After three rounds of the Premier League, Liverpool remains the only team with a perfect winning record, while Manchester City ranks 13th, and a former Guardiola player leads the assist chart.

The third round of the Premier League has finished, with teams pausing briefly to start the September international break. The results from round 3 are as follows:Chelsea 2-0 Fulham, Manchester United 3-2 Burnley, Sunderland 2-1 Brentford, Tottenham 0-1 Bournemouth, Wolves 2-3 Everton, Leeds United 0-0 Newcastle, Brighton 2-1 Manchester City, Nottingham Forest 0-3 West Ham United, Liverpool 1-0 Arsenal, Aston Villa 0-3 Crystal Palace..

After three rounds of the Premier League,Liverpoolstands as the only team this season to have secured three consecutive wins from the start, making them the sole undefeated team in the league so far.Chelseawith two wins and one draw, have accumulated 7 points and sit in second place,while the North London rivals Arsenal and Tottenham, Everton, newly promoted Sunderland, and Bournemouth—which sold four of its five main defenders—all have two wins and one loss, totaling 6 points, ranking from third to seventh place.

Can you believe it? Manchester City is placed in the lower half of the table, sitting 13th. They have one point fewer than Manchester United. Guardiola is helpless and out of ideas. Despite heavy spending in the winter and summer transfer windows, since his divorce, Guardiola’s tactics have faltered and his player selections have been poor. Husainov can’t make the starting lineup; right-back has been filled by midfielder Nunes, who is ineffective; Bob lacks the quality to be a starter for a top Premier League team and often loses possession leading to counterattacks; Haaland can score but is not suited to play as a target man or to hold up the ball for headers. When leading, Manchester City was pressed high by Brighton, unable to build from the back. Trafford repeatedly cleared long balls, and Haaland couldn’t hold the ball. Brighton dominated and overturned the match in the second half. Guardiola can no longer improve this Manchester City team tactically or mentally. Perhaps it’s time for him to step down. Being proud, he might resign voluntarily without demanding compensation.

Even worse than Guardiola’s Manchester City is Emery’s Aston Villa, who have scored zero goals in three Premier League matches, earning just one point and ranking second to last. Is this the same team that aimed for a Champions League spot last season?

On the Premier League top scorers list, Haaland leads with 3 goals, but this can’t hide Manchester City’s serious decline in strength or Haaland’s unsuitability for the center-forward role. Meanwhile, on the assists leaderboard, the player discarded by Guardiola and Manchester City’s record signing,Grealishafter being loaned to Everton, has started two of the last three Premier League games following a substitute appearance in the first round, providing assists in consecutive matches with a total of 4 assists in two games, leading the assist chart. Here’s an astonishing fact: Grealish only had 2 Premier League assists in the past two seasons at Manchester City, but now he has 4 in just two games. This clearly shows how a change of environment can revive a player. Also, Manchester City couldn’t even hold the ball against Brighton, underscoring that Guardiola should be dismissed. The Spanish coach has completely lost control of this team and should take a break now…