Brighton Stun City, Chelsea Sink United in Halloween Premier League Shake-Up

Brighton inflicted a second straight league defeat on Manchester City on Saturday, winning 1-0 at the Etihad through Yasin Ayari's 11th-minute strike, their first away win against City at the 18th attempt.

At Stamford Bridge, Chelsea beat Manchester United 2-0 as Morgan Rogers broke through the visitors' defence and Cole Palmer converted a 64th-minute penalty after Lisandro Martinez was sent off for two quick yellow cards.

Tottenham made it three wins in a row with a 2-0 victory over Crystal Palace, who played most of the game with ten men after Jean-Philippe Mateta's early red card, while Aston Villa were held 1-1 by Fulham.

Elsewhere on Saturday, Brentford beat Nottingham Forest 2-0, Bournemouth saw off Leeds 2-0, Coventry climbed out of the relegation zone with a 3-1 win over Sunderland, and Hull drew 2-2 with Ipswich.

Title race wide open

City's defeat leaves them on 21 points from nine games, level with Arsenal, who can move clear at the top if they avoid defeat at Liverpool on Sunday, while third-placed Brighton sit two points back on 19.

Source: Reuters