If Erik ten Hag was under any allusion how difficult the job would be to make Manchester United elite again, the shockingly bad performance at home to Brighton illustrated the many issues that this team has.
In his first line-up, ETH made the same mistakes that previous United managers have made. His back four included Harry Maguire and Luke Shaw, two defenders unable to play a high line because they read the game to poorly.
Well that did not take long. The first shock of the new Premier League season took place at Craven Cottage where Liverpool had to come from behind twice to secure a 2-2 draw with newly-promoted Fulham.
Mohamed Salah’s late strike rescued Jurgen Klopp’s men, after the home side had twice led through Aleksandar Mitrovic.
Darwin Nunez marked his league debut with the Reds’ first equaliser, having come off the bench early in the second half, but Liverpool were far from their usual selves all afternoon and lost the influential Thiago Alcantara to injury to make matters worse.
Arsenal kicked off their 2022-2023 Premier League season with a 2-0 win away to Crystal Palace.Gabriel Martinelli gave the Gunners the lead in the first-half before they doubled their lead with the help of an own goal by Marc Guehi.
It could have been for Arsenal as Martinelli missed a sitter after just four minutes. A fantastic dribble from Gabriel Jesus ended with the ball falling perfectly in front of Martinelli deep in the Palace box, but he sent his effort across the face of the goal.
FC Barcelona president Joan Laporta said on Monday that the club had sold a percentage of their Barca Studios production house, in his latest attempt to generate enough revenue in order to register their summer signings.
Laporta announced that Barcelona had sold 25 per cent of their Barca Studios arm to the blockchain-enabled fan token platform Socios.com, for €100 million.
Laporta added that he hoped that this sale would enable the club to register all of their summer signings. The Spanish club have signed Jules Kounde, Pablo Torre, Franck Kessie, Andreas Christensen, Raphinha and Robert Lewandowski this summer.
Premier League clubs have been told that they can schedule friendlies during the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to give players not participating in the tournament a chance to stay match fit.
This year’s World Cup runs from November 21 to December 18 and is the first one to be held in the winter. As a result, schedules across Europe have had to substantially change for this season. Leagues are starting earlier and they will all take a break for the competition.
For example, the Premier League will break off for six weeks as there will be no Premier League games scheduled from November 14 to December 25.
Robert who? Bayern Munich kicked off its post Robert Lewandowski era with a convincing 5-3 win over RB Leipzig in the DFL-Super Cup.
Former Liverpool striker Sadio Mane appears to be the man picked by Bayern coach Julian Nagelsmann to replace Lewandowski in a more fluid front four.
Playing in a front line that included Muller, Gnabry, and Musiala, Mane floated around the attack wreaking havoc on the RB Leipzig defense. His opening goal is quite reminiscent of a Lewandowski goal as he latched on to Gnabry’s pass in stride and made things look easy.
Arsenal’s brilliant pre-season form continued on Saturday as they thrashed Sevilla 6-0 in the Emirates Cup.
Arsenal jumped all over Sevilla early as both Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Jesus scored twice as the Gunners found themselves with a four-goal lead within the first 20 minutes. Jesus completed his hat-trick in the 77th minute before Eddie Nketiah rounded off the win after a flowing counter-attack move.
Mikel Arteta’s side has opened some eyes this pre-seaon as they have gone undefeated, while Gabriel Jesus has managed seven goals in five games and Arsenal have scored 26 times in seven matches.
In a battle of new No.9’s, Liverpool’s Darwin Nunez out dueled Manchester City’s Erling Haaland and Liverpool beat rivals Manchester City 3-1 in the FA Community Shield to claim the first trophy of the season.
Nunez, who will probably end up being Liverpool’s most expensive signing ever, made himself an instant fan favorite after capping a lively appearance off the bench with a stoppage time goal to secure the victory.
Earlier the Uruguayan had seen his header handled by Ruben Dias, and after a Var review, Mo Salah had put Liverpool 2-1 up with seven minutes to go.
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Real Madrid’s next Clasico of the season against Barcelona at the Santiago Bernabéul on October 16, 2022. The return fixture will be at the Camp Now on March 19, 2023.
The first Madrid derby will take place on September 18 at the Metropolitano Stadium with the return meeting scheduled for February 26 at the Santiago Bernabeu.
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