Extended HL: Newcastle 2, Nottingham Forest 0
Goals from Fabian Schar and Callum Wilson spoiled Nottingham Forest's return to the Premier League, as Newcastle opened the new campaign with a comfortable win at home.
Celtic needed two goals in the final six minutes to beat Ross County 3-1 at Dingwall on Saturday, as Rangers striker Alfredo Morelos scored on his comeback from injury in a 2-0 win over Kilmarnock.
Monaco benefited from a favourable late VAR call to claim a 2-1 win away to Strasbourg in their opening game of the Ligue 1 campaign on Saturday.
New-look Newcastle United hosts newly-returned Nottingham Forest in a beautiful return to Premier League football at 10am ET Saturday at St. James' Park.
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Fabian Schar and Callum Wilson scored as Newcastle held 63% of the ball and put 10 of its 23 shots on target vs newly-promoted Nottingham Forest.
The Switzerland international blasted Newcastle ahead to end their frustration.
Leeds rallied after conceding an early opener, holding on for a 2-1 win over Wolves thanks to Rayan Ait-Nouri's own goal.
Brenden Aaronson said he claims the game-winning goal in his Leeds United debut after the decisive moment against Wolves was ruled a Rayan Ait-Nouri own goal.
There were fireworks in the technical area after the final whistle when Leeds’s new-look team completed their comeback victory. Before embarking on a lap of honour, Jesse Marsch received an earful from Wolves manager Bruno Lage, who was furious at a comment from his counterpart earlier in the game.
Manchester United legends Roy Keane and Paul Scholes have blasted the "shocking and shambolic" defeat for Erik ten Hag's side at home to Brighton and said the midfield duo of Fred and Scott McTominay were not of the required standard.
Manchester City took an early lead in the expected fight for the Premier League title with Liverpool after the first weekend of the season as Erling Haaland's debut double gave the champions a 2-0 win at West Ham.
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There were protests, a po-face and a poor performance. The scowl inevitably belonged to Cristiano Ronaldo and he came on as a second-half substitute, and Manchester United were better with him on the pitch, but mainly because of desperation and because it allowed Christian Eriksen to drop into midfield.
Erling Haaland said he is only getting started after scoring twice on his Premier League debut as Manchester City won 2-0 at West Ham on Sunday.
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Erling Haaland didn't need much time at all to show what kind of impact he will have at Manchester City. The two biggest offseason arrivals in Manchester had starkly different starts to the Premier League season on Sunday. Ten Hag looked grim-faced on the sideline as the Dutch coach watched United slump to a 2-1 loss to Brighton at Old Trafford, with his side being outplayed in the first half before a second-half rally came up short.
Spurs looked in midseason form as they kicked off the new PL campaign with a resounding home win.
Erik ten Hag explained what he saw in his first game in charge of Manchester United, which ended in a 2-1 loss against Brighton.
Lionel Messi scored twice in the second half, including with a stunning overhead kick, as Paris Saint-Germain began their defence of the Ligue 1 title with a 5-0 demolition of Clermont on Saturday.
In less than three months, Tyrone Mings has lost his place in the England squad, been relieved of the Aston Villa captaincy and now been dropped from the team’s starting XI.