Premier League Game 1

West Brom 1 - 2 Man Utd- Last Years Premier League Champions started there campaign off to a solid start. A much younger fresher team for Manchester United seemed to have got dominate West Brom in the first 20 minutes with Rooney drilling a ball from a pass from Fabio to give them the lead. West Brom got back with Long on his debut hitting a ball from the edge of the penalty box which crept past De Gea legs. Both teams had chances to go ahead but De Gea and former Man U goalkeeper Foster played well to keep them out until Young deflected cross went off Reid and flew past the goalkeeper for a 1-2 lead. Man U were able to hold on to get there campaign off to a good start.

Stoke 0-0 Chelsea- Last year's runner up had to settle for a draw at Stoke. In a scrappy first half Torres had the best chance to put Chelsea in front but Begovic saved smartly. Etherington had a couple of long range shots but were saved easily. The second half Chelsea came out fast and created more opportunities. Mikel had a shot smartly saved Anelka shot was also saved which went onto the bar Bosingwa had a long range shot which went close. Stoke were strong defensively. Stoke had a couple of appeals for penalties when Wilson was brought down and Pennant also brought down but a fair result came out of it.

Man City 4 - 0 Swansea- The scoreline may seen large however Swansea gave Man City a good go and only a piece of magic by there new super signing Aguero changed all that. Swansea started the better with Graham having a couple of good shots. First one was long range the second was a good save from Hart. The pace of there wingers did trouble Clichy and Richards. For Man City Barry had the best chance smashing the bar from a corner. Second half Man City did finally break down the Swansea defence as Silva shot hit the bar which left Dzeko to score a simple tap in. But the match went up a gear when Aguero came on. His movement was super for the first goal as he anticipated Adam Johnson shot which was parried for a easy tap in for Aguero. But his true magic was there for everyone to see for the third goal as the ball seem to be going out but Aguero was able to sprint after the ball able to keep the ball in play do a cheeky back-heal and let Silva have a easy tap in. He rounded things off with a great long range effort in injury time to beat Vorm who had a good game in goal looked a decent goalkeeper already for Swansea.

Newcastle 0 - 0 Arsenal- A game which will be remembered more for the incidents than how good the match was. A game with few chances Robin van Persie had the best in the first half with a deflected shot which went just wide. Gervinho making his debut looked lively and had a couple of shots from long range one which forced a good save another going wide. Coloccini had the best chance for Newcastle scuffing a shot after making a good run. Danny Simpson was involved in both sides first heading a ball off the line after the goalkeeper made a hash of a corner and then on the other side crossing a ball going wrong and nearly going into the net. However the game will be more remembered for the incident with Gervinho and Barton where they faced up to each other and grabbed each other. Gervinho got sent off for his part and Barton only a yellow. The discipline was poor throughout the match with no fewer than 8 yellow cards in the match and 1 red card. The game ending 0-0 another draw but not as exciting or will be remembered in the same light to last year where Arsenal were 4-1 up when it ended 4-4. Arsenal lacked creativity with Nasri and Fabregas left out of the team.

Liverpool 1 - 1 Sunderland- A new look Liverpool team drew against a new look Sunderland team. In the first half Liverpool were the clearly the better fitter and stronger team as they over-hauled Sunderland. Liverpool had a early penalty Richardson brought down Suarez. Suarez took the penalty himself and it was well saved. But he wasnt disappointed for long as a free-kick from Adam Suarez headed it in for the lead. Liverpool were brilliant at times of the first half. Adam's ball playing was joyful to watch Henderson looked lively and some good saves Mignolet kept Sunderland in the game. There were a couple of chances for Larsson from set-pieces but apart from one good save Reina was surplus in the first half. The second Sunderland were much better in slowly the game down playing at there own pace. This frustrated Liverpool but it was a piece of magic for Larsson to grab the goal. A cross from the right which was going away from Larsson which he slide in and volleyed from a tight angle to score a really good goal to make it 1-1. From then on Sunderland looked the more likely to score created more chances. Sessegnon had a couple of shots saved. Carroll who was ineffective in the first half was started to be more of a threat from set pieces. Got a couple of saves out of the goalkeeper but Sunderland held on for a really good draw.


QPR 0 - 4 Bolton- Bolton gave a harsh lesson to QPR in there return to top flight football. QPR started the game off really brightly as DJ Campbell scored a disallowed goal. It was rightly ruled out. QPR continued to play with Campbell leading the line causing a lot of trouble for the Bolton defence. Taraabt had a chance which went just wide and Bothroyd had a header well saved. Bolton had not created much in the first half Eagles going closest until the last minute of injury time when Gary Cahill superb 25 yard shot which went on the roof of the net. This clearly deflated QPR and gave Bolton the confidence to stamp there authority. The possession was significantly in Bolton's favour they were able to play that attractive football. The second goal eventually came from a Chris Eagles free-kick which was deflected and Gabbidon had scored a own goal. Any hopes of QPR fighting back were dashed when Klasnic shot inside the box went in 3 minutes later. Bolton finished the second half route with Muamba scoring his first goal from Klasnic cross to side-foot a satisfying first day victory for Bolton.

Wigan 1 - 1 Norwich- Norwich seen as the best placed out of the 3 promoted clubs to stay up started off with a well fought 1-1 at Wigan. Norwich started the more nervous and were making lots of basic mistakes. One of the mistakes led to the first goal as Ritchie de Laet the man on loan from Manchester United brought down di Santo in the box. There were no complaints and Ben Watson does what he does best blasting Wigan in the lead. Di Santo seemed to have a new life as he looked very lively through-out the first half. He went close with one header and another header he made Ruddy save low to his left. Watson had a shot shack the bar as he let one rip. But slowly Norwich were getting into the match with Fox going close from a free-kick. Hoolahan and Holt had shots which were well parried away by the goalkeeper but just on half time the pressure worked as a cross from Lopez was badly handled by Al Habsi he let go of the ball and Hoolahan had a easy tap in. The fans went into dream world as this was there first goal back in the big time. In the second half there were chances for both teams. Holt was lively throughout the match and Victor Moses had shots well saved by the goalkeeper. But there it stayed 1-1 and both teams go home happy.

Blackburn 1 - 2 Wolverhampton- A super victory for Wolves on the opening day as this was there first victory away from home in 2011 and they had to do it from behind. Wolves started the brighter with Fletcher and Doyle causing problems to the makeshift Blackburn defence. They were getting good service from Jarvis and Hunt on the wings as they played a good old fashioned 4-4-2. But playing this formation meant spaces would be there in the defence Pedersen and Hoilett were exploiting them. The first goal happened when Jason Roberts set up Formica on debut to give Blackburn the lead. But as soon as they were in the lead Wolves hit back with Jarvis crossing in from the right for Fletcher to head in the equaliser. Chances went for each side as both goalkeepers were kept busy. But the Wolves defence looked stronger with Roger Johnson making it harder for Blackburn to score. O'Hara and Henry had shots saved while Roberts had a couple wasted. The important break-through happened at the start of the second half when Salgado fouled Jarvis in the penalty box. Doyle stepped up his penalty was saved the re-bound was won by Wolves. Jarvis crossed the ball in and Ward scored to give Wolves a 1-2 lead. Blackburn missing that spark up-front looked a man short. They did get Goodwillie on and he had a shot going wide late on though Wolves were comfortable and held on to win 1-2 and there first away win in 2011.

Fulham 0 - 0 Aston Villa- A 0-0 but how it was a 0-0 only Given will know as he saved 2 close range shots from Zamora. Villa started off the match better though having a couple of early chances from Heskey and Collins having headers which just went wide. Fulham in the first half were got into Villa in creating passing getting the crowd behind and making it a really hard place to play football. Riise came close to breaking the deadlock with a fierce typical Riise shot well saved by Given. Dempsey and Duff had a shot each going just wide. But in the second half the real heroics of Given came to light when Zamora had 2 shots close range within 5 minutes and Given did brilliantly to get down low to save them both. N'Zogbia looked lively but just could not find that perfect pass but because of those saves by Given Villa didnt deserve to loss and Fulham will be satisfied to go with a point as Given looked unstoppable.

Tottenham vs Everton was postponed because of the recent riots in Tottenham. It was seen as the best decision to make sure that part of the capital is secure before football matches are played there.