EPL Table: 2018 Week 2 Standings After Sunday's Premier League Scores

Manchester City's Premier League title defence continued unabated on Sunday, with the champions hammering Huddersfield Town 6-1 thanks in large part to a Sergio Aguero hat-trick.

The Argentinian ace was in lethal form at the Etihad Stadium and scored three times alongside strikes from Gabriel Jesus and a masterful David Silva and a Terence Kongolo own goal. Jon Gorenc Stankovic netted his first goal for the Terriers to make it 3-1, but the floodgates had already opened.

Manchester United were embarrassed in their trip to Brighton & Hove Albion and fell 3-2 at the Amex Stadium in what was a deserved defeat for their first away fixture of the league campaign.

Glenn Murray and Shane Duffy both scored from inside the box to put Brighton into a surprise lead before Romelu Lukaku made it 2-1. Pascal Gross' penalty right before half-time settled the result, but not before Paul Pogba converted a spot-kick of his own in injury time.

Burnley made a disastrous start to their home league campaign, suffering a 3-1 defeat to Watford at Turf Moor, where Andre Gray, Troy Deeney and Will Hughes were on target for the Hornets.

Javi Gracia's men sit level on points with leaders City after two matches, but the Citizens' goal difference is at least three better than any other team in the division after their thumping of Huddersfield.

Sunday's Week 2 Results

Burnley 1-3 Watford

Manchester City 6-1 Huddersfield Town

Brighton & Hove Albion 3-2 Manchester United

Updated Standings (Points, Goal Difference)

1. Manchester City: 6, +7

2. Chelsea: 6, +4

3. Watford: 6, +4

4. Tottenham Hotspur: 6, +3

5. Bournemouth: 6, +3

6. Everton: 4, +1

7. Liverpool: 3, +4

8. Crystal Palace: 3, +2

9. Leicester City: 3, +1

10. Manchester United: 3, 0

11. Brighton & Hove Albion: 3, -1

12. Southampton: 1, -1

13. Newcastle United: 1, -1

14. Wolverhampton Wanderers: 1, -2

15. Burnley: 1, -2

16. Cardiff City: 1, -2

17. Arsenal: 0, -3

18. Fulham: 0, -4

19. West Ham United: 0, -5

20. Huddersfield Town: 0, -8

Visit the Premier League website to see the standings in full.

Recap

Pep Guardiola's squad followed up a comfortable 2-0 win over Arsenal in their opener by showing some flair in an Aguero-inspired throttling of Huddersfield.

Terriers goalkeeper Ben Hamer was off his line as Aguero chipped in for his first. Benjamin Mendy then had a vital hand in delivering balls from the left for his star striker's second and third goals, improving his record as one of the Premier League's all-time great finishers, per OptaJoe:

Jesus drove a shot home from the edge of the box for City's second, while Silva sizzled in a long-range free-kick of the highest order to restore a three-goal cushion soon after the restart after Stankovic poked in to make it 3-1 just before half-time.

Substitute Leroy Sane forced Kongolo into an unavoidable own goal in the 84th minute, with the hosts recording an astounding total of 32 shots on goal, per WhoScored.com. Writer Daniel Storey highlighted the vicious streak City are already flaunting once again:

While last season's league champions were busy recapturing the theme of their triumphant 2017-18, United were also showing shades of their own and lost to Brighton for the second time in 2018 on the south coast.

There were no arguments to be made from Jose Mourinho's men after they were at clear fault for all the goals they conceded, which led to ESPN's Rob Dawson condemning the display from Sunday's visitors:

Murray made a fine touch at the front post for Brighton's first, Duffy showed quick feet for their second, and Eric Bailly gave away a clear penalty for a foul on Gross, who just about squeezed his shot past David De Gea.

This was a result where attitude and the desire to win superseded any talk of talent, of which United should have had plenty to beat the Seagulls. Bleacher Report's Sam Pilger commented on the gulf in quality of the two squads on paper being trumped by something less obvious:

Watford weren't as dominant in their beating of Burnley, who conceded three goals at Turf Moor for the first time since facing Tottenham Hotspur at the back end of 2017.

Burnley centre-back James Tarkowski headed in to level the scores after six minutes following Gray's breakthrough, which was an achievement in itself for the visitors, per Sky Sports Statto:

But the Hornets found their attacking groove and scored twice early in the second half to triumph 3-1, with Deeney and Hughes, a midfield asset with increasing value to Gracia, getting on the scoresheet.

Journalist and Watford fan Sam Street joked that the elation at Vicarage Road could be temporary, however, after Everton came calling for their former manager Marco Silva last season:

For now, the Hornets sit level with the Premier League's big guns early in the campaign.