What you missed on Premier League Saturday, gameweek 1

The 2024/25 Premier League season kicked off on Friday as Manchester United narrowly secured a 1-0 win against Fulham after debutant Joshua Zirkzee’s late winner.

There were plenty of talking points from the season’s first round of Saturday fixtures. Liverpool featured in the early kick-off while Arsenal, Newcastle, and Aston Villa spearheaded our first roundup of the season.

Ipswich Town 0-2 Liverpool

Mo Salah’s brilliance in the early Saturday kick-off earned Liverpool and new manager Arne Slot their first win in the post-Klopp era. The Egyptian has recorded nine goals in the first game week, more than any other player has scored.

However, it was a lackluster first half for Slot’s side against the newly-promoted side. Kieran McKenna’s side had a good first half at Portman Road, Ipswich’s personal fortress for much of last season. Liam Delap, who joined from Manchester City in the summer, posed as a nuisance through the middle of the pitch.

As a result, Slot took off Jarrell Quansah at the halfway mark for Ibrahima Konaté. The Liverpool manager pinpointed the young center-back’s aerial duel losses after the match but coincidentally was also the turning point of Liverpool’s fortunes.

A delicious inside through ball by Trent Alexander-Arnold to Mo Salah broke the Ipswich defense at the hour mark. Diogo Jota coolly finished to break the deadlock.

A tease of ’Slot Ball’ soon followed as a one-two with Dominik Szoboszlai led to Salah’s record-breaking goal and took the game out of the newly promoted side’s sight.

Premier League highlight: Arsenal 2-0 Wolves

The Gunners were the package feature of the show in the collective round of matches. Mikel Arteta’s side eased to a comfortable victory as they took a 1-0 lead before half-time. Kai Havertz’s head met the pinpoint cross of Bukayo Saka. Havertz, who opened the season’s account for the North London outfit.

Wolves came out in the second half with an…

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Author : Abdullah Mamaniyat

Publish date : 2024-08-17 22:49:25

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