Erling Haaland remains at the top of the Premier League scoring standings after the weekend's fixtures, with nine goals following Manchester City's 2-1 defeat to Aston Villa on Saturday.

The Norwegian scored City's only goal in the match, finding the net in the 52nd minute after Nicolas Jackson had put Villa ahead.

Jackson scored again in the 60th minute to secure the home side's victory, taking his own league tally to four goals.

Haaland's goal kept him three ahead of Liverpool's Alexander Isak, who moved to six goals after scoring in Liverpool's 2-0 win over Brighton on Sunday.

Isak is the closest challenger among the leading scorers after finding the net for the seventh time in his eighth appearance.

Chelsea's João Pedro and Bournemouth's Marcus Tavernier are joint third on five goals.

Tavernier scored in Bournemouth's 3-0 win over Manchester United, while Pedro remained on his existing tally after Chelsea lost 2-0 to Tottenham.

Five players are on four goals: Rayan Cherki of Manchester City, Chelsea's Morgan Rogers, Aston Villa's Jackson, Leeds United's Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Manchester United's Bryan Mbeumo.

Cherki, Rogers, Calvert-Lewin and Mbeumo did not score in the weekend results supplied, while Jackson's brace against City confirmed his place among the four-goal group.

Haaland's lead remains the main feature of the race after the latest round.

His nearest challenger added to his tally, while Tavernier also made progress and Pedro stayed on five.

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