From shock Zlatan callout to marking Haaland: Inside Aussie prodigy\u2019s stunning PL rise<\/a><\/p>\nSergej Jakirovic, Manager of Hull City, with Lucas Herrington of Hull City after the Premier League 2026\/27 match between Hull City and Aston Villa FC at MKM Stadium on September 05, 2026 in Hull, England. (Photo by Alex Livesey\/Getty Images)Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n
Herrington enjoying dream start at Hull | 02:42<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Enzo Maresca is now the man in the Etihad hot seat after the emotional departure of long-serving Pep Guardiola, while there has been significant churn among the playing staff.<\/p>\n
One of the new arrivals, Enzo Fernandez, played a major part in City\u2019s first-half goal, feeding Antoine Semenyo, who crossed for Erling Haaland to head home his third of the season.<\/p>\n
Table-topping City have won all three of their Premier League matches ahead of next week\u2019s Manchester derby at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n
Former Chelsea boss Maresca said that teams needed \u201cugly moments\u201d as well as free-flowing football after the stodgy win, in which newly promoted Coventry squandered chances.<\/p>\n
\u201cI really liked today for different reasons,\u201d the Italian told the BBC. \u201cFirst half we could have scored one or two more, but we worked together to win, so I am happy.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is difficult against teams in a low block, I felt we dealt very well with that. Anxiety from the fans is normal.<\/p>\n
\u201cNine out of 10 of these games you end with bad feeling, but it is important to win 1-0.\u201d Midfielder Fernandez arrived at the Etihad on transfer deadline day in a \u00a3125 million ($170 million) deal, which equalled the British record.<\/p>\n
Maresca handed his former charge at Chelsea a start after Nico O\u2019Reilly sustained an injury in the warm-up, while fellow new signing Iliman Ndiaye also made his debut for the club.<\/p>\n
The City boss is working with a reshaped squad following several high-profile departures, including those of former Ballon d\u2019Or winner Rodri, Bernardo Silva and John Stones.<\/p>\n
As well as Fernandez and Ndiaye, big-money arrivals include England midfielder Elliot Anderson and Morocco teenager Ayyoub Bouaddi, who both featured on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Manchester City’s Norwegian striker #09 Erling Haaland applauds the fans following the English Premier League football match between Manchester City and Coventry City at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, north west England, on September 5, 2026. (Photo by PETER POWELL \/ AFP)Source: AFP<\/p>\n
Isak double leads Reds to 1st win | 01:52<\/p>\n
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Tottenham also spent heavily in the summer transfer window in a desperate effort to avoid fresh embarrassment after finishing 17th in successive seasons.<\/p>\n
They travelled to the City Ground, after defeats to Brentford and Newcastle, to face a team that twice beat them heavily last season, and still searching for their first Premier League goal of the new campaign.<\/p>\n
Forest had the ball in the net midway through the second half after calamitous Spurs defending, but Neco Williams\u2019s strike was ruled out for handball following a VAR check.<\/p>\n
The 0-0 draw means that Forest, who, like Spurs, flirted with relegation last season, are also still seeking their first win.<\/p>\n
\u201cDisappointed for the result but for the performance very happy, considering we started to work together last Thursday for the first time, for the first day,\u201d Spurs boss Roberto De Zerbi told Sky Sports, referring to the end of the transfer window.<\/p>\n
He added: \u201cIf we improve in the last third I think we can score many goals because we have the players with big qualities. Now is a tough moment to accept this result because I think we played well.\u201d <\/p>\n
READ MORE:\u2018I don\u2019t want to see him\u2019: Ange\u2019s stunning reveal on brutal Spurs sacking<\/a><\/p>\nNOTTINGHAM, ENGLAND – SEPTEMBER 05: Omar Marmoush of Tottenham Hotspur reacts during the Premier League 2026\/27 match between Nottingham Forest FC and Tottenham Hotspur at City Ground on September 05, 2026 in Nottingham, England. (Photo by Michael Regan\/Getty Images)Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n
Newly-promoted Hull moved into second after a 0-0 draw against Aston Villa extended their unbeaten start back in the top flight.<\/p>\n
A new-look Villa side to the one that won the Europa League last season is yet to score in the Premier League and have had just one shot on target in three games.<\/p>\n
Vitaly Janelt opened the scoring for high-flying Brentford against Sunderland but Enzo Le Fee levelled from the penalty spot late in the game to force a 1-1 draw.<\/p>\n
Leeds drew 1-1 at Brighton while Tyrick Mitchell scored two goals as Crystal Palace twice came from behind to earn a 3-2 win at Fulham, with Ben Chilwell netting the winner.<\/p>\n
In the early kick-off, Newcastle recovered from going 2-0 down to secure a 2-2 draw against Bournemouth, staying unbeaten in all competitions under new manager Matthias Jaissle.<\/p>\n
On Friday, Andoni Iraola\u2019s Liverpool beat Ipswich 2-0 to claim their first win of the season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australia\u2019s Lucas Herrington celebrated his 19th birthday by helping newly promoted Hull maintain their remarkable unbeaten run as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":881761,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,85,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-881760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-sports","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=881760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881760\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/881761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=881760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=881760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=881760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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