Leicester opened their title defence with a shock 2-1 loss to newly-promoted Hull on the first day of the Premier League season on Saturday.
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Robert Snodgrass fired a 57th minute victor for Hull but Claudio Ranieri’s Leicester lacked the intensity that underpinned their previous campaign.
Both of Hull’s goals came as a result of jittery defending from the Foxes, with a combination of Adama Diomande and Abel Hernandez, who appeared to strike the ball at the same time with mirror-image overhead kicks, leading to the Tigers’ opening goal.
Leicester City’s Riyad Mahrez of France, second left, celebrates scoring his side’s first goal of the game from the penalty spot during the Premier League soccer match at the KCOM Stadium, Hull, England, Saturday Aug. 13, 2016.
Jamie Vardy – in many ways the embodiment of Leicester’s rise from also-rans to Premier League champions – failed to capitalise on a few opportunities that onlookers couldn’t help but feel he would have scored easily previous year.
Musa, who played all 90 minutes at the KC Stadium, was one of the stand-out performers in the season-opener but his effort was unable to save Leicester from going down to an opening day defeat as Hull City claimed a 2-1 victory.
“We had to leave the onus with them”, said Hull captain Curtis Davies.
Guardiola’s City career got off to a flawless start when Sergio Aguero fired home a fourth-minute penalty after Patrick van Aanholt had brought down Raheem Sterling.
As amusing as it may sound to some, that is the goal for Ranieri and his side, nearly three months on from their Premier League triumph – one of the greatest achievements in sporting history.
England midfielder Ross Barkley provided Koeman with a flawless start to the season at Goodison Park after floating in a fifth-minute free kick which evaded everyone in the penalty area and beat Spurs goalkeeper Hugo Lloris at the far post.
There is a reason Manchester City splashed €27 million in cash at Sevilla (back when €27 was a lot of money) for Alvaro Negredo three years ago.
But Lamela equalised in the 59th minute with a header from Kyle Walker’s cross.
The visitors could have snatched a late victor when Everton keeper Maarten Stekelenburg denied new signing Vincent Janssen. Because we only had a small number of players available, they knew exactly what their roles were and how to go about it because we’ve worked with them all week.
Crystal Palace lost 1-0 to West Brom as Salomon Rondon struck the only goal of the game.
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