THE OPENING ROUND OF THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE
Crystal Palace 0-2 Arsenal
Fulham 2-2 Liverpool
Bournemouth 2-0 Aston Villa
Leeds 2-1 Wolves
Newcastle United 2-0 Nottingham Forest
Tottenham 4-1 Southampton
Everton 0-1 Chelsea
Leicester City 2-2 Brentford
Manchester United 1-2 Brighton
West Ham 0-2 Manchester City
Gabriel Martinelli scored the first goal of the 2022/23 English Premier League season. It was also the match-winning goal for Arsenal to pick up three points from Selhurst Park in a 2-0 win against Crystal Palace.
Aleksandar Mitrovic delivered the goals for Fulham.
Newly promoted Fulham was close to collecting all three points in their season opener against a Liverpool side that is deemed as one of the prime season title contenders.
Darwin Nunez came off the bench in the 51st minute and played a major role in both of Liverpool’s goals.
Liverpool needed to come back from a goal down on two occasions to avoid a humiliating defeat to a promoted club.
Newly-promoted Bournemouth kicked off the season with a 2-0 win against Aston Villa.
Leeds United came from a goal down to start their season with a 2-1 home victory against Wolves.
Fabian Schär opened the scoring with a screamer, as Newcastle United kicked off the season with a 2-0 win against newly promoted Nottingham Forest.
Tottenham came from • goal down to win 4- 1 in their opening match of the season.
Jorginho converted a late first-half penalty into the goal that handed Chelsea a narrow 1-0 win at Goodison Park.
Leicester City blew a 2- goal lead at home to settle for a point against Brentford.
Brighton kicked off their season with a 2-1 win at Old Trafford.
Erling Haaland’s brace got Manchester City to a win in London to start their title defense season.
STANDINGS
1| Tottenham Hotspur – 3 points
2| Bournemouth – 3 points
3| Arsenal – 3 points
4| Manchester City – 3 points
5| Newcastle United – 3 points
6| Brighton – 3 points
7| Leeds United – 3 points
8| Chelsea – 3 points
9| Brentford – 1 point
10| Fulham – 1 point
11| Leicester City – 1 point
12| Liverpool – 1 point
13| Manchester United – 0 points
14| Wolves – 0 points
15| Everton – 0 points
16| Aston Villa – 0 points
17| Crystal Palace – 0 points
18| Nottingham Forest – 0 points
19| West Ham United – 0 points
20| Southampton – 0 points
