City lose on Holland's failure day, Arsenal beat Palace to stay at the top

Erling Haaland equalled Cristiano Ronaldo's record of scoring in 12 consecutive matches for both club and national team. Today, he would have surpassed Ronaldo if he had scored. But far from scoring at Villa Park, Aston Villa did not allow Haaland to play his usual game. The Norwegian star striker could not create any scoring opportunities throughout the match. Although the ball went into the net towards the end of the match, it was disallowed due to offside. Aston Villa had done the work before that. Matty Cash gave the team the lead with a shot from outside the box in the 19th minute. Villa held on to the goal by the Polish right-back and defeated Manchester City. With this loss, City remained in fourth place on the points table. Pep Guardiola's team has 16 points after 9 matches. Villa rose to eight. Unai Emery's team has 15 points. Arsenal continued their success on City's failure day. The Gunners defeated city rivals Crystal Palace 1-0 at their home ground, the Emirates Stadium. In the 39th minute, Eberechi Aje scored a brilliant 'acrobatic shot' against the Palace net, which was his first goal in the league in the Arsenal jersey. However, he did not celebrate the goal because Palace is Aje's former club. Arsenal have won 7 matches in a row in all competitions, and are unbeaten in 10 consecutive matches. Mikel Arteta's team, who are at the top of the league, now have 22 points. Bournemouth, who have made a surprise move to second, have 18 points.