Man City drops more points with 1-1 draw vs West Ham

Such are Manchester City's struggles, not even a trip to West Ham can be relied on anymore to rack up the goals and points. A 1-1 draw left City enduring its worst start to a season in six years – before Pep Guardiola arrived – and the manager facing more doubts about his ability to regain the Premier League trophy in the final year of his contract.

How different from the last five games at the Olympic Stadium when City scored 22 goals and only conceded once. This latest setback left City with only eight points from five games. And the point was only rescued by substitute Phil Foden's second-half strike, after bringing down Joao Cancelo's cross on the turn.

“It’s not a good point,” Foden said. “We wanted three but we’re not a team who will sulk a lot. We’ll get over it tomorrow, look at things we can improve on and go ahead.’’

“We started slow,” Foden said. “We weren’t passing quick enough around the back and didn’t have a good temp.”

At the final whistle
Aston Villa 0-3 Leeds
♦ West Ham 1-1 Man City
♦ Fulham 1-2 Crystal Palace