:00:20. > :00:33.How about that? Just brilliant. Just brilliant. Oh, that is wonderful.
:00:34. > :00:39.Annan absolute belter. -- an absolute belter. What a chance. What
:00:40. > :00:49.a goal! Blue is the colour of the Premier League winners.
:00:50. > :00:51.We are locked and loaded and late for another season
:00:52. > :00:56.These two have given us plenty of fire and fury over the years and
:00:57. > :01:00.It's only appropriate we begin with the champions.
:01:01. > :01:02.Chelsea haven't lost on the opening weekend since 1998.
:01:03. > :01:05.They kicked off their title defence against Burnley, who won just once
:01:06. > :01:10.Your commentator at Stamford Bridge, Steve Wilson.
:01:11. > :01:17.COMMENTATOR: The Premier League trophy is on show at Stamford Bridge
:01:18. > :01:24.and why not. If you've got it, flaunt it. Though today near Eden
:01:25. > :01:30.Hazard or Pedro are fit to play. They have ankle injuries. Moses is
:01:31. > :01:34.suspended too for Antonio Conte. 20-year-old French forward Boga gets
:01:35. > :01:40.a shock debut. Morata is on the bench, as he was at Wembley last
:01:41. > :01:45.weekend in the Community Shield. Jack Cork starts. He spent his
:01:46. > :01:48.teenage years at Chelsea before leaving without having cracked the
:01:49. > :01:50.first team. He had two loan spells at Burnley in those years and is
:01:51. > :02:13.back there full-time. Cahill. A foul. Oh, it's a red card.
:02:14. > :02:20.And Gary Cahill has been sent off by Kray Poulson after only 13 minutes
:02:21. > :02:27.of this game. The referee in absolutely no doubt at all. Made the
:02:28. > :02:37.decision very, very quickly. Chelsea's new club captain, Gary
:02:38. > :02:41.Cahill, is sent off. He's stretching and he's missed the ball by a
:02:42. > :02:47.distance. The referee had a great view of it. It's pretty clumsy. I'm
:02:48. > :02:55.not convinced there's any real malice in it. Ill judged, for sure.
:02:56. > :03:07.Ill executed,y. Chelsea are down to 10-men for 75 minutes. -- ill
:03:08. > :03:13.executed. It's a free-kick to Burnley. Fabregas applause the
:03:14. > :03:26.referee, sarcastically, and gets a yellow card. Wow. Look at Fabregas.
:03:27. > :03:39.Given against him. Sarcastic applause, yellow card. Here's
:03:40. > :03:43.Hendrick. Brady. A chance for Lowton to put the ball in, which he did.
:03:44. > :03:51.That's going in. And Burnley have the lead. Sam Vokes has guided
:03:52. > :03:59.Burnley in front. Well, well, well, the champions are behind. In it goes
:04:00. > :04:02.from Matt Lowton. A defendant little touch from Sam Vokes. You just knew
:04:03. > :04:18.that Courtois wasn't going to reach it. Chelsea 0, Burnley 1.
:04:19. > :04:34.Foul by Azpilicueta on Stephen Ward. Groans from the home supporters.
:04:35. > :04:44.Ward eventually to Mee, back to Ward. Cork. Ward, for a third time.
:04:45. > :04:50.He's in behind here, Ward. It's 2-0. It's an absolutely brilliant goal.
:04:51. > :04:55.Stephen Ward doubles Burnley's advantage with a wonderful goal. He
:04:56. > :04:59.took the free-kick, then got it back from Mee, then got it back again and
:05:00. > :05:05.suddenly he realised he was in behind and he tried his luck on his
:05:06. > :05:13.left, and he absolutely buried it. Nobody would have predicted this.
:05:14. > :05:15.It's worth recalling that Burnley won one of 21 away games in all
:05:16. > :05:41.competitions last season. Well, Chelsea had better defend this
:05:42. > :05:48.right. Defour. Free header, 3-0. Unbelievable! Sam Vokes has put
:05:49. > :05:56.Burnley in dream land. Absolutely all over the place, Chelsea. Sam
:05:57. > :05:59.Vokes, six yards out, on his head, what did they expect to happen?
:06:00. > :06:16.Chelsea 0, Burnley 3. Willian. Ghosting away from Defour. He was a
:06:17. > :06:23.bit statuesque. Brady then knocked over Willian. Brady is going to get
:06:24. > :06:30.a yellow card. A decision which earns a standing ovation for the
:06:31. > :06:34.referee. Crazier things have happened in football. But if Chelsea
:06:35. > :06:39.are going to do something remarkable in this match, they need to get on
:06:40. > :06:51.with it. It's Alonso. Good save by Heaton. It's their best effort yet.
:06:52. > :06:59.It's a good save. Well, depleted Chelsea, but they are beginning to
:07:00. > :07:07.ask a few questions of Burnley. Oh, great ball in. Fantastic ball in
:07:08. > :07:14.from Willian and Morata scores. It's Chelsea 1, Burnley 3. Scored on his
:07:15. > :07:24.debut in La Liga. Scored in his debut in Serie A. He scored on his
:07:25. > :07:25.debut in the Premier League. Alvaro Morata introduces uncertainty into
:07:26. > :07:46.Burnley minds. Willian. Oh, brilliant. Andreas Christiansen.
:07:47. > :07:50.3-2. Hold up. It's ruled out for offside, Morata I think had a touch
:07:51. > :07:55.on the line and he was off side. Have a look at this. Brilliant from
:07:56. > :08:01.Willian, again. He's definitely onside, Christensen. Look at Morata.
:08:02. > :08:02.It's going in anyway, but there's no question that Morata has touched
:08:03. > :08:17.that into the back of the net. Walters. It seemed to me he was
:08:18. > :08:26.coming back from an offside position, but nothing given. Unless
:08:27. > :08:31.I'm greatly mistaken the yellow card is coming out here for Fabregas, who
:08:32. > :08:40.has now been sent off. Fabregas is off. Chelsea are down to nine-men.
:08:41. > :08:47.Well, his first yellow card was stupid. That was for ironically
:08:48. > :09:00.applauding a decision. It put him on a tightrope and he's just fallen off
:09:01. > :09:09.it. Azpilicueta. Morata, clever. David Luiz. Well, well, well. There
:09:10. > :09:17.are two-and-a-half minutes to play. And the nine-men have made it 3-2.
:09:18. > :09:24.Clever this from Morata. Great awareness. Good finish from David
:09:25. > :09:27.Luiz. Those who were leaving have turned around in the concourses
:09:28. > :09:32.around Stamford Bridge and headed back in. It will be very interesting
:09:33. > :09:40.to see how much added time there is going to be. Long and high to Vokes
:09:41. > :09:50.of he collides with David Luiz. The referee here I think has given a
:09:51. > :09:55.yellow card to Rudiger. It's launched long and high. Well, there
:09:56. > :09:59.wasn't an awful lot in that. Well, if this goes in, it's surely all
:10:00. > :10:10.over. We are into the 90th minute of the game. It's Robbie Brady on this.
:10:11. > :10:19.He's hit the post. Brady, again, blocked by Rudiger. Hendrick. Ward.
:10:20. > :10:27.Walters. Wisely heads for the corner flag. He's lost the ball, look.
:10:28. > :10:41.Willian for Chelsea. Great excitment at the end. Well, this was so close
:10:42. > :10:50.to 4-2. Four minutes are indicated and four have been played. Good
:10:51. > :10:58.header that. Conte for Chelsea, finding Willian. Willian, dangerous.
:10:59. > :11:01.Still dangerous. Hit Morata. Went the wrong way, from Chelsea's point
:11:02. > :11:09.of view. Arfield clears. That must be it. The referee blows his
:11:10. > :11:16.whistle. The champions are beaten. Sean Dyche's Burnley have beaten
:11:17. > :11:21.Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, a Vokes double and a Stephen Ward Shot Put
:11:22. > :11:24.them three up at half-time. Chelsea reduced to nine-men when first
:11:25. > :11:30.Cahill and then Fabregas were sent off. Morata scored, Luiz scored, but
:11:31. > :11:37.they could not salvage a point. It has finished Chelsea 2, Burnley 3.
:11:38. > :11:43.What a start to the season. I think the red card was the key moment
:11:44. > :11:49.because we started the game very well with good intentions. In these
:11:50. > :11:59.moments I think that we have to improve because we lost our heads
:12:00. > :12:05.easily. I think that we have to reflect on the situation. Because if
:12:06. > :12:07.we are able to stay in the game and then anything can happen in the
:12:08. > :12:11.second-half. I don't think many would have given us a chance today.
:12:12. > :12:15.We came down here with a gameplan, you have to I think at some of these
:12:16. > :12:17.clubs. I'm not kidding anyone. The sending off made a big, big
:12:18. > :12:22.difference. We responded to it. That was the key for me. We responded to
:12:23. > :12:26.it and took the game on in a control manner, scored three good goals and
:12:27. > :12:33.had the mentality to see the game through. Do you think Cahill's card
:12:34. > :12:39.was correct or incorrect? I don't want to comment the decision of the
:12:40. > :12:45.referee. Yeah. There is only a situation that is very strange a
:12:46. > :12:50.that in the last three games, we ended the games with 10-men twice
:12:51. > :12:58.with Arsenal and today with nine-men. I think that I have to
:12:59. > :13:04.start to study a different system with only 10-men or nine players. We
:13:05. > :13:07.had a gameplan. We had been working on it all week. Huge result. We will
:13:08. > :13:11.come in on Monday and prepare for West Brom. Another huge game for us
:13:12. > :13:18.and get back to Turf Moor. It's wonderful. When will you win at
:13:19. > :13:25.home? Don't start that. Incredible game. Wonderful result of course for
:13:26. > :13:28.Burnley. Influenced, like both managers said, by decisions,
:13:29. > :13:32.particularly the Cahill sending off. Did the referee got it right? I
:13:33. > :13:37.think the referee got most of those big decisions correct. I don't want
:13:38. > :13:43.to see this tackle given a red card, but that's the law. You go high. He
:13:44. > :13:46.loses control of the ball, Gary Cahill, high, dangerous, running at
:13:47. > :13:51.Defoe for pace. The referee has a good view on it. Endangering his
:13:52. > :13:55.opponent. The referee gets it right. It's a red card. You can't have too
:13:56. > :13:58.many complaints about that at all. I don't want to see it given a red
:13:59. > :14:03.card. That is the law. It has been for a long time now, Gary. He has to
:14:04. > :14:08.get a red card. Gary knows it himself he doesn't argue with the
:14:09. > :14:13.referee. The referee is there and can see it clearly. Not gone to hurt
:14:14. > :14:17.him? It's clumsy. Fabregas here, if you show dissent like that and clap
:14:18. > :14:21.at the referee you know it's a yellow card, so why do it? He's on a
:14:22. > :14:24.yellow card already. Dives in, doesn't get the ball, he's late. It
:14:25. > :14:27.could have been given a straight red. He shows him a yellow. Another
:14:28. > :14:33.red. That is the correct decision as well. You can't diving dive in like
:14:34. > :14:38.particularly when you are on a red card. He doesn't get the ball. Gets
:14:39. > :14:43.Cork, he is late. Correct decision again, I'm afraid. Chelsea
:14:44. > :14:47.capitulated in that first half. Chelsea fans complained rightly. I
:14:48. > :14:50.think he got this right as well. They wanted something from the
:14:51. > :14:52.referee ant and weren't getting it. He takes his foot out of the
:14:53. > :14:58.challenge. Couldn't get anything. Absolutely. Burnley were terrific,
:14:59. > :15:02.weren't they? Really, it was an incredible score. They won as many
:15:03. > :15:10.away games this season as they did in the entirety of last season. You
:15:11. > :15:13.shouldn't let the sending off is a say anything about performance. They
:15:14. > :15:17.were superb. They wanted it more than Chelsea did. You would think,
:15:18. > :15:21.with Big Sam Vokes up front they might go direct when they go down to
:15:22. > :15:26.10-men. That started with the goalkeeper. Out to the if you
:15:27. > :15:30.full-back. One and two-touch. To the right hand side. Look at the one,
:15:31. > :15:34.two-touch football with. They could put it in the box. Take a uch to.
:15:35. > :15:38.Lovely ball in. David Luiz turns his back. Sam Vokes off and running for
:15:39. > :15:41.the season. Very good finish. Exactly the same thing. They could
:15:42. > :15:46.put the free-kick in from the half-way line. No, play a little
:15:47. > :15:51.one, two. One, two-touch again. Ward follows his pass. What a touch that
:15:52. > :15:56.is. Kante should do better. Into his path. One hell of a strike. Superb
:15:57. > :16:00.goal. Right hand side. They could put it in, no. They want to play
:16:01. > :16:03.football. They put it in now. No pressure on the ball. Free header,
:16:04. > :16:06.thanks very much. What a performance that was in the first 45 minutes.
:16:07. > :16:13.They dominated them. They really did. They were superb.
:16:14. > :16:19.Chelsea came back in the second half and made a change and brought Morata
:16:20. > :16:30.on, their big summer signing. Were you surprised he did not start? Very
:16:31. > :16:35.surprised. When you go down to ten men, you have got to keep hold of
:16:36. > :16:40.the ball, you have got bring your team-mates into the game. You cannot
:16:41. > :16:51.afford to do this and give it away sloppily. You have got to upset the
:16:52. > :17:00.back four. Kante is looking him to run behind. That was far too easy
:17:01. > :17:03.for that Burnley back four. The ball goes out and no questions asked. I'm
:17:04. > :17:10.surprised he lasted as long as he did. Now Morata comes on. You watch
:17:11. > :17:13.what he did. He upset the back four. Now the defenders are running
:17:14. > :17:18.towards their own goal which you do not want. He is asking difficult
:17:19. > :17:21.questions. He gets the foul, brilliant, great. For the first time
:17:22. > :17:38.in the game they are being asked questions. What a ball this is for
:17:39. > :17:41.William who was Chelsea's best player by a mile. The movement again
:17:42. > :17:44.from Morata. A fantastic header. He ran in behind, he scored his goal,
:17:45. > :17:47.he has now got an assist. If Chelsea had played like that in the first
:17:48. > :17:50.half, they might have got something out of the game. But I think there
:17:51. > :17:52.are problems at Chelsea. They definitely need more players between
:17:53. > :17:56.now and the end of August. They certainly do.
:17:57. > :17:58.You have to go back to April 1972 for Huddersfield's
:17:59. > :18:00.last top-flight game, a 0-0 draw at Crystal Palace,
:18:01. > :18:02.which is where the new boys found themselves today.
:18:03. > :18:05.Also making his Premier League debut was Palace boss Frank de Boer.
:18:06. > :18:17.David Wagner believes Huddersfield are the biggest underdogs in Premier
:18:18. > :18:22.League history. Alice said hello to a new coach and a very different
:18:23. > :18:29.style of play over the summer with Frank De Boer aiming to turn them
:18:30. > :18:40.into a more possession -based team. An ?8 million Dutch player lined up
:18:41. > :18:48.alongside Timothy Fosu-Mensah. Steve Mounie who was Montpellier's top
:18:49. > :18:49.scorer last season is one of Huddersfield's debutants.
:18:50. > :19:00.Huddersfield are back in top division action after four decades.
:19:01. > :19:06.Ince on the charge here. Good ball, good chance. It is not taken by Tom
:19:07. > :19:12.Ince. A great chance to get Huddersfield's first-ever goal in
:19:13. > :19:18.the Premier League. He won for Dutch titles in a row during his five
:19:19. > :19:24.years in charge at Ajax. He says his abilities have not been affected by
:19:25. > :19:30.being sacked after 85 days at Inter Milan.
:19:31. > :19:46.Getting away from Joel Ward and winning a corner out of Joel Ward.
:19:47. > :19:54.The delivery flicked on and touched in by Joel Ward! And Huddersfield
:19:55. > :20:01.have their first-ever goal in the Premier League. It was a good
:20:02. > :20:06.delivery from Aaron Mooy. They were queueing up at the far post. I don't
:20:07. > :20:13.think it was heading in until Joe will Ward's touch but it into his
:20:14. > :20:20.own net. It is David Wagner's first taste of managing in top division
:20:21. > :20:27.football. His side have liftoff. That is nice. A good cross in as
:20:28. > :20:34.well. And it is two! Steve Mounie on his debut for the Terriers. What a
:20:35. > :20:44.tremendous start to life in the Premier League for Huddersfield! An
:20:45. > :20:45.inch perfect cross. The marking from Palace is poor. The header is
:20:46. > :20:55.excellent. Many thought they would be teething
:20:56. > :21:03.problems with the new system Frank De Boer was going to implement today
:21:04. > :21:10.but that is not the case. Along to Benteke, flicked it is aha. Wilfried
:21:11. > :21:13.Zaha could be in. The best chance for Palace all afternoon and
:21:14. > :21:20.Wilfried Zaha cannot take it. He thinks it is a corner. I thought he
:21:21. > :21:29.just poked it wide. Actually, it was a good save from the Danish keeper.
:21:30. > :21:34.Palace do not get a corner for it. Mounie on the scene for
:21:35. > :21:46.Huddersfield. Two Huddersfield players went for it. Hennessy saves.
:21:47. > :21:50.Mounie can't tuck away the rebound. The first chance of the second half
:21:51. > :22:00.goes to Huddersfield. Hennessy parrying it straight to Mounie.
:22:01. > :22:10.Loftus cheek. Poked into Townsend and Benteke somehow fails to take
:22:11. > :22:12.the chance. 17 goals for Palace last season, should perhaps have got off
:22:13. > :22:38.the mark this afternoon. Wilfried Zaha, he got away. A good
:22:39. > :22:47.challenge from Chris Lerner. The fans are doing their best to keep
:22:48. > :22:51.the team going. There is the header. Christian Benteke a denied. Whipped
:22:52. > :23:18.in by Van Aanholt. Mounie through. It could be three
:23:19. > :23:26.bit Timothy Fosu-Mensah comes to Palace and Scott Dann's rescue.
:23:27. > :23:29.Mounie dispossessed by the man on loan from Manchester United. That
:23:30. > :23:47.would have been curtains for Palace, surely? Ward was loitering. He was
:23:48. > :23:55.in the right place for the Terriers. Timothy Fosu-Mensah was waiting.
:23:56. > :24:02.What a chance for Palace. That should have been Palace back in the
:24:03. > :24:06.game. Huddersfield owner and chairman Dean Hoyle said reality
:24:07. > :24:09.would only set in for him this afternoon. The way the game has
:24:10. > :24:26.gone, it must still feel like a dream. Mounie! All over now. Three
:24:27. > :24:34.for Huddersfield. And a dream start to their Premier League chapter.
:24:35. > :24:39.Quite incredible. 45 years away from the top flight, and they are back
:24:40. > :24:51.with a bang. And it was banged into the back of the net by Steve Mounie.
:24:52. > :25:01.Huddersfield or up and running in the Premier League at the first time
:25:02. > :25:04.of asking, and in some style. Three goals, three points and a clean
:25:05. > :25:16.sheet on their return to the big time. We were clinical today. Our
:25:17. > :25:21.goalkeeper was outstanding and we had the right fighting and
:25:22. > :25:27.togetherness to be successful, even if we have to be honest, the result
:25:28. > :25:30.shows not how the game was, because Palace had the best chances as well
:25:31. > :25:35.and we were in some situations lucky. But in the end we will take
:25:36. > :25:39.this result the sure and I think the performance was good for the first
:25:40. > :25:45.game in the Premier League. We started quite well and after ten
:25:46. > :25:51.minutes we did not play good enough technical wise. To do the things
:25:52. > :25:58.that we spoke about. And in 50 minutes we lose the game. It is
:25:59. > :26:07.amazing and amazing also for the team. We did a good game and this
:26:08. > :26:13.victory is good for the club and all my team-mates. We have now played
:26:14. > :26:19.one game, the first Premier League game ever in the club history so we
:26:20. > :26:23.will not make one mistake and look too far ahead. So we try now to
:26:24. > :26:27.recover as good as we can and then we start the week and try and
:26:28. > :26:33.prepare as good as he can again for the next home game. The next will be
:26:34. > :26:40.against Newcastle and we will show what we can get out of the next
:26:41. > :26:45.game. Yes, what a start for Huddersfield Town. One thing they
:26:46. > :26:47.promoted sides like as a goal-scorer, someone who can
:26:48. > :26:55.consistently put the ball in the back of the net but they have that.
:26:56. > :26:59.Gas, and a team that looks willing to work. If they continue like this
:27:00. > :27:10.they will be OK. They were closing down Benteke. And Wilfried Zaha. He
:27:11. > :27:14.has got an eye for the goal. Palace, easy throw, too much space for the
:27:15. > :27:19.Huddersfield player on the ball. Ward doesn't know whether to come
:27:20. > :27:26.inside there. When you look outside the box you look at Mounie, he can
:27:27. > :27:33.see the ball coming across. He doesn't even get off the floor, read
:27:34. > :27:37.a file. Easy goal. This was one I was very surprised about because
:27:38. > :27:43.this is what he will need to do. He needs to latch onto that, take that
:27:44. > :27:52.touch out onto his right foot. This was the second goal, terrible play
:27:53. > :27:57.from Crystal Palace. It reminds me of the old days. Tompkins has got to
:27:58. > :28:01.get across. That is where the danger is, where Mounie is. He doesn't get
:28:02. > :28:07.across. If he had got across he would have been there. Two goals on
:28:08. > :28:13.his debut, brilliant stuff. A record signing. He cost ?11 million from
:28:14. > :28:22.Montpellier, 14 league goals last season, that is one less than the
:28:23. > :28:31.wonder kid Killie in back pay. What about Huddersfield's game plan? It
:28:32. > :28:37.worked, didn't it? Did work. Palace is a squad shaped by Sam Allardyce.
:28:38. > :28:47.Huddersfield, they want to depress tight on Wilfried Zaha and Benteke.
:28:48. > :28:55.They knew Benteke was the danger man. Bass was a sloppy -- this was a
:28:56. > :29:01.sloppy pass. Tom Ince caused all sorts of problems on the left-hand
:29:02. > :29:06.side and cleared it. Scott Dann again. The pressure on Wilfried
:29:07. > :29:11.Zaha. But was what it was like all day. You have got Benteke. You know
:29:12. > :29:20.he is probably going to win the ball if it is around him. Wilfried Zaha
:29:21. > :29:24.is on the move. We know he has got the skill to do that but
:29:25. > :29:36.Loftus-Cheek, who had a good game at Palace today. Palace I believe are
:29:37. > :29:41.capable of trying to play this expansive football. They will have
:29:42. > :29:46.to get used to it quickly. It might take them a bit of time and patience
:29:47. > :29:52.required. But if Huddersfield are causing problems, you know what
:29:53. > :29:55.other teams will do. Palace have got danger mouse in their side!
:29:56. > :30:05.Six games and a lot of goals still to come.
:30:06. > :30:22.MUSIC: 'Love Me More' by Chase Status
:30:23. > :30:24.Liverpool's trip to Watford was overshadowed by yesterday's
:30:25. > :30:27.transfer request from Brazilian midfielder, Philippe Coutinho.
:30:28. > :30:30.No such worries for the home side, who were led out for the first
:30:31. > :30:32.time by new manager, Marco Silva.
:30:33. > :30:47.COMMENTATOR: After the distraction off the pitch, Liverpool go in
:30:48. > :30:51.search of of a positive start on it. An opening weekend Premier League
:30:52. > :31:02.win will damp Silva's first game in charge. Chalobah is the only new
:31:03. > :31:07.face to start. Both their record signing Andre Gray are among the
:31:08. > :31:13.substitutes. Coutinho is missing due to a back injury. Sturridge is also
:31:14. > :31:21.out. There is a debut for Salah. A first standard since mid February
:31:22. > :31:25.for captain Jordan Hernedson. Watford who have never won an
:31:26. > :31:31.opening fixture in the Premier League. They would certainly like
:31:32. > :31:36.some headlines straightaway if they were to do so today. Quickly closed
:31:37. > :31:44.down. Watford have it back. Here is the Italian. Excellent work from him
:31:45. > :31:50.towards Pereyra. Still Pereyra. Desperate defending in the end from
:31:51. > :31:54.Lovren. A Watford corner. Lovely close control. Important block in
:31:55. > :32:01.the end from the Croatian. First corner of the game is Watford's.
:32:02. > :32:14.Holebas with the left foot. Gone across to deliver this. Watford in
:32:15. > :32:23.front. What a start for Marco Silva and his new club. Okaka with the
:32:24. > :32:28.goal. Fantastic delivery. Look at Okaka no-one picked him up. Same old
:32:29. > :32:33.questions defensively for Liverpool. Watford 1, Liverpool 0. He will be
:32:34. > :32:46.aware that none of Watford's ever six managers have lasted more than
:32:47. > :32:53.one season in charge. Have you to go back quite a bit in time. Back from
:32:54. > :33:00.Morena. So many Watford shirts back there. Well-worked from Liverpool.
:33:01. > :33:03.It's Mane. It's brilliant. It's 1-1. Joint top-scorer in the Premier
:33:04. > :33:08.League last season, he's got them level on the first day of this
:33:09. > :33:11.season. The first time Liverpool have put any kind of passing
:33:12. > :33:18.movement together. It results in a goal. Fantastic finish from the
:33:19. > :33:34.Senegal international. Watford 1, Liverpool 1. Cleverley. Amrabat,
:33:35. > :33:38.away from Moreno. Has support from Firmino should he need it. She chose
:33:39. > :33:47.not to take that option. Watford do get the throw. -- he chose not to
:33:48. > :33:57.take that option. Watford do get the throw. Space now for Cleverley in
:33:58. > :34:04.towards Okaka. Doucoure. Watford back in front. The Frenchman with
:34:05. > :34:11.just his second goal for the club. He restores their lead. Once again,
:34:12. > :34:21.it's a goal Liverpool will not be happy with. Doucoure swept it home.
:34:22. > :34:26.Liverpool are complaining about this second goal. Let's look at the role
:34:27. > :34:30.of Okaka in it. Offside there. Obviously not active. Then he's
:34:31. > :34:37.onside when the ball goes towards him. That's what the officials will
:34:38. > :34:41.argue. Liverpool trying to retrieve the deficit for the second time
:34:42. > :34:46.already. That's come through to Salah. He may be able to do so here.
:34:47. > :34:52.Liverpool's club record signing will know he should have done bat better.
:34:53. > :35:02.Holebas will be relieved. He went with his left foot. He was always
:35:03. > :35:08.getting underneath it. Can. Firmino's touch is a brilliant one.
:35:09. > :35:16.Can Salah get there? Anthony Taylor waited. He is waiting for his
:35:17. > :35:23.assistant on the far side. He points to the spot. Gomes, who is always
:35:24. > :35:31.committed. Salah got there first, penalty kick. Liverpool have the
:35:32. > :35:37.opportunity to draw level. Gomes is up against his fellow Brazilian,
:35:38. > :35:41.Roberto Firmino for Liverpool. Liverpool are level for the second
:35:42. > :35:53.time today. Sent him the wrong way. Watford 2, Liverpool 2. Lifted
:35:54. > :35:59.forward by Lovren. Gomes came a long way. Firmino. Salah got there.
:36:00. > :36:04.Liverpool, in the link blink of an eye have gone from 2-1 down to
:36:05. > :36:10.leading 3-2. Their club record signing has put them in front with a
:36:11. > :36:15.debut goal. Well, it was a long ball forward from Lovren. Firmino is
:36:16. > :36:22.onside. It was a wonderful first touch. His second was met by Salah.
:36:23. > :36:26.And, for the first time in the game, Liverpool lead. And Firmino, in the
:36:27. > :36:34.last five minutes, has been a vocal point. Two goals, in two minutes.
:36:35. > :36:43.It's turned this game in Liverpool's favour. Moreno. He might have a go.
:36:44. > :36:53.Needed dealing with by Gomes. Fell invitingly for the Spaniard here.
:36:54. > :36:58.Useful finger tips from Gomes. Alexander-Arnold with a corner. Well
:36:59. > :37:04.met, by Matip I think. Liverpool close to a fourth. It was Matip,
:37:05. > :37:13.came off his shoulder. Gomes was beaten. So far it's been his usual
:37:14. > :37:22.roller-coaster ride. Off the head of Matip.
:37:23. > :37:31.Foul by Gomes. Watford free-kick. Watford will certainly feel that
:37:32. > :37:38.they can test Liverpool here. All the cavalry are forward. Two minutes
:37:39. > :37:47.of the five to add on. In from Holebas. Kaboul jumping. Moreno
:37:48. > :37:55.clearing. Back from Firmino. Doucoure won it. Then Britos. Beaten
:37:56. > :38:01.away by Mignolet. Watford corner. The defender caught this well.
:38:02. > :38:07.Matched by Mignolet. Holebas bass with the Watford dorn corner. Oh, it
:38:08. > :38:13.still hasn't gone away. And it's gone in! Britos claiming it. An
:38:14. > :38:18.extraordinary goal and an extraordinary end to this crazy
:38:19. > :38:27.game. Watford celebrate. Jurgen Klopp can't believe it. It looked as
:38:28. > :38:35.though Wijnaldum had dealt with it. Britos, in off Mignolet's arm. He
:38:36. > :38:39.just headed it over the line and Marco Silva, in his first game in
:38:40. > :38:46.charge, will have something to show for their efforts. Is he onside? You
:38:47. > :38:50.could argue that Britos is standing in an offside position. Either way,
:38:51. > :39:01.Liverpool should be dealing with that a. How do you reflect on that?
:39:02. > :39:07.Good. Not too good in a few moments. Unlucky in the end. Getting the
:39:08. > :39:12.equaliser, which was offside. How I thought. Which is obvious because
:39:13. > :39:18.the linesman is really in this line, he needs to see this. OK, we cannot
:39:19. > :39:23.change it any more. Jong Un lucky. Did you feel you were offside No, I
:39:24. > :39:27.don't think. I was in the same line when he kicked the ball. I don't
:39:28. > :39:31.know I have to see the clip. I think I was in the right position. I think
:39:32. > :39:36.it's a fair result, really. Like we played the first half, very good
:39:37. > :39:41.first half our team. Good intensity like I want. Like I prepare our team
:39:42. > :39:48.as well to play. Like we play face-to-face with a very good team,
:39:49. > :39:53.like Liverpool is. The first 25 minutes of the second-half. Every
:39:54. > :40:04.Liverpool fan wants to know, any news
:40:05. > :40:11.on the situation? That will be a no then. Familiar failings for
:40:12. > :40:16.Liverpool. Defending set-pieces. Time after time last season we sat
:40:17. > :40:19.here saying how poor Liverpool are at defending set-pieces. I don't
:40:20. > :40:22.know what they have done in pre-season clearly they haven't
:40:23. > :40:30.worked on it. The same things happening again. Kaboul and Okaka
:40:31. > :40:34.attacking the balle. Matip, Firmino and Lovren their setup is wrong.
:40:35. > :40:36.When you play zonal marking you have to have players prepared to attack
:40:37. > :40:43.the ball and head the ball. Liverpool haven't. That is quite
:40:44. > :40:48.clear. Quite clear completely. Win win's body shape is wrong. Four guys
:40:49. > :40:54.who don't want to head it and can't head it. Same situation last season.
:40:55. > :41:03.This is from that throw-in. Simple, schoolboy stuff. Henderson Mane ball
:41:04. > :41:06.watching. Morena pinned by Amrabat. Past Henderson, past Mane, into the
:41:07. > :41:10.box. They are all over the place. Simple tap-in from a throw-in. If
:41:11. > :41:15.you thought the first corner was bad, have a look at the defending on
:41:16. > :41:20.this one. Yes, there is an argument for offside. Very tight. Wadge
:41:21. > :41:28.wadge, what is he doing? It doesn't hurt you if you stick your head on
:41:29. > :41:31.that. It doesn't hurt, I promise. Simple header. You have to deal with
:41:32. > :41:36.those things. It's tight and offside. Britos who sticks it in is
:41:37. > :41:42.impacting the goalkeeper from getting it. It should never have got
:41:43. > :41:45.there in the first place. They desperately need leaders in there to
:41:46. > :41:49.organise. Their zonal marking isn't working for them, Gary. Clearly not.
:41:50. > :41:54.First game in charge for Marco Silva. Well, a lot of positives,
:41:55. > :41:58.especially going forward? Absolutely. Okaka looks like a real
:41:59. > :42:03.problem. We highlighted him last season. He is one of those players
:42:04. > :42:07.with a big physical presence. He can stay up top against you or drop into
:42:08. > :42:12.that area of uncertainty and play passes like this into people. A
:42:13. > :42:17.great block from Lovren in the end. He goes right up against Lovren. His
:42:18. > :42:21.strength, he was too strong for them. They couldn't deal with him. I
:42:22. > :42:27.was surprised they didn't utilise even more. They just don't deal with
:42:28. > :42:34.him. At om some stages during this gay he is unplayable. Nuisance
:42:35. > :42:38.value. Jurgen Klopp may have talked about this. A lot of people are
:42:39. > :42:41.saying this was offand he is offside. In there and causing all
:42:42. > :42:46.sorts of problems for Liverpool in there. They get the goal. I can't
:42:47. > :42:56.understand why they have taken him off? I can't understand unless he's
:42:57. > :43:13.injured. You have Andre Gray Danger Mouse. Penfold! Jurgen Klopp was
:43:14. > :43:16.miffed by the player situation? He doesn't want to be there. Barcelona
:43:17. > :43:23.have a lot of players they can go for. You don't want to miss that
:43:24. > :43:26.opportunity. And spare cash. Absolutely.
:43:27. > :43:29.The top level of English football kicked off on a Friday night
:43:30. > :43:32.for the first time in its 129 year history as Arsenal played host
:43:33. > :43:38.COMMENTATOR: Arsenal broke their transfer record over the summer,
:43:39. > :43:42.splashing out the best part of ?50 million an Alexandre Lacazette. A
:43:43. > :43:56.goalscoring machine in his time with Lyon. McGuire impressed. He has
:43:57. > :44:09.another chance in the Premier League with Leicester. Iheanacho only fit
:44:10. > :44:12.for the bench tonight. Arsenal have an unwelcome habit in recent seasons
:44:13. > :44:16.of getting off to a poor start on opening day. Their record against
:44:17. > :44:26.Leicester bodes well. Ten wins in a row at home in the Premier League.
:44:27. > :44:36.Now our many. The header is in. What a start for lack is that! What a
:44:37. > :44:45.start for Arsenal's record signing and the man who cost them ?46.5
:44:46. > :44:55.million, Alexandre Lacazette with his first touch in the Premier
:44:56. > :44:58.League puts Arsenal in front. Alexandre Lacazette buries it beyond
:44:59. > :45:12.the despairing dive of Kasper Schmeichel.
:45:13. > :45:22.Figs with a dangerous ball in. This has been a bright response from
:45:23. > :45:27.Leicester since going behind to that Lacazette header. Leicester have
:45:28. > :45:36.players over here. Okazaki. Leicester level. Shinji Okazaki
:45:37. > :45:44.draws us level with less than five minutes gone at the Emirates. A deep
:45:45. > :45:51.ball in and Maguire was one of two Leicester players over at the back
:45:52. > :45:57.post. Maguire put it back into the area and asked one of his team-mates
:45:58. > :46:02.to and the Japanese International duly obliges. A pained expression on
:46:03. > :46:08.the face of Arsene Wenger. Albrighton pounces. Vardy and
:46:09. > :46:14.Okazaki are in there. What they bowl Bardi could not miss. What a cross
:46:15. > :46:22.from Albrighton and Leicester City take the lead through Jamie Vardy.
:46:23. > :46:30.Albrighton's ball in. If you see a better one all season, it will be
:46:31. > :46:36.magnificent. Arsenal again going to flood their lines at home on the
:46:37. > :46:47.opening day of the season? Mahrez could not bring it away. Monreal
:46:48. > :46:53.steps in. Lacazette could not get the shot away but Welbeck will!
:46:54. > :46:59.Arsenal level. Leicester are appealing for offside but the flag
:47:00. > :47:03.stays down. It will count, it is 2-2. Leicester thought they got it
:47:04. > :47:13.away. Lacazette with power in the shot. Welbeck could slide it home.
:47:14. > :47:29.Right on the stroke of half-time Arsenal draw level.
:47:30. > :47:42.Mahrez for Leicester. He gets the shot away will stop Mahrez with a
:47:43. > :47:52.corner. Vardy gets to it and Leicester City lead again. Leicester
:47:53. > :47:59.have probed and probed again all evening at Arsenal's vulnerability
:48:00. > :48:00.from set pieces. There was nobody in a red and white shirt close enough
:48:01. > :48:09.to Jamie Vardy. It is all happening again for the
:48:10. > :48:31.Frenchman. Some? About whether Mesut Ozil could
:48:32. > :48:42.have been called act therefore a possible handball. And they are in.
:48:43. > :48:48.It is Ramsey who levels it at 3-3. It was such an intelligent ball from
:48:49. > :48:54.granite Dzeko. Leicester thought they had cleared the danger with
:48:55. > :49:03.Morgan's header. What a finish from Aaron Ramsey. 3-3 with seven minutes
:49:04. > :49:11.to go. It would be a brave man who would call the winner of this one
:49:12. > :49:17.now. Real confidence among the Arsenal fans now and why not? It is
:49:18. > :49:21.Lacazette with a chance to win it. Schmeichel got something on that.
:49:22. > :49:35.What a vital save from Kasper Schmeichel. To read. It is in! --
:49:36. > :49:41.Olivier Giroud. 4-3, Arsenal. It is the two subs that Arsene Wenger
:49:42. > :49:47.threw want to have found the net. First, Ramsay, and now Olivier
:49:48. > :49:54.Giroud got off so well. And off the crossbar and in. 4-3 Arsenal. What
:49:55. > :50:01.an incredible start to the new Premier League season. I think it
:50:02. > :50:06.was a cracker of a game, a top quality game. Played at a very high
:50:07. > :50:11.pace will stop in defence we could do better but overall I believe it
:50:12. > :50:14.was a top quality game. We knew we had to be compact, disciplined. I
:50:15. > :50:19.thought we were a threat and I thought we contributed to a really
:50:20. > :50:25.entertaining game, but from our point of view, bitterly disappointed
:50:26. > :50:30.to come away with nothing. Suggestions of a possible handball
:50:31. > :50:35.from Mesut Ozil. Have you seen it? I have, it is not possible, it is a
:50:36. > :50:39.definite handball. Does this give you more confidence about the season
:50:40. > :50:48.ahead? Of course. I am convinced these kind of games can strengthen
:50:49. > :50:51.the belief and when you are in difficult situations you are
:50:52. > :50:54.reminded that we have done it before and we can do it again. It was quite
:50:55. > :50:58.again, apart from the last seven minutes which were awful! The rest
:50:59. > :51:02.of was brilliant. Arsenal, what did you make of them? I thought they
:51:03. > :51:09.showed great character in the way they came back and it was a
:51:10. > :51:13.magnificent header from Giroud which won it for them. Leicester
:51:14. > :51:18.identified a weakness in the Arsenal defence. I know they had big players
:51:19. > :51:21.out injured like Mertesacker and Koscielny, but what what they did it
:51:22. > :51:26.every opportunity was they threw balls into the box and good balls.
:51:27. > :51:32.Balls which caused them problems. To slow out, a good header back. Look
:51:33. > :51:37.at Okazaki, he wants it more than three players. It was a very, very
:51:38. > :51:43.good header. But Albrighton. This is a dream of a ball for any centre
:51:44. > :51:48.forward. Jamie Vardy who I thought was superb, full of energy, again,
:51:49. > :51:52.zonal marking. Look where he starts from, Jamie Vardy. He gets in
:51:53. > :51:56.between all of the players and he wants it more than any of them. It
:51:57. > :52:04.is an excellent header. That is what Leicester did all night. Not a bad
:52:05. > :52:10.ball in from Mahrez. Okazaki gets in there again this time. A good
:52:11. > :52:15.header. Great character from Arsenal to come back in the way that they
:52:16. > :52:20.did. Ian, aside from the three points obviously which is a massive
:52:21. > :52:27.bonus from Arsenal, anything to encourage youth from the season
:52:28. > :52:37.ahead? I liked Bush on Iraq and Lacazette. When you see the goals,
:52:38. > :52:40.they could be avoided. With Arsenal, what they are capable of going
:52:41. > :52:45.forward, if they could tighten it up, I've been saying for many years,
:52:46. > :52:49.if they could tighten it up Arsenal will cause people problems. OK.
:52:50. > :53:02.Match of the Day 2 is back with two games.
:53:03. > :53:09.He puts it away! What a special strike!
:53:10. > :53:13.There's commentary of both matches on 5 Live and the BBC Sport website.
:53:14. > :53:15.Match of the Day 2 Extra provides the warm-up from 12.15pm.
:53:16. > :53:20.The final day of the World Athletics gets under way on BBC Two at 1.00pm.
:53:21. > :53:25.The final round of the US PGA begins at 7.00pm on the Red Button and then
:53:26. > :53:31.Don't forget, you can watch Match of Day on the move via the website.
:53:32. > :53:34.If you missed the start of the show, it's available now on the iPlayer
:53:35. > :53:51.or catch up on the whole programme from Monday morning.
:53:52. > :54:01.I suppose it is back to the future tonight. Match of the Day returning
:54:02. > :54:03.on a regular basis. It is over the head of Lukic and it
:54:04. > :54:26.has gone in! Of Shearer! And it has gone into
:54:27. > :54:31.ease the ?3.5 million price tag. I did not set the price tag. He has
:54:32. > :54:37.set his standard so high they will be expecting that every week. Great
:54:38. > :54:43.goals but what does Alan Shearer think about using the name Alan
:54:44. > :54:47.Shearer in the third person?! Let's move on!
:54:48. > :54:50.Time for our first visit to the 56th ground to host
:54:51. > :54:53.Newly promoted Brighton, back in the top flight
:54:54. > :54:55.for the first time in 34 years, welcomed title favourites
:54:56. > :55:10.Brighton welcomes Premier League football after near extinction. Now
:55:11. > :55:22.they face Manchester City title favourites aren't they one. And they
:55:23. > :55:27.have some summer signings. City's signings cost more than the Brighton
:55:28. > :55:33.is quite and the stadium. Edison, Walker and Danny low start. -- demi-
:55:34. > :55:47.low -- Danny low. It has all been Manchester City in
:55:48. > :56:00.possession. They have been dominant without creating.
:56:01. > :56:10.A problem here. He said hamstring. As he chased there, he pulled up. He
:56:11. > :56:23.immediately felt the back of his leg will stop.
:56:24. > :56:36.It glanced through towards the far post area. So close to going into
:56:37. > :56:40.his own net. Brighton's buoyant enthusiasm on day one. This is a gay
:56:41. > :56:54.Manchester City will be expected to win. -- this is a gamer they will be
:56:55. > :57:04.expected to win. Jesus scored. He is down hurt. Lovely ball, beautifully
:57:05. > :57:13.run, well timed. It was off his chest and his arm. The correct
:57:14. > :57:19.decision made by the referee. Aguero is there. People sit back to Gabriel
:57:20. > :57:26.Jesus. A tremendous save. It flicked the outside of the post from the
:57:27. > :57:37.rebound. Really good reactions from Brighton's goalkeeper Matthew Ryan.
:57:38. > :57:47.Aguero in the penalty area joined by Gabriel Jesus. Fernandinho will hit
:57:48. > :57:53.it from there. He looks for the run of Silva. Beautifully done. Gabriel
:57:54. > :58:04.Jesus, offside, went count. -- won't count. That was marginal, you know.
:58:05. > :58:06.It is marginal. Twice the ball has been in the back of the Brighton
:58:07. > :58:19.net. Duffy has given it back. Aguero, and
:58:20. > :58:24.a brilliant challenge save from Lewis Dunk. It was a wretched
:58:25. > :58:30.finish. Duffy got his feet all wrong. A short backpass. He didn't
:58:31. > :58:37.even see Lewis Dunk coming. He might have done at the end but it was a
:58:38. > :58:54.terrible finish from Sergio Aguero. Manchester City are stretched. He
:58:55. > :59:01.has no support, he has to do it alone. He sensibly checks back and
:59:02. > :59:08.waits for blue and white shirts to arrive. A sweeping cross. The
:59:09. > :59:11.goalkeeper was a No Man's Land. It is a corner. The challenge of the
:59:12. > :59:19.far side wins Brighton the first corner of the game. Dunk wearing
:59:20. > :59:25.five, Duffy wearing 22. Lewis Dunk was in there. They are still on
:59:26. > :59:33.site. A shot by Duffy. Just deflected wide. Look at the
:59:34. > :59:35.Manchester City bodies back there. They still could not stop the shot
:59:36. > :59:44.on their goal. Ten minutes into the second-half.
:59:45. > :59:55.Out comes the goalkeeper. It slipped through his fingers. Blocked.
:59:56. > :00:00.Blocked. Unconvincing goalkeeping. Should have got that. Team-mate in
:00:01. > :00:05.the way. Thankfully, for Manchester City there were other team-mates
:00:06. > :00:09.there to block. They have worked so hard to stay in the game. Do they
:00:10. > :00:18.have enough energy to remain in the game? Stevens off balance. Aguero
:00:19. > :00:26.makes the run. A chance here for Manchester City to win it. Aguero
:00:27. > :00:29.made sure this time. Error by Stevens, who lost the ball. Once
:00:30. > :00:34.Manchester City have numbers over, they were in on goal so quickly. So
:00:35. > :00:38.clinically they go-ahead. Got his feet wrong, his balance wrong,
:00:39. > :00:44.dispossessed. Aguero makes the run. Stays onside. The pass by Silva yas
:00:45. > :00:50.astute. The finish was clinical. How many times overs the years have we
:00:51. > :00:55.seen promoted teams come up, work so hard and punished by an individual
:00:56. > :01:00.error. De Bruyne. Silva with the run. What a game he's had. It just
:01:01. > :01:11.wouldn't come to the head of Firmino. -- Fernandinho. Aguero.
:01:12. > :01:21.Muscles inside the challenge. He's still going, Aguero. Nicked off
:01:22. > :01:25.Dunk. Fernandinho with the cross. It's an own-goal off Dunk. They have
:01:26. > :01:29.the points on opening day Manchester City. They were made to work really
:01:30. > :01:35.hard for it. Crossed back into the middle. Dunk powered it past his
:01:36. > :01:39.keeper. Oh, could Ryan have done better. Slipped slip through his
:01:40. > :01:43.hand. Manchester City have the second goal. That is all they care
:01:44. > :01:47.about. They have come up from the Championship, their tales tails are
:01:48. > :01:51.up. They had a gameplan that worked really well. We had to be patient
:01:52. > :01:55.and stick to how we like to play football and what we want to do this
:01:56. > :01:59.season. We got the rewards at the end of it. There is one way to play
:02:00. > :02:02.against a Manchester City team with the quality they have got. I thought
:02:03. > :02:07.we did ever so well. I think if we don't concede the first one, I don't
:02:08. > :02:11.think we concede the second one. Disappointing, but that's the
:02:12. > :02:14.quality that they've got. Tough game, tough introduction to the
:02:15. > :02:17.Premier League. We know we will not be facing that every week. We will
:02:18. > :02:23.focus on the next game and look forward to it. The first game for
:02:24. > :02:26.the way they play quite similar level in terms of the ball. We will
:02:27. > :02:32.improve. We will improve the next days away. We have to attack and
:02:33. > :02:37.this kind of defence. Stoic effort from Brighton. Interesting line from
:02:38. > :02:40.Chris Houghton if we don't concede the first they won't get the second.
:02:41. > :02:44.I kind of agree with. Manchester City wore them down in the end. Too
:02:45. > :02:48.much for them? Ever They have come up against the best team in the
:02:49. > :02:53.Premier League. When you have people like Silva in those little areas and
:02:54. > :03:01.De Bruyne they will go all day like this. You have to give Brighton
:03:02. > :03:06.credit they had 4-4-2, they did Wellens. They are a different level.
:03:07. > :03:09.Bam, he he hases to score there. Silva, De Bruyne, the class the
:03:10. > :03:13.touches, it was too much for them in the end. They couldn't battle it any
:03:14. > :03:16.more. This one I was surprised he didn't finish this off with his
:03:17. > :03:21.record in opening Premier League games. Got tired and mistakes keep
:03:22. > :03:26.in. That happens here. De Bruyne ready to bounce, bam. Mistake, they
:03:27. > :03:30.are aware. Aguero gone. This pass here, perfectly timed. There it is.
:03:31. > :03:35.That's the finish. That is the inevitable outcome for them. After
:03:36. > :03:40.that it was always a problem for them because they had done so well
:03:41. > :03:45.to go that long, holding them out. In the end, Dunk, who had a
:03:46. > :03:49.fantastic game. Super cross from Fernandinho when it comes to him.
:03:50. > :03:54.Caught himself on the wrong side of Jesus. Made himself a nuisance. They
:03:55. > :03:59.get the goal. Unfortunately for them they lose. I think they will go be
:04:00. > :04:02.all right if they can work that hard against teams. I like the way City
:04:03. > :04:09.was set up today with the two up front. We thought that he might play
:04:10. > :04:12.the Aguero. With him playing two up there they worked well together.
:04:13. > :04:16.They were positive. I'm sure if he continues to play that way, both
:04:17. > :04:22.those players could be looking at least 20 goals a season for both of
:04:23. > :04:29.them. He turns things around a bit. City, favourites for the title?
:04:30. > :04:32.Between the Manchester clubs. I will go with Manchester United. What
:04:33. > :04:36.about you? City. All right. That is all right, you are entitled to.
:04:37. > :04:39.To Goodison Park next, where all eyes were on Wayne Rooney's return
:04:40. > :04:41.to Everton after 13 years at Manchester United.
:04:42. > :04:43.Stoke the visitors, as they kicked off their tenth straight season
:04:44. > :04:53.COMMENTATOR: A second debut for Wayne Rooney, but a first Everton
:04:54. > :04:57.appearance for four others in the team including Britain's most
:04:58. > :05:02.expensive goalkeeper, Jordan Pickford, signed from Sunderland.
:05:03. > :05:06.His opposite number and potential England World Cup rival stroke
:05:07. > :05:16.colleague, Jack Butland is like a new signing for Stoke having missed
:05:17. > :05:24.nearly all season injured. Berahino has yet to score for the club, he
:05:25. > :05:30.must feel like a new boy. Berahino, goes in well to win the ball from
:05:31. > :05:34.Allen. Good use of the ball, too. Calvert-Lewin wide. Rooney down the
:05:35. > :05:39.middle. Going for goal. It's on target. Nicely smothered by Jack
:05:40. > :05:47.Butland. There is one for the tally chart. A shot on target from an
:05:48. > :05:51.Everton player. Ronald Koeman rubished the idea that Everton have
:05:52. > :05:57.been big spending this summer. There has been a net spend of around ?7
:05:58. > :06:01.million. Their biggest deal is yet to come, potentially. Will
:06:02. > :06:12.Sigurdsson make the move from swan specifically sea to Goodison Park?
:06:13. > :06:22.Bsh Park? -- Swansea to Goodison Park. Everton's defenders were
:06:23. > :06:26.trying to guess where he was going. The Mark Hughes hasn't seen his side
:06:27. > :06:36.win in his last half a dozen Premier League opening day games, whether
:06:37. > :06:40.with Stoke, QPR or Fulham. Gueye. One additional minute at the end of
:06:41. > :06:48.a first half that has been uninspiring. Rooney. Guey finds
:06:49. > :07:02.Sandro. He feeds Calvert-Lewin. Nice ball in. It's Rooney! Written in the
:07:03. > :07:10.stars. We know the name. We kind of knew it would happen today, too.
:07:11. > :07:13.It's undoubtedly the best bit of quality that we've seen all half.
:07:14. > :07:21.It's come at the very end of the half. It's a peach of a cross from
:07:22. > :07:28.Calvert-Lewin. Rooney read it and then just guided the ball back past
:07:29. > :07:36.Jack Butland. It's his first Everton gone since the 13th April 2004. It's
:07:37. > :07:38.made it Everton 1, Stoke City 0. A win on opening day would be
:07:39. > :07:48.everything for Everton, who have drawn their first game of the season
:07:49. > :07:56.in all the last four years. Shaqiri. Cameron. Now Pieters. Pieters teases
:07:57. > :08:01.one across. Diouf couldn't get there. Everton were a man light in
:08:02. > :08:05.that Stoke attack because Leighton Baines went down and stayed down as
:08:06. > :08:10.the Potters pressed. I think there is a little bit of afters in that
:08:11. > :08:16.from Shaqiri. The way that Baines bumped him off the ball. Wouldn't
:08:17. > :08:21.roll for Shaqiri. Cleared by Baines. Rooney on the ball now. Sandro
:08:22. > :08:26.peeled to the left. Calvert-Lewin down through the middle.
:08:27. > :08:36.Calvert-Lewin, stopped from getting the chance to shoot or find Sandro
:08:37. > :08:47.by a brilliant Zouma tackle. A long way to go before Everton can
:08:48. > :08:53.consider this one. Rooney has it. They didn't keep it. Berahino.
:08:54. > :09:01.Fletcher. It was driven nicely. Just the wrong side of the post though.
:09:02. > :09:10.Stoke are shaping themselves to get back into this game now. Rooney.
:09:11. > :09:23.Zouma got to it, had to. Sandro behind him. Zouma. Dispossessed by
:09:24. > :09:28.Calvert-Lewin. Calvert-Lewin goes for goal. Wayne Rooney drops his
:09:29. > :09:35.head because he knew he was in just the right place for the pullback,
:09:36. > :09:44.which never came. I think Dominic Calvert-Lewin felt he was entitled
:09:45. > :09:50.to have a go at goal. Gueye loses it. We haven't said that too often
:09:51. > :09:56.today. Choupo-Moting takes on Schneiderlin. Shaqiri. Are big gap
:09:57. > :10:04.appears for him. Great save, Jordan Pickford. He's been as solid as a
:10:05. > :10:09.whole row of houses all day. He saved his best until last. He's not
:10:10. > :10:14.had a particularly busy day today, but he's kept Stoke out. Everton get
:10:15. > :10:23.off to a winning start in the Premier League. Of Wayne Rooney has
:10:24. > :10:30.his dream homecoming. We scored a great goal. We kept a clean sheet.
:10:31. > :10:35.That's all positive, but we need to improve a lot and that's the
:10:36. > :10:39.conclusion out of this afternoon. I didn't see a great deal of
:10:40. > :10:44.difference in the two sides today. I thought we were evenly matched. We
:10:45. > :10:47.made one be mistake in that half in terms of not managing the game out
:10:48. > :10:52.in the last-minute of the half. That cost us. They produced a great ball.
:10:53. > :10:55.The one man you don't want in those situations, because he's done it so
:10:56. > :11:00.many times in his career, is Wayne Rooney. The story is all about him
:11:01. > :11:04.today because he won the game for Everton. I think he was a different
:11:05. > :11:11.class today in boll position. He was comfortable on the ball. He took
:11:12. > :11:16.right, good decisions on the ball. He scored a great goal. You cannot
:11:17. > :11:20.ask more than that. After the game I spoke to the Everton match winner,
:11:21. > :11:28.Wayne Rooney. Thank you very much for talking to us Wayne. 4,86 # days
:11:29. > :11:34.sips you last scored for Everton you must be delighted to end your goal
:11:35. > :11:37.drought? I'm delighted. It was a tough game against Stoke. First game
:11:38. > :11:41.of the season the important thing is to get off to ape with. We've done
:11:42. > :11:45.that, over the game we created the best chances. On a personal note,
:11:46. > :11:48.absolutely delighted to score the winning goal back at Goodison. A
:11:49. > :11:53.special moment for me. It looked very special in terms of your
:11:54. > :11:57.celebration. Seldom have I seen you celebrate so emphatically? Yeah. I
:11:58. > :12:03.think a lot of relief. A lot of emotion coming out. It was important
:12:04. > :12:07.goal, just before half-time. To take us into the dressing room with the
:12:08. > :12:11.1-0 lead. No, it was a special moment for me. Obviously, delighted.
:12:12. > :12:16.It turned out to be the winning goal. Lots of new faces. Does that
:12:17. > :12:21.sometimes bring with it its own problems in terms of settling
:12:22. > :12:27.placers and in and getting the right system etc. Us as players, we need
:12:28. > :12:30.to understand each others games. I think we probably knew on the pitch,
:12:31. > :12:34.in the first half, it weren't working the way we wanted it to. The
:12:35. > :12:38.manager identified that and made the change for the second-half. We
:12:39. > :12:43.created some good chances the second-half. Maybe should have went
:12:44. > :12:46.2-0 up. Towards the end we defended well. I think first game, it's
:12:47. > :12:50.important you get three points. We've done that. Thank you for
:12:51. > :12:55.talking to us, Wayne. I will let you get home to slip into your Everton
:12:56. > :13:01.PJs. Cheer choors, mate, see you soon. All the best. Life in the old
:13:02. > :13:06.dog yet? He has plenty to offer. I thought he was superb today. A great
:13:07. > :13:13.story, isn't it, him going back to where it all - First game, and the
:13:14. > :13:16.goal. He started the the move here the desire to get in the right
:13:17. > :13:22.place. Look where he heads for. A brilliant ball. Magnificent header.
:13:23. > :13:25.It really is. Used all of his neck muscles to guide it and get the
:13:26. > :13:32.power behind it. Is that where it comes from? Probably got as much
:13:33. > :13:36.enjoyment out of that as he did as a 16-year-old in 2002 when he scored
:13:37. > :13:41.against Arsenal. He played a huge part in their victory. His linkup
:13:42. > :13:45.play excellent. Spraying it around there when Calvert-Lewin went into a
:13:46. > :13:49.central role in the second-half. He could see that, picking his head up,
:13:50. > :13:52.getting the ball in behind and using his pay pace. What a magnificent day
:13:53. > :13:54.for him and Everton. It certainly was.
:13:55. > :13:57.West Brom versus Bournemouth saw the only meeting of two British
:13:58. > :14:01.Tony Pulis and Eddie Howe both led their teams to top half
:14:02. > :14:15.COMMENTATOR: They love a big centre-half here at The Hawthorns.
:14:16. > :14:25.At 6 foot 5 the Egyptian international fits the bill. His
:14:26. > :14:39.arrival is timely. Rodriguez is hoping a fresh challenge may
:14:40. > :14:46.rejuvenate them. Begovic back in 2007, Ake is here on a full-time
:14:47. > :14:56.basis. Chris Brunt will toy with the idea can of a long one.
:14:57. > :15:05.Liverpool got a touch and then Rodriguez fired it and Begovic made
:15:06. > :15:14.a smart save, to be fair to him. The long throw caused the issue. That
:15:15. > :15:20.would have just snuck in the corner. Tony Pulis extended his stay as West
:15:21. > :15:26.Brom manager couple of days back. The flip allows Livermore to go in.
:15:27. > :15:33.And then Begovic again nominated post. He does look lean and mean and
:15:34. > :15:44.again it is Rodriguez against Begovic. It goes towards Rodriguez.
:15:45. > :15:52.The flag stays down. He has gone for it. And only just missed it. We are
:15:53. > :15:59.at the midpoint of the first half and it has been the Jay Rodriguez
:16:00. > :16:07.show. A comfortable enough header away by Surmon.
:16:08. > :16:21.King waives his fingers and says no. That was always going to be in vain.
:16:22. > :16:34.The opening goal arrives from the new boy Ahmed Hegazi! The set piece
:16:35. > :16:38.specialists. Guess what, they have scored from a set piece. Another
:16:39. > :16:44.West Brom centre-half, another centre-half above six foot five. He
:16:45. > :16:47.is just about an side and he powers his header through the legs of
:16:48. > :16:58.Begovic. West Brom deservedly in front.
:16:59. > :17:07.That was just over the top. They have got themselves a new hero here.
:17:08. > :17:12.Ahmed Hegazi played Serie A with fear and Tina. He scored with his
:17:13. > :17:36.head and almost scored with his boot. -- Fiorentina.
:17:37. > :17:46.Rodriguez, straight into the body of Daniels. That is another late
:17:47. > :17:52.challenge, this time by Rodriguez. The card is coming. It is yellow.
:17:53. > :17:57.There is no doubt Rodriguez had a much greater impact on the game when
:17:58. > :18:02.he was playing centrally. When he moved out to the right he has not
:18:03. > :18:09.looked like the potent force that he was. He was booked for the foul on
:18:10. > :18:17.Fraser. That will count as an effort on target and nothing more than
:18:18. > :18:28.catching practice for Foster. Nathan Ake headset. The force of the right
:18:29. > :18:35.boot on his shin is decidedly odd. I think only he will know if he meant
:18:36. > :18:41.it. His first manager when he was a teenager at Bournemouth was Tony
:18:42. > :18:47.Pulis and he looks on the Baggies manager as a mentor and an influence
:18:48. > :18:56.on his career. Trying to find Rondon. Now Harper. On towards
:18:57. > :19:02.Rondon. Maclean is trying to get there. Harper is trying to get there
:19:03. > :19:08.in the middle. Rondon goes alone. Bournemouth understandably going for
:19:09. > :19:13.broke. Rondon going for the corner. Begovic with the outstretched
:19:14. > :19:17.fingertips ensuring it stays at 1-0. We had the most shots on goal. We
:19:18. > :19:23.should have scored more than one goal and we have just come off the
:19:24. > :19:28.pitch. We had really, really good opportunities and chances. We are
:19:29. > :19:33.not a position team. But we played very, very well today at times. I
:19:34. > :19:37.expected us to have the position that we did but I expected us to be
:19:38. > :19:41.a lot more creative with it. I thought that was the most
:19:42. > :19:45.disappointing thing. We could not get behind their solid backline.
:19:46. > :19:51.Credit to them but stuff for us to work on. How nice is it to be not
:19:52. > :19:58.defending West Brom set pieces? That is one thing you look on and I think
:19:59. > :20:03.we are a big threat. A fantastic feeling. It is important that the
:20:04. > :20:15.team is winning. It is important for us. We were card. And the goal, for
:20:16. > :20:20.sure is a very good feeling. I hope to continue like this. Excellent
:20:21. > :20:27.start, new player, West Brom. The same story, a goal from a set piece,
:20:28. > :20:30.it is vital for them. This guy, he is six foot five. I am sure
:20:31. > :20:38.Bournemouth would have been worried when they saw it. A real powerful
:20:39. > :20:44.header. A great ball in. That is what West Brom are waiting for. They
:20:45. > :20:51.are waiting for a player like this, six foot five, up Tony Pulis'
:20:52. > :20:57.street. The first time two Egyptians have scored since 2008. Wasn't it a
:20:58. > :21:04.song, scored like an Egyptian? What about West Brom? They had a good
:21:05. > :21:05.season and they signed some good players so I think it will be
:21:06. > :21:13.another similar one for them. There was a new face
:21:14. > :21:15.in the Southampton dug-out with former Alaves manager,
:21:16. > :21:16.Mauricio Pellegrino, Swansea, who narrowly
:21:17. > :21:31.avoided relegation last Manolo Gabbiadini got six goals last
:21:32. > :21:39.year for Southampton but he has not scored in his last eight
:21:40. > :21:43.appearances. Virgil van Dijk is not playing. 19-year-old town Abraham X
:21:44. > :21:50.'s first Premier League start, on loan from Chelsea. He got 26 goals
:21:51. > :21:53.for Bristol City last season. Abraham shoulders plenty of
:21:54. > :21:59.responsibility, as does Captain Leon Britton who was so important in the
:22:00. > :22:06.Swansea's late surge to safety last season. A terrific atmosphere here
:22:07. > :22:13.at St Mary 's. Hardly a seat to be had.
:22:14. > :22:21.That is just wide from Tadic. I'm sure there were many at St Mary 's
:22:22. > :22:25.who thought we were about to see the opening goal. Lovely flowing
:22:26. > :22:32.football from Southampton. Just the wrong side of the post from Dusan
:22:33. > :22:36.Tadic. Mauricio Pellegrino led Alaves tonight in La Liga last
:22:37. > :22:38.season and to the Copa del Rey final. Southampton reached the
:22:39. > :22:42.League Cup final and finished eighth. His target is to improve on
:22:43. > :22:58.that this season. The first chance for Swansea. The
:22:59. > :23:01.first chance for Tanya Abraham and maybe it should have been the first
:23:02. > :23:05.goal in Swansea colours for Tammy Abraham. The wrong side of the post
:23:06. > :23:27.from the teenager. Redmond, got away from Naughton.
:23:28. > :23:36.Redmond with a little pull-back. James Ward-Prowse appealing for a
:23:37. > :23:41.penalty. You can see Ward-Prowse screaming for it. He is claiming a
:23:42. > :23:51.penalty. Paul Clement's side under considerable pressure at the moment.
:23:52. > :24:02.He challenged just inside the penalty area. Mike Jones had an
:24:03. > :24:08.unimpeded view of it. Fernandes was the defender involved. You can see
:24:09. > :24:13.here the view that the referee has. It has been largely one-way traffic
:24:14. > :24:19.in this first half. Swansea with the one chance of note so far. Abraham
:24:20. > :24:32.with the block. Redmond gets there first.
:24:33. > :24:42.Leroy Fer who can hit them. Towards Abraham. A lovely turn. Abraham's
:24:43. > :24:48.shot was blocked by Cedric. Serve. Almost a perfect start to the second
:24:49. > :24:56.half for Swansea. How about that for a from Abraham? Cedric getting his
:24:57. > :25:07.body in the way. Encouraging for Swansea. It will be a terrific away
:25:08. > :25:13.point in Swansea can come away with a draw from here as they have
:25:14. > :25:17.absorbed an awful lot of pressure. Tadic goes for gold. Fabianski with
:25:18. > :25:27.the save. That moved really strongly in the air.
:25:28. > :25:38.Yoshida! The best chance of the second half by a long, long way. It
:25:39. > :25:43.is such a crowded penalty area and Maya Yoshida was able to find a
:25:44. > :25:46.little bit of room. Over the bar and it remains 0-0, despite
:25:47. > :26:09.Southampton's best efforts. Stevens appeals for handball. The
:26:10. > :26:14.referee said play on. Stevens with a strong shout there. That does seem
:26:15. > :26:23.to be very much ball to hand, although the hands are high.
:26:24. > :26:33.Three minutes additional time at the end of the match. Remain to goes
:26:34. > :26:39.down. This is a free kick for Southampton in a very promising
:26:40. > :26:45.position. It is Yoshida! Just for one moment that looked as if it was
:26:46. > :26:53.creeping in. Chances galore. They could not take any of them. 0-0.
:26:54. > :26:58.It was a hard afternoon. They had a massive amount of chances, both on
:26:59. > :27:02.target, off target, set play after set play. We suffered a lot of
:27:03. > :27:11.times. I am happy that we kept a clean sheet and ended up with a
:27:12. > :27:14.draw. That could have been a lot worse. A lucky game for us. I think
:27:15. > :27:19.we did everything to win the game but you have to do goals. We had to
:27:20. > :27:25.keep going. I think we are in a good way. It was a goalless game
:27:26. > :27:35.dominated by Southampton, Alan. Bags of chances for them. I guess therein
:27:36. > :27:38.lies the problem. A familiar story, carried on their run from last
:27:39. > :27:41.season. Only Sunderland scored fewer goals at home than Southampton did.
:27:42. > :27:47.Big opportunities for Tadic. Getting into the right areas. Ward-Prowse
:27:48. > :27:53.claimed handball. I don't think it is. This is the sitter from Yoshida.
:27:54. > :27:59.That was a big, big opportunity. Have got to score. If they can start
:28:00. > :28:05.scoring goals, they play some decent football. Absolutely. As for
:28:06. > :28:09.Swansea, not a single shot on target in the game. A few problems,
:28:10. > :28:14.Llorente, broken arm, Sigurdsson looks like he might leave. It could
:28:15. > :28:23.be another difficult season? I think so unfortunately. They had a lot of
:28:24. > :28:26.chances today. What to think of the Sigurdsson thing? I suppose it is
:28:27. > :28:31.similar to Coutinho and one or two others when you have a player who
:28:32. > :28:37.clearly wants to go? There are probably four or five of them who
:28:38. > :28:41.are in the same situation. None of played today, Coutinho, van Dijk,
:28:42. > :28:47.Sigurdsson, Barkley, Sanchez is injured. There were a few of them
:28:48. > :28:50.who did not play. It is funny how they all have little niggles. I
:28:51. > :28:58.think we'll have a little niggle now because it is time to go. Thank you
:28:59. > :29:02.very much, chaps. Let's take a look at the league table. A moment to
:29:03. > :29:14.savour for Huddersfield supporters with the Terriers top of the tree.
:29:15. > :29:30.The mail says Conte could be the first manager to leave. Pull. The
:29:31. > :29:34.Star says Tottenham are set to spend with a move for Sanchez being
:29:35. > :29:44.imminent. We have seen some cartoon defending, goals from Rooney and
:29:45. > :29:51.Mounie, it has been a Loony Tunes kind of day.