Erling Haalands double helped Manchester City extend their perfect start to the Premier League season to eight matches and Ipswich Towns two-match winning run ended at the Etihad Stadium. The restored Phil Foden struck from Jeremy Dokus delivery to put City ahead, only for Ipswich to equalise when Daizen Maeda raced inside the box and beat Gianluigi Donnarumma in clinical fashion as part of an incisive move.Haaland headed in Mateo Kovacics cross via grounded goalkeeper Christian Walton to restore Citys lead at half-time and produced a composed touch and finish from Iliman Ndiayes pass to add to their advantage during the second period.A Video Assistant Referee offside decision denied Haaland a third when the Norway striker fired in seconds after Ndiaye hit the crossbar, with Zian Flemming then converting a penalty for a foul by Marc Guehi on Abdul Fatawu.Manchester City vs Ipswich: Haaland goal not normalIpswich, who began on nine points after successive wins away to Crystal Palace and at home to Fulham, produced another impressive display, equalising courtesy of a swift counter-attack and setting up a suspenseful finish during 12 minutes of second-half added time.The Tractor Boys, who had Walton to thank for several excellent saves, were unfortunate to encounter a striker in exceptional form, with Haaland scoring in a sixth consecutive Premier League appearances game for his best such run since a run of seven games between August and October 2022.Ndiaye does well to set up Haaland, former Ireland forward Clinton Morrison told Sky Sports of Citys third goal.This guy [Haaland] is not normal as he says to [Abdoul] Ouattara Get off me and rolls it into the bottom corner.The Cityzens suffered their first defeat of the season in all competitions with a 4-2 home loss to Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League on Wednesday. Premier League, Round 7Manchester CityMCI 3 2 Full Time IpswichIPS Venue Etihad Stadium Referee Farai HallamPhil Foden 19Erling Haaland 34Erling Haaland 69 Daizen Maeda 21Zian Flemming 90 (Pen)Man City team vs Ipswich TownCity made four changes from their defeat at Liverpool last Sunday, introducing Doku, Ayyoub Bouaddi, Mateo Kovacic and Foden.Elliot Anderson, Enzo Fernandez, Antoine Semenyo and Rayan Cherki moved to the bench.Manchester City: Gianluigi Donnarumma, Matheus Nunes, Ruben Dias, Marc Guehi, Nico OReilly, Ayyoub Bouaddi, Mateo Kovacic, Ndiaye, Phil Foden, Jeremy Doku, Erling HaalandSubstitutes: Geronimo Rulli, Anderson, Rayan Cherki, Fernandez, Rayan Ait-Nouri, Josko Gvardiol, Allan, Antoine Semenyo, Abdukodir KhusanovIpswich team vs Manchester CityIpswich made two alterations from their win over Fulham, replacing Sasa Lukic and Jaden Philogene with Jacob Greaves and Exequiel Palacios.Abdul Fatawu returned from suspension on the bench.Ipswich Town: Christian Walton, Ouattara, Axel Disasi, Dara OShea, Jacob Greaves, Leif Davis, Florentino Luis, Daizen Maeda, Julio Enciso, Exequiel Palacios, EmersonnSubstitutes: Kjell Scherpen, Darnell Furlong, Cedric Kipre, Azor Matusiwa, Abdul Fatawu, Zian Flemming, Jaden Philogene, Chuba Akpom, Jack ClarkeMan City vs Ipswich Premier League stats, formCity had most recently faced Ipswich during the 2024/25 Premier League season, winning both games by an aggregate score of 10-1 (4-1 at home, 6-0 away)They are unbeaten in 32 Premier League games against promoted sides (W29 D3) since losing 2-1 at home to Leeds in April 2021The Cityzens have kept a clean sheet in 10 of their last 13 such games. At the Etihad Stadium, they have won all 17 games since that defeat to Leeds and scored 53 goals along the wayOnly once in Citys league history have they previously won their first seven from the start of a league campaign, in the second tier in 1897/98Erling Haaland has six goals in three Premier League games against Ipswich Town and has scored 22 in 22 appearances against newly-promoted sidesIpswich have won three of their Premier League games so far this season (L3), which is one fewer than they did in the whole of 2024/25 (W4 D10 L24)Town manager Gary ONeils only previous away Premier League game against Man City was a 5-1 defeat with Wolves in May 2024ONeils only previously game against Maresca was also a four-goal defeat Chelsea won 6-2 at Wolves in August 2024In 34 away games against Man City in all competitions, Ipswichs only clean sheet came through goalkeeper Paul Cooper in a 1-0 win at Maine Road in March 1983Before the start of the latest round of fixtures, Bournemouth, Newcastle and Chelsea (13 each) were the only teams to have conceded more in this seasons division than Ipswich (12) Recent Results : Manchester City Premier League Manchester City MCI W 3 2 2026-10-17 Ipswich IPS UEFA Champions League Manchester City MCI L 2 4 2026-10-14 Paris Saint Germain PSG Premier League Liverpool LIV W 0 3 2026-10-11 Manchester City MCI Premier League Manchester City MCI W 5 3 2026-09-20 Sunderland SUN League Cup Manchester City MCI W 5 0 2026-09-17 Norwich NOR Recent Results : Ipswich Premier League Manchester City MCI L 3 2 2026-10-17 Ipswich IPS Premier League Ipswich IPS W 2 1 2026-10-10 Fulham FUL Premier League Everton EVE L 1 0 2026-09-19 Ipswich IPS League Cup Ipswich IPS L 2 4 2026-09-15 Arsenal ARS Premier League Crystal Palace CRY W 2 3 2026-09-12 Ipswich IPS Latest updated Premier League table Premier League 2026 England #TeamPlayedWonDrawnLostGFGAGDPtsLast 5 1 Manchester City66001651118 W W W W W 2 Arsenal6501105515 W L W W W 3 Brighton64111851313 W W W D L 4 Brentford6240126610 L D W D D 5 Everton624085310 L D W D D 6 Chelsea63121513210 W W L D L 7 Leeds62318539 L D W D D 8 Hull City62318629 L D L D D 9 Liverpool62317709 W L W D W 10 Ipswich6303912-39 L W L W L 11 Newcastle62221013-38 L W L D W 12 Crystal Palace6213912-37 W D L W L 13 Manchester United61329906 D D L D W 14 Coventry6204511-66 W W L L L 15 Nottingham Forest612358-35 L L W D D 16 Aston Villa6123611-55 D W L D L 17 Sunderland6114612-64 L L L D W 18 Bournemouth6033713-63 L L D D D 19 Tottenham603339-63 D L D D L 20 Fulham6024610-42 W L D D L Position 1, 2, 3, 4 : Promotion Champions League (League phase) Position 5 : Promotion Europa League (League phase) Position 18, 19, 20 : Relegation Championship Topics Enzo Maresca Erling Haaland Gary O'Neil Ipswich Town F.C. 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