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Erling Haaland delivered another decisive performance for Manchester City as they defeated Manchester United 1-0 at Old Trafford in the Premier League.

Haaland proved to be the difference between the two sides, scoring the only goal of the Manchester derby in the second half. The Norwegian striker reacted quickest inside the penalty area and finished after a deflected delivery found its way towards him.

The goal came after Manchester City had been reduced to 10 men following Phil Foden’s straight red card in the first half. Despite being a player down, City remained disciplined and eventually found the breakthrough through their prolific striker.

Haaland continued to cause problems for the Manchester United defence throughout the match with his movement and physical presence. His ability to remain dangerous even when City were playing with fewer players highlighted his importance to Enzo Maresca’s side.

The 1-0 victory also maintained Manchester City’s perfect start to the Premier League campaign, with the club winning all four of their opening matches.

Haaland’s contribution was therefore crucial to City securing another three points in a difficult away fixture. However, it is worth noting that available match reports list Elliot Anderson as the official Player of the Match, while Haaland was the decisive goalscorer and standout attacking figure.

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Nigeria international defender Calvin Bassey has described captaining Fulham as a “privilege” after taking on the leadership role following an injury to regular club captain Tom Cairney.

Bassey has worn the captain’s armband in Fulham’s opening three Premier League fixtures, assuming greater responsibility as he begins his fourth season with the West London club.

The 25-year-old said he was honoured to lead the side and credited his experience at the club for making the transition easier.

“It’s a privilege. Being able to captain this club is unbelievable,” Bassey told Fulham’s official media team.

“Going into my fourth season, I know the boys and get on with everyone, so I just be myself and try to help everyone.

“Leading comes naturally because of the position I play, being able to see everything and having to communicate as a centre-half.”

Bassey also explained that the captaincy had not changed his personality or approach to leadership, saying he preferred to remain calm and positive rather than confront teammates immediately after difficult matches.

“Nah, not really, that’s not me! I’m more chill,” he said.

“Before the game, I’m just happy, smiling as always. I just want everyone to go in with good energy.”

The defender added that he understood the frustration players could feel after disappointing results and believed it was sometimes better to allow emotions to settle before discussing mistakes.

“I know everyone goes out there and gives 100 per cent, and sometimes we’re just not able to win,” he said.

“I know they’re frustrated, I’m frustrated, but I think sometimes it’s best just to leave people be and then speak about it later.”

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Hull City had a strong start to their Premier League return after a nine-year absence, debuting with a 2-0 win over Manchester United.

They wanted to keep up their unbeaten slate in the competition at Stamford Bridge and quickly showed how they got here with incredibly organised play.

Under Xabi Alonso we are increasingly getting the fame of thriving in chaos and Hull City weren’t giving any of that to us. They eventually slipped and on a fast break following a corner kick in the opposition’s favour Morgan Rogers opened the score for the Blues.

Many teams would panic in similar situations at the Bridge. Hull City did not. They kept their patience and even though they had less possession they were not having too many issues finding space to attack Chelsea.

On a extremely long goal kick the ball fell to Hull right-back Ryan Giles. His cross didn’t seem to have a target but it was pinpoint to Mohamed Belloumi. With Jorrel Hato looking a bit confused as to how to close the midfielder’s shot angle he just volleyed it straight into the back of Emiliano Martínez’s net.

Belloumi would haunt us again a few minutes later. On a corner kick where Semi Ajayi was free to head the ball onto our post Oli McBurnie was able to recover it and pass it to the man who got Hull City their equaliser. He was helped by a lucky deflection to get the visitors ahead in the scoreline.

Far from afraid from making changes when needed our head coach brought on Pep Chavarría in place of Hato at half-time. We did need something different on the pitch if we were to come out of this with a win.

Hull were still dangerous and their third only didn’t come into fruition due to Martínez’s heroics on a close-range McBurnie shot. When it was our turn to take a close-range shot, João Pedro got it top bins to set it all level.

As we got closer to the final whistle Hull seemed happy to snatch a draw at the Bridge while Chelsea weren’t having any of that. We tried our hardest to find a third but it wasn’t enough.