Manchester City maintained its unbeaten record and achieved its fourth successive victory at the expense of Brentford, while its pursuers, Liverpool, lost suddenly at home to Nottingham in the matches of the fourth stage of the English Premier League, on Saturday.

City continued their perfect start after Erling Haaland scored a brace at the Etihad Stadium following the quickest goal of the season from the visiting team.

Yoann Wissa opened the scoring for Brentford 22 seconds after the start of the match, shocking the fans at the Etihad Stadium, but Haaland equalized in the 20th minute when he scored from a tight angle.

Haaland then increased the score to 2-1 when he received a long ball from Ederson. The Norwegian striker beat defender Ethan Pinnock and put the ball over goalkeeper Mark Flecken, scoring his ninth goal this season.

While Haaland was looking for the third goal that would have made him the first player to score a hat-trick in three consecutive matches in the English Premier League, Let It Be made several wonderful saves to prevent the league’s top scorer from scoring more goals, but City won the three points in the end, leaving them alone in the lead. With 12 points.

In another match held at the same time, Nottingham Forest achieved a major surprise by defeating Liverpool in its stronghold for the first time in the league since February 15, 1969, inflicting on the new Dutch coach Arne Slot his first defeat with the “Reds”, after he began his career as a successor to the German Jurgen Klopp with three goals. Consecutive victories.

Nottingham owes its second win of the season to substitute Callum James Hudson-Odoi, who scored the goal in the 72nd minute following a quick counterattack and a wonderful shot from the edge of the penalty area after a perfect pass from Swede Anthony Elanga.

Liverpool dominated the first half and Luis Diaz hit the post in the 17th minute, but the lack of understanding between its attackers appeared evident on several occasions and the team lacked smooth performance and scoring sense, leaving the team’s balance stuck at 9 points in second place.

In the remaining matches of the fourth round, Manchester United succeeded in returning to winning ways after two consecutive losses by defeating its host, the deficient Southampton, 3-0.

The goals for the “Red Devils” were scored by Dutchman Matthijs de Ligt (35), Marcus Rashford (41), and Argentine substitute Alejandro Garnacho (90+