LONDON, Oct 19 — Arsenal remained top of the table as the Premier League resumed thanks to a gritty 1-0 win at Fulham but Ange Postecoglou’s Nottingham Forest nightmare ended in the sack after 39 days following a 3-0 home loss to Chelsea yesterday.

While Postecoglou’s brutal departure made him the shortest-serving permanent Premier League manager to be sacked mid-season, Manchester City’s Pep Guardiola marked his 3,397th day in charge with his team briefly reaching the summit.