Arsenal 0 Westham 2

GOALS:-Cheikhou Koyate 43rd, Mauro Zarate 57th

Arsenal’s start to the Premier League was less impressive in a loss to London rivals West Ham.

West Ham’s Cheikhou Kouyate, second from left, heads the ball to score his sides first goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Arsenal

The Gunners were stunned as West Ham got away with a 2-0 win at the Emirates Stadium. Cheikhou Koyate’s header before halftime and a low finish from Mauro Zarate in the 57th minute gave the Hammers’ new coach Slaven Bilic the perfect start.

Petr Cech, acquired by Arsenal from Chelsea in a somewhat surprising summer transfer, was at least partly to blame for both goals. The Czech stopper raced out to try and punch a Dimitri Payet free kick in the 43rd minute, only to miss as Kouyate headed into an empty net.

The second goal saw Zarate stole the ball easily from Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain in Arsenal’s defensive third, and took a few touches before curling a shot into the bottom corner with Cech being left flatfooted.

EVERTON 2 WATFORD 2

GOALS:- EVERTON: BARKLEY 76th; KONE 86th. WATFORD: LAYUN 14th; IGHALO 83rd.

Arouna Kone struck late on to secure a vital point on Watford’s return to the Barclays Premier League. Mexican Miguel Layun put Watford ahead in the first half before Ross Barkley equalized for Everton. Odion Ighalo’s goal put Watford ahead as the clock was ticking down  but substitute Kone pulled one back for Everton which ensured the matter was settled with a draw.

AFC BOURNEMOUTH 0 ASTON VILLA 1

GOAL:- VILLA: GESTEDE 72nd

Bournemouth was given a warm welcome to the Barclays Premier League by Aston Villa substitute Rudy Gestede and debutant who scored the winner for his new team.

Bournemouth, last season’s championship winners, wasted so many chances and were at least good enough to have picked  a point in the game.

CHELSEA 2 SWANSEA CITY 2

GOALS:- CHELSEA: OSCAR 23rd; FERNANDEZ OG 30th. SWANSEA: AYEW 29th; GOMIS PEN 55th.

Barclays Premier League champions Chelsea suffered a setback in the defence of their title when they had goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois sent off and dropped two valuable home points. Oscar gave Chelsea the lead with an early free kick only for debutant AndrÈ Ayew to level for the Welshmen. Federico Fernandez converted William’s cross beyond his own keeper to hand Chelsea the lead before Courtois was sent off and replacement Asmir Begovic was unable to stop Bafetimbi Gomis’ spot kick.

Thibaut Courtois was sent off against Swansea City on the weekend

LECIESTER CITY 4 SUNDERLAND 2

GOALS:- VARDY 11th; MAHREZ 18th, PEN 25th; ALBRIGHTON 66th. SUNDERLAND: DEFOE 60th; FLETCHER 71st.

Former Chelsea and new Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri began his reign at Leicester City by taking the club to the summit of the Barclays Premier league by beating up his counterpart Dick Advocaate.

Leicester scored from Jamie Vardy, Riyad Mahrez and Albrighton while Sunderland got their goals from Jermain Defoe and Steven Fletcher.

MANCHESTER UNITED 1 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 0

GOAL:- WALKER OG 22nd.

Manchester United needed a Kyle Walker own goal to secure an unconvincing 1-0 home win over Tottenham Hotspur.

Kyle Walker scores an own goal for Manchester United

Walker made history with his own goal  became the first opening goal of the Premier League season to be an own goal.

United, whose manager Louis van Gaal was celebrating his 64th birthday, took the points after Walker, attempting to tackle Wayne Rooney, put through his own net.

NORWICH CITY 1 CRYSTAL PALACE 3

GOALS:- PALACE: ZAHA 39th; DELANEY 49th; CABAYE 90th. NORWICH: REDMOND 69TH.

Crystal Palace played out an entertaining game against promoted side Norwich though the result dominated by  a goal which was  controversially ruled out. Cameron Jerome’s hooked effort was wrongly ruled out by rookie ref Simon Hooper when it should have given the home side an equaliser. Wilfried Zaha and Damien Delaney had put Palace two goals up and after Nathan Redmond pulled one back for City, Jerome’s effort was ruled out and Eagles debutant Yohan Cabaye sealed the win.

Stoke City 0 liverpool 1

GOALS:- Philippe Coutinho 86th

Liverpool’s Philippe Coutinho scored a stunning late winner to seal a 1-0 victory at Stoke City.

Liverpool’s Philippe Coutinho Correia celebrates with team-mates after scoring the winning goal against Stoke City during the Premier League

This was a big game for Liverpool after the humiliation in the final game of last season — inflicting a 6-1 defeat on Brendan Rodgers’ team.

There was no repeat on Sunday with Coutinho’s moment of magic ensuring Liverpool walks away with all the three points.

Newcastle 2 Southampton 2

GOALS:- Graziano Pelle 24th, Papiss Cisse 42^nd, Gini Wijnaldum 48th,Shane Long79th

New Newcastle manager Steve McClaren had to settle for a point in a game where both sides had the lead for a while.

Goals from Papiss Cisse and new signing Gini Wijnaldum put Newcastle in command after Graziano Pelle’s 24th-minute opener for the visitors.

But substitute Shane Long rose to power home a cross from the Dusan Tadic with 11 minutes to go to secure a point.

The first round of matches concludes tonight when Manchester City travels to West Bromwich Albion

West Bromwich Albion Vs Manchester City preview

Unbeaten in their last five league games at the Hawthorns, Manuel Pellegrini’s men go into tonight’s encounter in high spirits and full of confidence.

England’s most expensive player Raheem Sterling, is set to be handed his first competitive start for the club.

Man City defender Gael Clichy and summer signing Fabian Delph will miss the game while England’s most expensive player Raheem Sterling, is set to be handed his first competitive start for the club.David Silva, Samir Nasri and Sergio Aguero are all available for selection.Meanwhile West Bromwich Albion summer signings Rickie Lambert (Liverpool), James McClean (Wigan Athletic) and James Chester (Hull City) are set to make their debuts for the club, although Serge Gnabry’s (Arsenal) loan move was completed too late for him to feature.

Read more on  premierleague.com

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ManchesterUnited have agreed terms with Torino defender Matteo Darmian ahead of his proposed £12.7m move to the Premier League, with the fee potentially rising to £14.4m depending on his performances.

News emerged on Tuesday that United had lodged an official offer with the Serie A side to sign theItaly defender, who was chosen as the national team’s player of 2014 following his impressive breakthrough season for the Azzurri–independent

Spurs swoop for Alderweireld

Tottenham Hotspur have signed Belgian defender Toby Alderweireld from Atletico Madrid, despite the player spending last season on loan at English Premier League rivals Southampton.

Tottenham said Alderweireld has signed a contract until 2020 and showed pictures of the player in a Spurs shirt on their website.Alderweireld said on Twitter that he was “very excited” to move to Spurs, while also thanking Southampton who he called a “great club-fifa.com

Stoke City accept £7m bid from Sevilla for Steven N’Zonzi

Stoke City have accepted a £7m bid from Sevilla for Steven N’Zonzi, the French midfielder who was named the Premier League club’s player of the year for last season-guardian

Manchester United target Mats Hummels says he is staying at Borussia Dortmund

In-demand Germany defender Mats Hummels will stay with Borussia Dortmund for another year but offered no assurances about his long-term future.

The 26-year-old World Cup winner has been linked heavily with a move to the Premier League with Manchester United and admitted to being flattered by the interest-dailymail

Robin van Persie open to Fenerbahce move despite previous doubts while Manchester United team-mate Jonny Evans is being considered by West Brom

Manchester United striker Robin van Persie is linked with a move to Fenerbahce

Robin van Persie’s future at Manchester United may become a little clearer on Wednesday with Fenerbahce planning further talks over a potential £10million transfer for the Holland international while defender Jonny Evans is a target for West Bromwich Albion.dailymail

Juventus refuse to give up chase for Chelsea star

According to Tuttosport, Oscar is at the top of the Italian champions’ summer wish list and have contacted Chelsea to try and do a deal.talksport

Palace agree £12.5m Cabaye deal

Crystal Palace are reported to have agreed a £12.5million deal to sign Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Yohan Cabaye.

Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Yohan Cabaye is expected to join Crystal Palace

Palace are widely reported to have come to an agreement with PSG that will see them pay £10million up front for Cabaye, with a further £2.5million potentially due in various add-ons-teamtalk

Fekir signs new Lyon deal

Reported Arsenal target Nabil Fekir has committed his future to Ligue 1 club Lyon until 2020.

The 21-year-old striker, who scored 13 league goals for Les Gones last season, has been rewarded for his exploits at the Stade de Gerland with a year’s extension.btsport

Newcastle United have tabled a €16million bid for Georginio Wijnaldum – according to Dutch sources

Newcastle United have tabled a bid for Georginio Wijnaldum – according to reports in Holland-chroniclelive

Raheem Sterling’s Liverpool transfer saga takes new twist as he REFUSES to join pre-season tour

The Manchester City target has told boss Rodgers he’s not in the right frame of mind to play on the trip to Australia and South-East Asia-mirror

Liverpool set to move for 27-goal France striker after Benteke talks hit snag

Liverpool are reportedly revisiting their interest in Alexandre Lacazette.

Liverpool are interested in Lyon striker Alexandre Lacazette.

According to L’Equipe, the Lyon striker is still yet to agree a new contract at the Ligue 1 runners-up despite talks between the club and his representatives-dailystar

Everton ‘make £5m transfer bid to sign David Ospina from Arsenal’

The in-form goalkeeper has been given permission to leave Arsenal this summer following the arrival of Petr Cech from Chelsea-metro

Santiago Vergini’s agent in Sunderland for talks as defender returns to training

As reported previously, Sunderland are duty-bound to sign Vergini on a permanent basis from Costa Rican outfit Club Sport Uruguay de Coronado after he made more than 20 appearances during last season’s loan spell-sunderlandecho

Pep Guardiola turns down Arsenal’s Theo Walcott as Ribery and Robben replacement

Pep Guardiola has told Bayern Munich he does not want Theo Walcott as a replacement for the ageing Franck Ribery and Arjen Robben-express

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