LONDON, Oct 25 — Manchester City’s flawless start to the Premier League season was ended in a 2-1 defeat at Aston Villa on Saturday that allowed Arsenal to join them at the top of the table with victory over Everton.
Tottenham won at Chelsea for just the second time in 42 visits to Stamford Bridge as Mike Penders’s own goal and a Cole Palmer red card cost the Blues in a 2-0 defeat.
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.
Nicolas Jackson struck twice for Unai Emery’s men to continue a fine run of form for a new-look Villa side.
