Steph Houghton
Former England captain on BBC Radio 5 Live

Very dominant display so far [from City]. Fulham have really struggled to get on the ball.

You can feel a goal coming.

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How did he miss that?

Morgan Gibbs-White is presented with a glorious chance to score against his old club but heads wide.

Elliot Anderson with a delicious cross but Gibbs-White should have scored.

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It is just all Manchester City at the moment and a goal feels inevitable. Nico O'Reilly now tries his luck but gets his shot from distance all wrong.

A deflected cross by Jadon Sancho forces Brighton keeper Bart Verbruggen into action.

Sancho has made a lively start having earlier had an attempt blocked.

The on-loan midfielder from Manchester United is still searching for his first Premier League goal in a Villa shirt.

Bernd Leno is called into action for the first time and it is a good save to keep out Phil Foden's composed strike in a crowded box.

Shamoon Hafez
Football news reporter at Etihad Stadium

Rodri's volley from the edge of the box goes out for a throw in.

Referee Paul Tierney vigorously signals it is a throw in, just to rub it in a bit more, and the Fulham fans enjoyed that one too.

This one is under way after that delayed kick-off for Burnley's team coach being stuck on traffic.

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Liverpool

Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker, speaking to TNT Sports: "We have to take it really quickly because today is another big game and big fight.

"Sunderland are doing amazing, mainly at home this season. Today, we know that we need to work hard to get the three points."

A peach of a strike by Phil Foden as he connects sweetly with the ball on the edge of the area. His shot is goalbound but deflects off the head of a Fulham player and goes behind for a corner, which comes to nothing.

Forest enjoyed 68.9% possession in the opening five minutes and registered two attempts.

Now Callum Hudson-Odoi has just fired narrowly wide after finding space.

Wolves are very much on the backfoot.

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Matheus Nunes is getting plenty of room down the right and is seeing a lot of the ball at the moment. He has space and time to put in a cross but there's too much on it and the ball sails over everyone.

By the way, that Carlos Baleba booking was timed at one minute and 49 seconds. That's an awfully long time to be on a yellow.

Sunderland are unbeaten in all 12 of their Premier League home games this season, winning seven and drawing five. It’s the longest run by a promoted side from the start of a top-flight season since 1977-78, when Nottingham Forest remained unbeaten in all 21 on their way to winning the league title.

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Wow, a booking inside three minutes for Carlos Baleba for clearly holding back Morgan Rogers during a Villa attack.

Referee Peter Bankes is clearly in a no-nonsense mood.

Shamoon Hafez
Football news reporter at Etihad Stadium

It is absolutely teeming to down here, a real welcome to Manchester for the Londoners. They don't know what's hit them.

It's going to make for an interesting watch for both goalkeepers with it being an extremely greasy surface.

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Manchester City have started on the front foot, as you would expect.

Bernardo Silva curls a ball into the box but the Fulham defence clears.

Forest are dominating the early exchanges at the City Ground, where Wolves have named their youngest Premier League starting XI (25 years, 198 days) since April 2024 in a 2-0 loss to Arsenal (25 years, 160 days).

Getting under way at Villa Park, Etihad Stadium and the City Ground.

Aadam Patel
Football Reporter at the Stadium of Light

It's an interesting team selection from Arne Slot, changing just the full-backs from Sunday's defeat to Man City.

Liverpool had plenty of positives to take from the second half against Pep Guardiola's side and they will need to be at their best against a Sunderland side that are unbeaten at home in the league this season.

"The Stadium of Light has been a real source of strength for this team" says Regis Le Bris. But Sunderland are winless in their last 11 Premier League games (D5 L6) against Liverpool.

Anyways, the rain hasn't stopped since I got to Sunderland. It's all set to be one of those nights under the lights.

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