Manchester City maintained their perfect start to the new Premier League season with a 2-1 victory at home to Brentford on Saturday.
Thomas Frank's side stunned the hosts with a goal almost straight from kick-off but they were ultimately undone by the ruthlessness of Erling Haaland, who took his tally for the season to nine from just four outings.
The champions are now the only team to have taken 12 points from 12 so far this term after Liverpool faltered against Nottingham Forest.
How the game unfolded
With only 22 seconds on the clock, Brentford took a shock lead. John Stones sliced a clearance from a Keane Lewis-Potter header across the six-yard box, and Yoane Wissa popped up to nod the loose ball into the back of the net - the earliest home goal City have ever conceded in the Premier League.
Brentford went close to doubling their lead shortly after when Bryan Mbeumo broke free, but he was pegged back by the retreating Rico Lewis. Ederson also had to be alert to deny a first-time strike from Nathan Collins as the visitors' fast start continued.
With their first opportunity of note, City pulled level. Kevin De Bruyne instinctively poked the ball into the path of Haaland, who despite facing away from goal, swivelled and found the far corner with a shot which deflected off the leg of Ethan Pinnock.
City were starting to find their groove again up against a deep Brentford block, with De Bruyne lashing a strike from 25 yards narrowly wide, and it wasn't long before they were ahead – a long ball from Ederson sailed over the Brentford backline and Haaland bumped off the challenge of Pinnock before dinking the ball past goalkeeper Mark Flekken.
Christian Norgaard made a crucial clearance to ensure City didn't score a quick third, while Savinho's woeful dive in the box resulted in a yellow card.
The Bees were still effective in transition and ought to have made more of an opening on the hour mark. Mbeumo's ball to Lewis-Potter was perfect and Kevin Schade was waiting for a tap in at the back post, but the winger's cross skewed over the bar and City were let off the hook.
Flekken had to be at full stretch to push aside strikes from Grealish and Haaland as City sought to stretch their lead beyond any sort of doubt, and the Dutchman also made a tremendous save with his right foot to deny Savinho.
Haaland then struck the post and forced another save out of Flekken as Brentford tried their best to keep the hosts out and sneak an equaliser, before Yehor Yarmolyuk went close to scoring a leveller as his shot trickled wide of the far post.
