Tottenham defeat Chelsea at Stamford Bridge for the second time in 36 years, Manchester City lose to Aston Villa to end perfect start to the season, scores, results, table, video, latest news

Manchester City’s perfect Premier League start came to a crashing halt in a 2-1 defeat at Aston Villa as Nicolas Jackson’s double extended an upturn in form for Unai Emery’s new-look side.

Enzo Maresca had become the first manager to win his first seven Premier League games in charge of a new club but failed to find a solution to City’s struggles at Villa Park, where they have now lost for the past four seasons.

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After Jackson blasted home the opener after just six minutes, Villa relied on a brilliant goalkeeping display from Zion Suzuki to keep City at bay.

Erling Haaland briefly levelled early in the second half only for Villa to respond on the hour mark when Jackson drilled home Ibrahim Mbaye’s cross.

“A fantastic day to share with our supporters in Villa Park,” said Emery. “We felt that this is our fortress and the energy the supporters gave us was really fantastic.” Four years on from Emery’s arrival, which has transformed the club from a sleeping giant into the Champions League, the Spaniard is working more magic despite seeing the spine of his squad in recent seasons decimated.

“He’s just a tactical genius,” Villa full-back Maty Cash said of his manager. “He’s always got a new plan for something. He’s always coming up with new ideas.” Six of the side that started Villa’s victory in last season’s Europa League final left during the transfer window.

But the recruitment of Jackson, Suzuki, Mbaye and Johan Manzambi is already paying dividends after a slow start to the campaign.

Until now City have managed to shrug off the cloud hanging over the club’s Premier League future to keep winning on the field.

The 10-time English champions are appealing a guilty verdict on over 100 charges of breaking financial rules between 2009 and 2018 that could lead to swinging sanctions, including relegation.

There was little sign of that distraction affecting Maresca’s men, but they were made to pay for two sloppy defensive errors.

“I think we deserved more from the game for the amount of chances that we created and for the chances we conceded,” said Maresca.

“We lost because we probably are not being clinical enough in their box.” A heavy touch by Marc Guehi presented Jackson with possession for the opening goal as he cut inside Elliott Anderson and blasted high past Gianluigi Donnarumma.

City largely dominated the remainder of the first half, but could not find a way past Suzuki.

Iliman Ndiaye, Rayan Cherki and Abdukodir Khusanov were all denied before Ndiaye struck the post.

City’s pressure finally told on 52 minutes when Haaland powered in a header from Ndiaye’s cross for his 13th goal in 10 appearances this season.

Josko Gvardiol nearly completed the comeback when Suzuki turned his blistering drive into the crossbar moments later.

Instead, it was Villa to got the decisive third goal.

Mbaye was played in behind the City defence and from his cross, Jackson’s low effort should have been saved by Donnarumma.

The visitors pressed in vain for another equaliser to allow Arsenal the chance to move level on points at the top of the table when they host Everton later on Saturday.

A sixth win in seven games in all competitions for Villa lifts them up to sixth.

Arsenal beat Everton 2-0 on Saturday to pull level with Manchester City at the top of the Premier League, rediscovering their taste for set-piece goals at a rainswept Emirates.

Ezri Konsa bundled the ball into the net in the opening minutes for his first goal for the club since joining from Aston Villa in August.

Fellow centre-back Gabriel Magalhaes doubled the home side’s lead midway through the second period.

The win meant Arsenal took full advantage of City’s 2-1 defeat at Villa Park in Saturday’s kick-off — the first time Enzo Maresca’s men had dropped points this season.

Both teams are now on 21 points, but City, the Gunners’ main title rivals in recent seasons, have a superior goal difference.

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta was forced to shuffle his pack after Bukayo Saka suffered a muscle injury in the midweek Champions League draw at Bayern Munich, picking Noni Madueke and Eberechi Eze as his wide players.

Arteta was already short of wingers, with Christos Tzolis still sidelined and both Gabriel Martinelli and Leandro Trossard sold during the summer transfer window.

The home team started strongly and took the lead in the seventh minute after their third corner, following a scramble in the box.

Martin Odegaard’s inswinging delivery was flicked on by Gabriel. Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford got his fingertips to the bouncing ball but it fell to Konsa, who poked it home at the back post.

– Set-piece kings –

It was the first non-penalty set-piece goal in all competitions in the current campaign for Arsenal — who earned a reputation last season as set-piece kings as they won their first Premier League title in a generation.

Everton responded positively. Tyrique George’s shot was deflected behind by Ben White but Arsenal were largely in control.

Madueke, recently deemed surplus to requirements by the watching England boss Thomas Tuchel, impressed on the right wing, spinning and hitting the side netting on the half-hour mark.

Arsenal had a major scare as the clock ticked towards half-time when a careless header from Ben White back to his goalkeeper David Raya was intercepted by Thierno Barry, but the Everton forward was unable to make clean contact and Raya made the save.

Gunners midfielder Mikel Merino flashed a header over the bar in the closing moments of the half, which ended with 13 shots and 10 corners for the home side, but just the solitary goal.

Gabriel went down in pain 10 minutes after the restart, stretching to intercept the ball, but was able to resume after treatment on the pitch.

Arteta made a triple substitution in the 68th minute, bringing on Kai Havertz, Bruno Guimaraes and Riccardo Calafiori.

Moments later they were 2-0 ahead when Gabriel rose to head home White’s cross after a neatly worked move down the right.

Teenager Max Dowman, who became the youngest-ever Premier League goalscorer in the same fixture last season, was introduced for the final 10 minutes.

Everton almost pulled a goal back when Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall flashed a header just wide of Raya’s post but that was the last major scare on a satisfactory day for Arsenal.

Tottenham clinched a Premier League win at Chelsea for just the second time in 36 years as a woeful own goal from Blues keeper Mike Penders was followed by Cole Palmer’s red card in Saturday’s 2-0 victory.

Roberto De Zerbi’s side clinched their second successive league win thanks to Penders’s howler in the second half at a rain-lashed Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea forward Palmer was sent off for a second booking moments later before Mathys Tel produced a superb solo effort to condemn the Blues to their first home defeat against Tottenham since 2018.

Since 1990, Tottenham had won just once in 41 previous away matches against London rivals Chelsea in all competitions.

Ending that miserable run gave Tottenham only their second win in their last 16 league games against Chelsea, both home and away, and their first since 2023.

After a dismal start to the season, Tottenham have climbed to 12th place after building on Monday’s win against Coventry, which ended their wait for a first league win this season.

It was a bitter blow for fourth-placed Chelsea, who had beaten Bournemouth and Everton in their previous two league games.

They were booed off at full-time and remain very much a work in progress under Xabi Alonso in the Spaniard’s first season in charge.

With Joao Pedro sidelined by a late injury, Morgan Rogers was Chelsea’s central striker, but their revamped attack was short of bite.

Teed up by Rogers after Pedro Neto stole possession from Mateus Fernandes, Palmer went close to an early opener with a curler that Antonin Kinsky tipped over at full stretch.

Tottenham responded with a spell of probing pressure as Omar Marmoush met Andy Robertson’s cross with a shot that was repelled by Penders.

Alonso’s men pieced together the best move of the half with a flurry of one-touch passes to reach Jordan Henderson on the edge of the area, but the midfielder’s low drive was palmed away by Kinsky.

– Spurs spring a surprise –

Neto tested Kinsky with a fierce blast but the Tottenham keeper was up to the task with a save at his near post.

Tottenham suffered a blow when often-injured midfielder James Maddison limped off in a premature end to only his second start since May 2025.

Maddison had already missed training sessions since his long-awaited start against Coventry and his latest fitness setback suggested it was a failed gamble to start him at the Bridge.

In keeping with the sloppy fare, Neto fired straight at Kinsky from a dangerous position after Palmer pounced on Sandro Tonali’s wayward pass.

When Palmer’s run was halted by Fernandes’s handball, the Chelsea star escaped with a yellow card after barging into his rival with such aggression that the Tottenham midfielder was sent crashing to the sodden turf.

Tottenham exacted swift revenge in the 77th minute.

Fernandes’s inswinging corner should have been caught by Penders, but he opted for a punch that was completely mistimed as he diverted the ball into his net for a comical own goal.

It was a horrible moment for the 21-year-old Penders, who was making his first league start in the absence of Emiliano Martinez following jaw surgery.

Rubbing salt into Chelsea’s wounds, Palmer was dismissed three minutes later for an ugly stamp on Conor Gallagher.

Tel wrapped up Tottenham’s memorable triumph in fitting style in the 87th minute, skipping away from Chelsea’s flat-footed defence to drill a fine finish into the bottom corner from the edge of the area.

Roberto De Zerbi said Tottenham’s historic 2-0 victory against London rivals Chelsea proved his side have a winning mentality as they banished their dismal start to the season.

Tottenham won at Stamford Bridge in the Premier League for just the second time in 36 years and the first since 2018.

Trips across the capital to west London have largely been fruitless experiences for Tottenham over the last four decades.

But De Zerbi’s men enjoyed a memorable visit to the Bridge on Saturday thanks to a comical own goal from Chelsea goalkeeper Mike Penders and a late wonder-goal from Mathys Tel after Blues star Cole Palmer was sent off.

“It was a big moment for the fans, the club and the players also. They deserved this win, they prepared very well,” De Zerbi said.

“We are improving a lot, we are improving in the mentality, in the group and the relationships with the players and then we are improving on the pitch.” Tottenham started the season on a dismal run of six league games without a win, raising the spectre of another relegation battle after they narrowly avoided dropping into the Championship on the final day of last season.

With the pressure mounting on De Zerbi, the Italian has drawn his players closer together thanks to meals together and a trip to Marbella.

– ‘The spirit, the belief’ –

A win against promoted Coventry on Monday lifted the tension around the north London club and vanquishing Chelsea was another reward for De Zerbi’s team-building ethos.

“Now it is a complete team. When we stay for dinner and stay together in the dressing room I see a different group, a different relationship and different atmosphere among the players,” he said.

“The character was today great but we have many, many new players. The players who stayed here last season, two or three seasons ago, they suffered the last results, two times 17th position, we are working to change the last part of the history of the club.” Tottenham were beginning to lose the faith of their long-suffering fans after another miserable start to the season.

But De Zerbi was adamant he never doubted they would get back on track. “I have to believe for sure in this group. I never lost the confidence in my players,” he said.

“The week in Marbella, to speak better face-to-face, to open ourselves and remove the mask it is important.

“It is important for the spirit, the belief. The atmosphere inside the dressing room is maybe more important than the tactics.” For Chelsea boss Xabi Alonso, it was a painful setback as the optimism engendered by successive victories over Bournemouth and Everton was washed away on a rain-lashed evening.

Alonso’s expensively assembled team sit in fourth place but remain very much a work in progress after the third league loss of his first season in charge.

“We are all disappointed with the result, with the performance collectively and individually we were not at our best level,” he said.

“It was about the first goal and it went their way and with 10 men it was difficult but we can do better.” Alonso refused to blame Penders and Palmer for their roles in the defeat. “We feel for everyone, it is a team thing, a collective. We have to move on,” he said before adding he “hadn’t seen” Palmer’s two bookings.