Ligue 1
Olympique de Marseille dismantled Toulouse 4-0 in a stunning second-half performance.
Paris Saint-Germain responded with a 3-0 domination of SM Caen. Neymar Jr-playing at centre-forward-was on hand to provide the star power, marking his first league game since February with a goal.
AS Monaco win 3-1 in Nantes.
Olympique Lyonnais looked in utterly menacing from as they accounted for Amiens SC 2-0 with a brilliant solo effort from Bertrand Traore and a superb free-kick from Memphis Depay.
Ronaldo in action
Cristiano Ronaldo made Juventus fans wait only eight minutes before scoring his first goal in a pre-season friendly against the club’s youth team. Ten minutes later he pressured Riccardo Capellini into an own-goal. Juventus went on to win 5-0.
Niko Kovac’s Bayern Munich rout Frankfurt 5-0 in German Super Cup
Robert Lewandowski completed his hat-trick in the second half before Kingsley Coman claimed the fourth and set up Thiago Alcantara for the fifth.
The fail of the week award goes to Sandro Wagner
Bayern Munich player Sandro Wagner nearly put his name on the scoresheet but embarrassingly slid the ball wide of an open net from just a few yards out.
Lionel Messi becomes Barcelona’s most decorated player
Barcelona beat Sevilla 2-1 to win Spanish Super Cup in Morocco, thanks to Ousmane Dembele’s wondergoal.
Lionel Messi led his team to win the Supercopa, Messi’s 33rd title during his time at the Camp Nou, one more than Andres Iniesta.
Premier League
Premier League 2018/19 season was started by the game Manchester United-Leicester (2-1). Paul Pogba and Luke Shaw decided the result of the game. Jamie Vardy’s goal doesn’t help Leicester to get points.
RECORDS:
This is only the second time in English Football League history that the top-flight season has kicked off on a Friday, and Leicester have
been involved both times. The other occasion was last season when Leicester lost 3-4 at Arsenal.
Manchester United have won their opening fixture of the season more often than any other side in Premier League history (17).
At Old Trafford, Leicester City have
lost on seven of their last eight visits in the league (D1), scoring a total of just three goals in that period.
Leicester City have
conceded the first goal of the Premier League campaign in each of the last three seasons.
Manchester United are unbeaten in their previous 122 Premier League games at Old Trafford when opening the scoring, with their last such defeat coming in March 2009 (1-4 v Liverpool).
Luke Shaw's goal was his first for Manchester United, on what is his 67th appearance for the club in all competitions.
Jose Mourinho is unbeaten in all 18 of his opening league matches of a season as a manager (W11 D7), winning nine of his 10 in the Premier League (D1). Specialist.
Paul Pogba has scored in 11 Premier League games and ended on the winning side in all of them – a joint-record he shares with Ryan Babel.
The second from the BIG six started Tottenham Hotspur with 1-2 away win against Newcastle United. Dele Ali and Jan Vertonghen created the victory. The only goal from Newcastle scored Joselu.
RECORDS:
Harry Kane has never scored a Premier League goal in the month of August, despite playing 13 games, 898 minutes and attempting 44 shots
This will be the fourth time that Newcastle and Tottenham have met on the opening weekend of a Premier League campaign, more often than any other fixture in the competition.
There were just 149 seconds between Spurs opening the scoring and Newcastle drawing level through Joselu.
Spurs have never lost a Premier League fixture in which Dele Alli has scored, winning 26 and drawing six of the previous 32 games he has netted in.
World Cup winner N’Golo Kante scored Chelsea’s first goal in this season. The lead doubled new signing Jorginho’s with a goal from penalty shot. And the last word said Pedro Rodriguez.
RECORDS:
Chelsea are
unbeaten in their last eight Premier League visits to Yorkshire (W6 D2), since a 0-2 loss at Leeds in December 2002.
N'Golo Kante's opener for Chelsea was his first goal in the Premier League since September 2017, and just his fourth in 107 appearances in the competition overall.
Neil Etheridge is the first goalkeeper to save a penalty on his Premier League debut since Allan McGregor did so for Hull against Chelsea in August 2013.
More players have scored on their Premier League debut while playing for Chelsea than for any other club in the competition, with Jorginho the 19th to do so.
Jorginho is just the eighth player to score a penalty on his Premier League debut, after Brian Deane, Alan Thompson, Fabrizio Ravanelli, Peter Kennedy, Adam Le Fondre, Roberto Soldado and Alexandre Pato.
Chelsea’s 3-0 win was the largest margin of victory in their first Premier League game under a new manager since 2008,
when Luiz Felipe Scolari oversaw a 4-0 win against Portsmouth.
Liverpool are leading the Premier League table after their 500
th victory in the competition. Mohamed Salah opened the scoring 19 minutes in, Sadio Mane scored twice and Daniel Sturridge added a fourth in a 4-0 win over West Ham United.
RECORDS:
Liverpool have
won each of their last three league games against West Ham, scoring four goals in each of those victories; they’ve never scored 4+ goals in four consecutive top-flight games against a single opponent.
Mohamed Salah has been directly involved in five goals in his three Premier League meetings with West Ham for Liverpool (4 goals, 1 assist).
Sadio Mané is the first Liverpool player to score in three consecutive opening top-flight fixtures since John Barnes between 1989-90 and 1991-92.
Sadio Mane has been directly involved in six goals in his last four Premier League appearances against West Ham (3 goals, 3 assists).
Liverpool are
only the second side in Premier League history to score 4+ goals in four consecutive games against a single opponent, after Tottenham v Stoke.
Liverpool registered their 500th Premier League win, becoming just the fourth side to hit that milestone (Man Utd 630, Arsenal 544 and Chelsea 538).
Mohamed Salah has scored a goal in 27 of his opening 50 appearances in the Premier League; only Andrew Cole (31 games) scored in more of his first 50 apps in the competition, while Alan Shearer also scored in 27.
Defending champions Manchester City started the new season with away game against Arsenal. Raheem Sterling and Bernardo Silva scored in each half as Pep Guardiola’s side handed new Arsenal boss Unai Emery a 2-0 defeat on his Premier League debut.
RECORDS:
Daniel Sturridge scored just 24 seconds after coming on as a substitute, also scoring with what was his first touch.
Manchester City are
unbeaten in their last nine opening Premier League fixtures (W8 D1), winning the last seven in a row.
Raheem Sterling has scored 50 Premier League goals, with his strike against Arsenal only his third from outside the box.
Bernardo Silva has scored five goals in his last seven Premier League starts for Manchester City after failing to score in his first nine.
