on 59, from Nilson Angulo, before Erling Haaland settled it on 81 from Josko Gvardiol's pass; VAR confirmed the goal. Sunderland had nine shots on target to City's six.

Brentford 3–0 Chelsea opened the round on Friday. It was goalless until Jaidon Anthony scored on 61 from Jannik Schuster's pass. Igor Thiago added a second on 83, and Fabio Carvalho, on as a substitute on 87, scored the third in the fourth added minute. Chelsea had 60 per cent of the ball and twelve corners to four, but put two shots on target to Brentford's six.

Saturday

Tottenham 2–3 Aston Villa was the meeting of two winless sides, and Villa led from the end of the first half. Johan Manzambi scored in the fourth minute of first-half stoppage time from Boubacar Kamara's pass. Mohammed Kudus had a goal ruled out by VAR on 60, and Villa scored twice more: Nicolas Jackson on 67 from Manzambi, and Emiliano Buendía on 79 from John McGinn. Tottenham's first two league goals of the season came late: Conor Gallagher on 86, two minutes after coming on, from Kudus, and Jan Paul van Hecke on 90+8 from Andrew Robertson. Tottenham had 64 per cent of the ball, twenty shots and eleven corners to one.

Newcastle 2–1 Hull City was 2–0 inside seven minutes, Joe Willock on 3 and Lewis Hall on 7, both set up by Harvey Barnes. Yoane Wissa missed a penalty in first-half stoppage time. Mohamed Ali Cho, four minutes after coming on, pulled one back on 67 from Mohamed Belloumi's pass. Hull had 22 shots to Newcastle's twelve but four on target to five, and five of their players were booked.

Nottingham Forest 0–1 Coventry was decided by Jay Dasilva on 55, set up by the goalkeeper Carl Rushworth. Forest had 63 per cent of the ball and 24 shots, three of them on target, and had an Igor Jesus goal ruled out by VAR on 88. It was Coventry's first goal and first win of the season.

Everton 1–0 Ipswich turned on Thierno Barry's goal on 11, from James Tarkowski's pass. Barry had a second ruled out by VAR on 59. Ipswich's Abdul Fatawu Issahaku, booked on 35, was sent off on 67, the round's only red card. Everton had 21 shots and two on target; Ipswich had four.

Sunday

Bournemouth 0–1 Liverpool was settled by Alexander Isak on 57; he was booked a minute later. Liverpool had twelve shots and three on target, Bournemouth nine and two. Bournemouth are still without a win after five matches.

Leeds 0–0 Crystal Palace was the round's only goalless draw. Tyrick Mitchell had a goal for Palace ruled out by VAR on 52, and Palace had four shots on target to Leeds's two. Leeds are still unbeaten.

Fulham 1–1 Manchester United went to Fulham when Lisandro Martínez scored an own goal on 63. United had 29 shots and thirteen corners and needed until the 89th minute to equalise, Matheus Cunha scoring from Patrick Dorgu's pass five minutes after Dorgu came on.

The table after matchday 5

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Manchester City	5	5	0	0	+8	15
2	Arsenal	5	4	0	1	+4	12
3	Brighton	5	3	1	1	+11	10
4	Brentford	5	2	3	0	+6	9
5	Leeds	5	2	3	0	+4	9
6	Liverpool	5	2	3	0	+3	9
7	Everton	5	2	3	0	+3	9
8	Hull City	5	2	2	1	+2	8
9	Newcastle	5	2	2	1	0	8
10	Chelsea	5	2	1	2	−2	7
…
17	Bournemouth	5	0	3	2	−2	3
18	Coventry	5	1	0	4	−9	3
19	Fulham	5	0	2	3	−3	2
20	Tottenham	5	0	2	3	−6	2

City are the only side with a perfect record. Brentford, Leeds, Liverpool and Everton are the other unbeaten clubs, level on nine points with three draws each. Bournemouth, Fulham and Tottenham are the three clubs without a win, and Tottenham are bottom on goal difference. The full standings are on the Premier League page.

Numbers to know

• Brighton have scored sixteen goals, the most in the division; City are next with thirteen.
• Leeds and Everton have conceded three each, the fewest.
• Brian Brobbey scored a hat-trick at the Etihad and finished on the losing side.
• Fourteen of the 27 goals came in three matches: City v Sunderland, Brighton v Arsenal and Brentford v Chelsea.
• Forest (24 shots), Tottenham (20) and United (29) all had at least twenty shots and did not win.

Next up

Matchday 6 comes after the international break, starting on Saturday 10 October with Arsenal v Leeds. On Sunday 11 October Liverpool host Manchester City at Anfield, and it closes on Monday 12 October with Coventry v Newcastle. The full round is on the Premier League page.