Manchester City win seventh straight despite financial scandal

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 17 Oct, 19:02 · Archive

Manchester City beat Ipswich 3-2 at home to secure a seventh consecutive Premier League win, extending their lead to six points.

Manchester City beat Ipswich 3-2 at home on Saturday to extend their lead at the top of the Premier League to six points. Erling Haaland scored twice to move to eight goals for the season, the competition high. The win marked City's seventh consecutive victory to open the league campaign.

The result came after City were found guilty of large-scale financial wrongdoing in the Premier League for nearly a decade. The verdict threatens the club's place in England's top flight, though City has protested its innocence and appealed the decision. The club won back-to-back league victories either side of a 4-2 loss to Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League since the guilty verdict.

Manager Enzo Maresca said the saga had galvanised the squad. Supporters showed defiance by bringing inflatable bananas to the Etihad Stadium, a throwback to the 1980s. Some fans chanted 'Going down with the City' during the first half. Ipswich scored a second goal in stoppage time to pile late pressure on City.

Elsewhere in the Premier League, Liverpool came from behind to win 2-1 at nine-man Brentford but lost two more players to injury. Arsenal will visit Nottingham Forest on Sunday.

How it is being reported

• City go bananas for Haaland amid perfect EPL startManchester City keep winning in the teeth of the financial scandal that's enveloped the club as they moved further clear at the top of the Premier League.Perth Now · 17 Oct, 18:41
• City go bananas for Haaland amid perfect EPL startManchester City keep winning in the teeth of the financial scandal that's enveloped the club as they moved further clear at the top of the Premier League.The West Australian · 17 Oct, 18:41

In this story: Manchester City · Erling Haaland · Ipswich · Enzo Maresca · Arsenal · Liverpool · Nottingham Forest

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