Manchester City's Erling Haaland kept up his sizzling scoring pace with two goals in five second-half minutes on Saturday to lift Pep Guardiola's side provisionally top of the table with a 2-0 win over Everton.
The 25-year-old Haaland – who scored in an 11th consecutive game for club and country for a season total of 23 goals – broke the deadlock in the 58th minute when he leapt to head home Nico O'Reilly's cross from the left.
The Norwegian doubled City's lead five minutes later when he latched on to Savinho's cross and struck a blistering left-foot shot from the middle of the box that was slightly deflected by Everton's James Tarkowski past goalkeeper Jordan Pickford.
After two defeats in their opening three Premier League matches, Guardiola's team are now unbeaten in eight games in all competitions.
Haaland proved the match-winner once more with two clinical finishes.
City edged ahead of Arsenal provisionally on goal difference.
After the win, manager Guardiola said he was pleased with the result but reiterated that City can't keep relying on Haaland.
“Typical first half after international break. We were not able to control the second balls, it wasn't easy. Everton and David Moyes are doing an incredible job” Guardiola told BBC.
“Disappointed he [Haaland] did not score four or five. All jokes aside, really pleased but we cannot rely on just him, we need other players. Wingers, attacking midfielders. They have to make a step up and score goals. We play to provide Erling with quality and passing but other players have to step up.
“At this level they have to demand themselves. They have to do it otherwise we can't do what we want to do.”
Palace deny Bournemouth
Bournemouth were denied top spot by Jean-Philippe Mateta's 97th minute penalty to complete his hat-trick and salvage a 3-3 draw for Crystal Palace.
Two goals from Eli Junior Kroupi put the Cherries 2-0 up at Selhurst Park at half-time.
Palace lost for the first time in 20 matches in their last outing at Everton.
The Eagles avoided another defeat thanks to the in-form Mateta, who was fresh from scoring his first international goal for France.
Mateta struck twice to level before Ryan Christie turned in Marcus Tavernier's cross in the 89th minute to restore Bournemouth's lead.
However, Andoni Iraola's men were denied another huge win when Mateta stroked home from the spot after wantaway Palace captain Marc Guehi was fouled inside the box.
Meanwhile, Newcastle's struggles on the road continued with a 2-1 defeat at Brighton as Danny Welbeck struck twice.
The Magpies have yet to win away in the Premier League this season and slipped to 11th, behind local rivals Sunderland.
The Black Cats climbed up to seventh with a 2-0 victory over Wolves, which left the visitors five points off safety at the bottom of the table.
Burnley climbed out of the bottom three thanks to goals from Lesley Ugochukwu and Loum Tchaouna to beat Leeds 2-0.
The biggest newsmaker of the day, however, was Ange Postecoglou who was sacked as Nottingham Forest manager after a 3-0 defeat to Chelsea.
Postecoglou was removed after just eight games and 40 days in charge at the City Ground, making his the shortest ever managerial stint in Premier League history.
Forest picked up just one point from the Australian's five league games and were also dumped out of the League Cup by second-tier Swansea.
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Date of Birth: April 25, 1993
Place of Birth: Dubai, UAE
Marital Status: Single
School: Al Sufouh in Jumeirah, Dubai
University: Emirates Airline National Cadet Programme and Hamdan University
Job Title: Pilot, First Officer
Number of hours flying in a Boeing 777: 1,200
Number of flights: Approximately 300
Hobbies: Exercising
Nicest destination: Milan, New Zealand, Seattle for shopping
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Favourite place to visit: Dubai, there’s no place like home
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Technology expert in robotics and automation: Dh20,000 to Dh40,000
Energy engineer: Dh25,000 to Dh30,000
Production engineer: Dh30,000 to Dh40,000
Data-driven supply chain management professional: Dh30,000 to Dh50,000
HR leader: Dh40,000 to Dh60,000
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An arms embargo
A ban on uranium enrichment and reprocessing
A ban on launches and other activities with ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear weapons, as well as ballistic missile technology transfer and technical assistance
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Founders: Michele Ferrario, Nino Ulsamer and Freddy Lim
Started: established in 2016 and launched in July 2017
Based: Singapore, with offices in the UAE, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Thailand
Sector: FinTech, wealth management
Initial investment: $500,000 in seed round 1 in 2016; $2.2m in seed round 2 in 2017; $5m in series A round in 2018; $12m in series B round in 2019; $16m in series C round in 2020 and $25m in series D round in 2021
Current staff: more than 160 employees
Stage: series D
Investors: EightRoads Ventures, Square Peg Capital, Sequoia Capital India
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Power: 640hp
Torque: 760nm
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Fines for littering
In Dubai:
Dh200 for littering or spitting in the Dubai Metro
Dh500 for throwing cigarette butts or chewing gum on the floor, or littering from a vehicle.
Dh1,000 for littering on a beach, spitting in public places, throwing a cigarette butt from a vehicle
In Sharjah and other emirates
Dh500 for littering - including cigarette butts and chewing gum - in public places and beaches in Sharjah
Dh2,000 for littering in Sharjah deserts
Dh500 for littering from a vehicle in Ras Al Khaimah
Dh1,000 for littering from a car in Abu Dhabi
Dh1,000 to Dh100,000 for dumping waste in residential or public areas in Al Ain
Dh10,000 for littering at Ajman's beaches
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Consoles: PC, PlayStation 4/5, Xbox Series X/S
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Date started: 2012
Founder: Amir Barsoum
Based: Dubai, UAE
Sector: HealthTech / MedTech
Size: 300 employees
Funding: $22.6 million (as of September 2018)
Investors: Technology Development Fund, Silicon Badia, Beco Capital, Vostok New Ventures, Endeavour Catalyst, Crescent Enterprises’ CE-Ventures, Saudi Technology Ventures and IFC
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