City had concerns after suffering successive Premier League defeats against Tottenham and Brighton before the international break, but have responded in style with four victories in five games. All is rosy in the Guardiola garden again. His side had to battle hard for Saturday's 5-1 victory against Burnley - whose boss Scott Parker felt the scoreline was "harsh" - with two Maxime Esteve own goals and Erling Haaland netting twice late on. But just as champions and Premier League leaders Liverpool threatened to run away with the title, they suffered a last-gasp loss at Crystal Palace, which allowed City to claw back the deficit to five points. "We are creating a good team spirit with the backroom staff and players," said Guardiola. "We finished with late goals. It was tough. In the second half, we found the goals and it was miles better in the last 20 minutes."

The Eagles had torn the visitors to shreds for 34 minutes, with somehow only an Ismaila Sarr goal to show for their superiority, when the club's famous section of support delivered their verdict. "We're going to win the league" echoed around this great old atmospheric stadium - optimism taken to the extreme perhaps, but a clear signal of just how good this Palace side is. Liverpool have lived on the precipice all season, even when racking up five successive Premier League victories, an influx of new and expensive signings failing to disguise defensive flaws first uncovered at Wembley in August when Palace beat them to lift the Community Shield on penalties. Oliver Glasner's side refused to let the Reds off the hook, as has happened on occasion with other opponents this term, although they did their best when only going in 1-0 up at half-time when it could have been 6-0. Sarr's ninth-minute opener was scant reward for a pulsating Palace performance, Liverpool keeper Alisson - the one player in their side to emerge with credit - saving superbly from Yeremy Pino, Daniel Munoz and Jean-Philippe Mateta, who also struck the woodwork. It looked like an outstanding performance would only yield a point after Federico Chiesa's 87th-minute equaliser, only for Liverpool to become the biter bit when substitute Eddie Nketiah scored a deserved winner with virtually the last kick of the game in the 97th minute. It was only their second league win over Liverpool in 17 meetings and first at home since 2014. Selhurst Park went wild in celebration, but these are the sort of scenes Palace fans are becoming accustomed to under the superb leadership of Austrian Glasner.

Illia Zabarnyi scored his first goal for the club since his summer move from Bournemouth when he volleyed in at the back post from Vitihna's cross at the Parc des Princes in Paris. The home side doubled their lead when Lucas Beraldo headed home from Senny Mayulu's cross. PSG moved above Marseille, who beat them on Monday, as they made it five wins from their opening six league matches. Auxerre had their chances, with a fierce shot from Kevin Danois striking the woodwork and Sekou Mara having a header cleared off the line. There were further opportunities for Luis Enrique's side but Achraf Hakimi's dink was ruled out for offside and Bradley Barcola sent a header over the bar. Auxerre are 13th in the table with four defeats from six matches. PSG travel to Barcelona on Wednesday in their second Champions League group stage match.

Substitutes Danny Welbeck and Maxim de Cuyper scored during 11 minutes of added time as the visitors profited from Trevoh Chalobah's 53rd-minute red card. The Blues had been coasting to victory in the first half when Enzo Fernandez headed in Reece James's cross, via a deflection off Brighton winger Kaoru Mitoma. However, Mitoma played a key role in the game's big turning point - as he won possession from Chelsea's Andrey Santos, on his first Premier League start, leading to Chalobah's desperate challenge on Georginio Rutter. After a lengthy video assistant referee check, Chalobah was dismissed - seven days after goalkeeper Robert Sanchez was sent off early in their 2-1 defeat at Manchester United. And Welbeck benefited by scoring twice - getting his first, shortly after coming on, by heading in the equaliser at the far post in the 77th minute. De Cuyper then headed Brighton in front from a corner in the second minute of stoppage time - before Welbeck finished from close range to seal victory in the ninth. Chelsea, who drop to seventh place, left the field to a smattering of boos. They have not won a Premier League match since the international break, with Liverpool next to visit west London. Meanwhile, Brighton rise into to 10th place after another positive result against big six opposition.

The optimism generated by the victory over Chelsea seven days ago was lost in a 3-1 defeat at Brentford that keeps United firmly in the bottom half of the Premier League. United have collected 34 points from Amorim's 33 league games in charge and have still to win successive matches. The promised improvement after last season's woeful 15th-place finish is yet to materialise, and afterwards Amorim was forced to answer more questions about his future. "I am never concerned about my job - I am not that kind of guy," he told BBC Match of the Day. "It is not my decision. I will do the best I can every minute I am here." United officials have repeatedly stressed their support for the former Sporting boss, but it is days like this when that belief is called into question and, with no midweek games to divert attention, ensure the inquest is extensive. Former Wales midfielder Ashley Williams told BBC Final Score: "I don't want to say they change manager, but how long can this continue? It seems to be every week that we're talking about it. "I'm a fan of managers who have a style and stick to it. That isn't working. You have to adapt. "I don't see where Manchester united go with this unless they change manager." Ex-Arsenal defender Martin Keown added: "They don't look good enough. You then look at it and he only has a win percentage 1% more than Graham Potter, who has been sacked. How is he still in the job? "If he was 12 months after Ferguson, this would have been done weeks ago."