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Delap’s Nottingham Forest stunners hand Manchester City third league defeat in a row

Wait long enough and results will come to reflect performances. Manchester City may have won their first seven league games of the season but they always looked vulnerable, and now have lost three in a row. Nottingham Forest may have been second bottom but, other than the twin curses of missing chances and giving away daft goals, they seemed to be playing reasonably well. Put the two together and the outcome was a dramatic regression to the mean. It turns out the stats were right, after all. Liam Delap scored twice to remind people just what a good striker he can be. Oliver Glasner, after last

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Martin Ødegaard extends Arsenal lead at top with winner to break Hull resistance

As most Arsenal supporters would testify, patience is a virtue. They needed plenty during the 22-year wait to be crowned Premier League champions and Mikel Arteta’s side certainly had to retain their composure as they tried to break down a dogged Hull side. They had not beaten Arsenal in 14 attempts since winning on their first visit to this ground in 2008. But with 20 minutes to play, there was still every chance that Sergej Jakirovic’s team could have pulled off one of the shocks of the season. Arsenal had already been denied a penalty just before half-time for a shirt pull on Kai Havertz in

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