Bengaluru, November 5: An injury-time penalty from substitute Norwegian Erling Haaland earned 10-man Manchester City a dramatic 2-1 win over Fulham on Saturday (November 5), a victory that sent the Premier League champions back to the top of the table.

With leading goalscorer Haaland deemed fit enough only for the bench after missing the previous two City games through injury, Argentinean forward Julian Alvarez fired the home side into a 17th-minute lead.

The Premier League champions thought they had quickly doubled their lead through John Stones but Rodri was offside in the build-up, and Fulham capitalised on that reprieve, going straight down the other end and winning a 26th-minute penalty.

City defender Joao Cancelo was given a straight red card for bundling Harry Wilson to the floor, with former Manchester United midfielder Andreas Pereira making no mistake from the spot as Fulham went into the interval level.

City continued to dominate even with a numerical disadvantage. Haaland was brought on and quickly thought he had restored his side's lead after glancing a header home, but VAR stepped in to rule the Norwegian to be offside.

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It seemed City had done all they could until Kevin De Bruyne was brought down and Haaland converted the penalty to send the Etihad Stadium into delirium in the 95th minute, as the champions moved one point clear of Arsenal at the top of the standings.

It was City's main men who made the difference here. They thought they had conjured an open-play winner, only for the VAR to put paid to that, yet De Bruyne drew the late foul and Haaland held his nerve to send Guardiola wild on the touchline. Haaland has scored 16 goals in his last 10 Premier League games.

The penalty was City's latest winning goal in a Premier League game since November 2017 against Southampton, when Raheem Sterling was the hero.

Meanwhile, Crysencio Summerville starred for Leeds United as they came back from 1-3 down at Elland Road.

Summerville was Leeds' match-winner in last week's shock victory at Liverpool and he followed it up with another crucial strike that clinched successive wins for Jesse Marsch's side.

Bournemouth led 2-1 at the break after James Tavernier and Philip Billing had cancelled out Rodrigo's early penalty.

Dominic Solanke put the Cherries further ahead early in the second half.

But Sam Greenwood curled home Leeds' second and Liam Cooper headed them level before Summerville slammed home the winner with six minutes remaining.

Brighton edge Wolves

Brighton beat Wolves 3-2 at Molineux just hours after the struggling hosts appointed Julen Lopetegui as their new manager.

Former Real Madrid boss Lopetegui, hired to replace the sacked Bruno Lage, will take charge on November 14, when the Premier League pauses for the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Adam Lallana gave Brighton a 10th-minute lead when he curled in his first goal since March 2021.

Goncalo Guedes levelled two minutes later from close-range and Ruben Neves put Wolves ahead with a 35th minute penalty after Lewis Dunk was ruled to have handled.

Japan winger Kaoru Mitoma equalised for Brighton when he nodded in Lallana's deep cross in the 44th minute.

And Mitoma set up Pascal Gross to blast into the roof of the net as Brighton stole the points in the 83rd minute.

Forest hold Brentford

Bottom-of-the-table Nottingham Forest drew 2-2 with Brentford at the City Ground thanks to a stoppage-time own goal from Mathias Jorgensen.

Morgan Gibbs-White scored his first goal for Forest in the 20th minute, but Brentford equalised in first-half stoppage time after referee Andre Marriner awarded a penalty following a check on the pitchside monitor.

(With inputs from Agencies)