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Manchester City keep perfect start amid fan defiance over financial verdict
October 17, 2026 at 09:57 PM
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7 reports · 3 in Arabic, 4 in English · over 4 hours
Manchester City extended their perfect Premier League start with a seventh straight win, moving six points clear as fans protested the club's financial-rules guilty verdict.
- Manchester City beat Ipswich Town 3-2 at the Etihad, a seventh straight Premier League win that left them six points clear on 21 points.
- Enzo Maresca became the first manager in Premier League history to win his first seven games, with Erling Haaland scoring twice.
- Fans booed the Premier League anthem and waved inflatable bananas following the club's guilty verdict for breaching financial rules; City has appealed.
- Kovacic, Nunes, O'Reilly, Semenyo and Haaland all left the field with injuries in the second half.






