Chelsea: Deco - 4′ (Free Kick) | Wigan: 0

Manchester City: Sturridge - 66′ / Elano - 70′ 76′ | West Ham: 0

Fulham: Hangeland - 20′ | Arsenal: 0

Liverpool: Pogatetz - 85′ / Gerrard - 90′ | Boro: Mido - 69′

Tottenham: Jenas - 71′ | Sunderland: Richardson - 54′ / Cisse - 82′

Blackburn: Roberts - 37′ | Hull: Garcia - 40′

Newcastle: Owen - 70′ | Bolton: 0

Stoke: Lawrence(P) - 29′ / Fuller - 79′ / Sidibe - 90′ | Aston Villa: Carew - 64′ / Laursen - 82′

West Brom: Bednar - 88′ | Everton: Osman - 64′ / Ayegbini - 75′

Chelsea 4-0 Portsmouth

Luiz Scolari’s reign as Chelsea boss started in the best possible manner after his side sent a message to the others by comprehensively beating a poor looking Portsmouth side 4 goals to nil. Joe Cole opened the scoring and Anelka scored minutes later. Chelsea won a penalty just at the end of the first half and Lampard made no mistakes. A thunderous 30-yard strike from Deco made it 4-0 and served as the icing on the cake. Our MOTM award goes to Deco who not only adjusted fairly well with his new team mates, but also scored.

Aston Villa 4-2 Manchester City

Martin O’Niel’s Aston Villa kicks off their BPL campaign in style after defeating Manchester City 4-2. John Carew opened the scoring in the 47th minute when Ashley Young’s cross from the left wing was headed in by the former. City equalized in the 64th minute when Elano converted from the penalty spot. Gabriel Agbonlahor then brought Villa back into the driving seat by scoring three back-to-back goals. First he drilled the ball into the top-right corner of the net, then headed one in from a Gareth Barry cross and finally completed his hat-trick by striking the ball from his left foot, into the City net. Manchester City did get a consolation goal at the end of the game when Corluka’s right-footed effort from the centre of the penalty area found its way into the Villa net. A new season but a same old City! Mark Hughes’ side still has a lot more to do if they are to finish at a respectable position in the league table this year.

Manchester Utd 1-1 Newcastle

Manchester United start off their season with an unexpected draw with the Magpies. United were without Ronaldo, Tevez and Hargreaves and their absence was highly felt. United went down in the 22nd minute when Martins headed the ball into the United net. United equalized two minutes later through Fletcher. Man Utd had their chances both in the first and the second half but could not capitalize on any. With rivals Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal, all starting off with victories, how much would this draw affect the Champions in the long run!

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Arsenal managed a positive start to the new Premier League season. The Gunners have won 1-0 at the Emirates Stadium after Samir Nasri’s 4th minute goal. West Bromwich couldn’t find the equalizer and the rest of the match was controlled by Arsene Wenger’s side, but no more goals were scored.

Tottenham, who are considered to be the only threat to the Big Four, disappointed by going down to Boro 2 goals to 1 at the Riverside Stadium.Defender David Wheater broke the deadlock for Middlesbrough in the 71st minute after an Afonso Alves shot had come back off the underside of the crossbar. Substitute Mido, an ex-Spur player scored with just four minutes to go. A late Robert Huth own goal came as a consolation for Tottenham Hotspur.

At Goodison Park, Everton went down 2-3 to the Rovers. It was an exciting contest with both teams locked at 2-2 until injury time when Ooijer netted the ball for Blackburn and stole the victory leaving the Everton team stunned.

At Kingston Comms Stadium, newly promoted team Hull City, playing thier first ever BPL fixture secured all 3 points against Fulham winning the match 2-1.

West Ham United, playing their season opener at home had a sincilating start with two goals in the first 10 minutes. A struggling Wigan then pulled one back two minutes after the break through Egyptian Amr Zaki and gave enough scare to the Hammers who had to struggle to hold on to their lead after losing Ashton and Parker in the second half.

Liverpool played the last match of the day and once again have to thank Torres for their victory. A dramatic 25-yard strike by the Spanish Superstar helped Liverpool win their opening BPL match. Steven Gerrard and Sami Hyypia were recalled for Liverpool whereas Sunderland were without injured striker Kenwyn Jones.

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With the Red Devils winning an enthralling title chase last season, they are just one title short of Liverpool. But Sir Alex Ferguson is not interested about all that and is only concentrating on building his squad stronger. With Ronaldo’s future now settled and Garry Neville back to complete fitness, United still want Tottenham star Berbatov. Back-to-back Premier League titles, champions of Europe, but still there’s an air of work-in-progress about them. Perhaps part of the appeal of Alex Ferguson’s current squad is this sense of obvious strengths making up for less obvious but still significant weaknesses. So how would the Red Devils play this season?

Chelsea are as usual one of the favourites to win the title this season. Chelsea did well last season under the average Avram Grant, after the departure of the Special One. They lost both the title and the Champions league final at the Final hurdle. But now the blues have a new world-cup winning manager who might not think he’s all that special, but Chelsea fans are confident that life under Luiz Felipe Scolari will be upto their expectations. They have brought in Bosingwa and Deco to strengthen their star-studded squad. He might not think he’s all that special, but Chelsea fans are confident that life under Luiz Felipe Scolari will be more than just so-so. Last season the Blues came within two points of the title and one shanked penalty of winning the Champions League with a manager whose methods were “25 years behind the times”. So how will Chelsea fare under the guidance of Scolari in a season in which even the second place would not be accepted by anyone?

Liverpool, on the other hand, will hopefully be better in league play, thanks to Robbie Keane’s new partnership with Fernando Torres. This is hopefully the year they finally end the league title drought. Although certain pundits claim that Liverpool are not deep enough, we believe that they have as much of a chance to win the title as Chelsea or Manchester United. They have brought many new players this season and Riise has finally been sold! So would Liverpool win any silverware this season or would history repeat itself?

Tottenham this season are expected to look for Chapions League Glory. We have to keep an eye on the Gunners-Spurs rivalry this year. We, liked what Juande Ramos is doing with Tottenham, and he’s got the best shot at finally breaking through the Big Four’s stranglehold on the Champions League. Unfortunately, it’ll only happen if injuries thin out Arsenal’s squad over the long term or if Cesc Fabregas struggles to find good form or just gets injured! Spurs have a quality squad and the introduction of Gomes, Dos Santos, Luka Modric and Bentley has just made it better. The departure of Robbie Keane would hurt them but that of Robinson would be helpful. Tottenham should try their best to not sell Berbatov since he is a genuine goal scorer and they need him if they want to stand any chance of breaking into the so called ‘Top Four’. So would they succeed?

Current Premier league and European Champions, Manchester United, have defeated Portsmouth 3-1 in the penalty shoot-out of the community shield after the match finished 0-0.

United looked the much better team in the first-half of the match and dominated Portsmouth. Nani played some decent football and the best chance of the first half fell to Fletcher. Nani’s lay-off gave Fletcher a chance to put United in the lead, but the Scot some how managed to miss the target. In the Second half also United had some clear-cut chance but could not convert any. Carlos Tevez was declared Man of the Match, but the absence of Roony/Ronaldo was felt.

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