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Arsenal’s Granit Xhaka sets unwanted record on his EPL debut

Liverpool kicked off with a victory over Arsenal defeating them 4-3 at Emirates.

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Joe Hart’s place in the City first team could be over as the side look set to sign Barcelona ‘keeper Claudio Bravo. Xhaka brought some energy back to the Arsenal side that had been deflated by Liverpool’s possession in the second half.

A brilliant solo goal by Senegalese Sadio Mane capped up a brilliant performance from Klopp’s men as he split Arsenal’s defence before scoring. There are plenty of strong teams, plenty of new managers; an influx of even more cash, meaning what usually is a fairly insane league might be even more unpredictable.

As for the goal, originally given to Hernandez before being switched to Diomande, he said. Now we are back with feet on the ground and we have to work hard.

“It felt for everybody in this moment: “that’s it”.

“We were far away today from showing our whole quality”, he added.

With the loss of Aaron Ramsey to injury, and the possible absence yet again of Mesut Ozil, it should be the Cazorla show when Arsenal take on Leicester.

With his team booed off the pitch, as much for the club’s lack of new signings as for another season-opening defeat, Wenger pointed to Coutinho’s equalizer as the turning point.

What a difference a year makes in the Premier League Twitter world. They give us the confidence to take responsibility for ourselves.

A draw at home against Tottenham was a strong result for Everton first up under new manager Ronald Koeman, and there was certainly reason for the Toffees to feel that the horrors after last season’s underwhelming season of dire football is well and truly a thing of the past. Their second half collapse was blamed by Wenger on a lack of physical fitness.

Here are the highs and lows of the weekend just gone, but while you’re reading, don’t forget you can still sign up to RealSport’s FPL mini league, where the victor gets a shiny trophy! “You have to sometimes accept that you can not control absolutely everything”. I don’t think there was one positive thing written about us in the newspapers before the game, but we saw it another way.

The Swedish forward powered a low shot from 25 yards to extend Manchester United’s lead to 3-0. Adam Smith later scored Bournemouth’s consolation goal. Manchester United’s attack looked the most risky it has in three seasons, and that was in large part of the play of the Swedish superstar. “Luke Shaw, Marcus Rashford, these are the guys that are with him on the table”. The Swede divides opinions due to his personality, but there is no denying that he is still world class despite being 34 years old.

There’s no looking beyond the fact that Manchester City were lucky to get life under Pep Guardiola to a successful start. That can surely be the only explanation for the weak back pass he played to Boruc, allowing Mata to pounce and get his first ever Premier League goal under Mourinho.

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“To be honest, before the match a little bit, yes”, Mourinho said.

Guardiola decided to do something different with his full backs against Sunderland