Manchester City defeated Ipswich Town 3-2 on 17 October 2026 to claim their seventh consecutive league victory. Erling Haaland scored twice for the champions, finding the net in the 34th and 69th minutes.
Phil Foden opened the scoring in the 19th minute, while Zian Flemming secured the win with a 90th-minute penalty. Manager Enzo Maresca said, "Very happy with today's game, we controlled it for 95 minutes. We create chances, we score. We finish a little bit suffering together but overall, it is good."
The club currently holds a six-point lead over Arsenal in the standings. Manchester City were previously found guilty of more than 100 breaches of Premier League financial rules.
Liverpool beat Brentford 2-1 on the same day, with Andoni Iraola stating, "You see the results of Brentford at home and you have to be ready for these kinds of battles. We had 45 minutes to do the comeback and I think we played really well." Chelsea won 2-0 against Everton on 17 October 2026.
Fulham secured a 1-0 win against Hull City. Aston Villa won 1-0 against Newcastle.
In a separate match, Pedro Neto scored in the first minute of the second half and again in stoppage-time. Keane Lewis-Potter scored in the 44th minute, while Victor Munoz found the net in the 62nd minute.
Alexander Isak scored in the 70th minute. Johan Manzambi scored in the 33rd minute.
Daizen Maeda scored in the 21st minute. Yehor Yarmolyuk received a red card during first-half stoppage-time.
Vitaly Janelt received a second booking in stoppage-time. Emiliano Martinez was taken to hospital.
Xabi Alonso stated, "We need a clean sheet, to be honest. I think we did a very good game. Emi deserved this, Mike did as well."
