Top Premier League highlights from Matchweek 1
Relive the best moments from the opening weekend of the 2026-27 Premier League season.
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Kai Havertz, the opening goal of the Premier League campaign.
Tavernier.
Everything's coming up roses for the Cherries.
Thangourie and tees up Lee Lewis Potter.
89 days since Arsenal lifted the Premier League trophy in May.
Now we prepare to do it all again.
North London is ready for the opening game of the 2026-27 Premier League season.
And Ayek.
To hold up the ball.
Good work from Jollies.
Calafiori to Kai Havertz, who score the opening goal of the 2026-27 Premier League campaign.
The champions picking up just where they left off.
The pass from Calafiori is absolutely delivered on a silver platter.
Top football there from Arsenal.
Here's Declan Rice.
Now, what does he want to do here?
Jollies.
Rashford leaves it for Saka.
It's a gift.
It's two for Arsenal.
The champions doing champion-like things.
Mikel Arteta's team have established a two goal lead already.
Arsenal have been, very impressive.
From about the seventh minute onwards, it's been pretty much one way traffic, and they've already got two in their back pocket.
On Yeom.
To Silva.
It's too close to Jollies, who's impressed both in attack and in defense.
What about this?
Onto the roof of the net from Lamchaouna.
How spectacular might that have been?
Into a lovely ball.
Rice to Odegaard, to Saka, to Ben White.
Can they run it in?
It is in.
Martin Odegaard makes it Arsenal three, Coventry City nil.
The champions are coursing towards a victory on the opening night.
What they won't want on day one back in the big time It's a bit of a pasted, so you wanna make sure now they keep it tight.
Here we go again.
It's a chance again, and it's Rice again.
It's a good touch, actually, from the goalkeeper to deny Miles Lewis-Skelly.
Winning Premier League titles is hard, retaining them is even harder, but the champions pick up where they left off.
It finishes Arsenal three, Coventry City nil.
A familiar sight with a most unfamiliar feel.
A pepperless Manchester City striding onto home turf.
Guardiola's golden years of trophy-laden success made history, but he's now merely history, as much history as Erling Haaland's long hair.
Here's Ryan coming forward.
Good turn by the long-legged Brazilian.
Tavernier.
It's against the run of play, but that is Bournemouth's M.O.
A change at the helm, but seemingly no change in fortune.
Everything's coming up roses for the Cherries, who lead here at the Etihad one-nil.
Anderson with the delivery, and it should be one-one.
Just gets it horribly wrong.
It was Gaeth this time.
He just tries to guide it in.
Cherki's Gaeth this time.
He can put it away.
Relief so tangible around the Etihad, and still they have time to win it.
Play for Cherki, and through for Gvardiol, who is offside.
Ooh, it, it is so tight.
He could be on.
Goal given, and from a most unlikely source.
Manchester City have lift off in Enzo Maresca's reign.
Victory for City.
Bournemouth's first league defeat since January, and the first Premier League win for Enzo Maresca as Manchester City boss.
It has finished City two, Bournemouth one.
A full-throated East Yorkshire roar greets the arrival of the two teams, and the return of Premier League football to Hull.
And first up, the challenge of Manchester United back in the Champions League picture.
Could they possibly be in the Premier League title picture this season?
Good work by Stroud, and now Ryan Giles can motor forward with intent for the first time.
Typically good delivery, McBurnie.
And Lammas called into urgent action It's a striker's dream.
It just says, "Go and attack me," and that's exactly what McBurnie does.
Slater, all action, and into the action here.
Oh, and Lammas again has to deal with it, Ryan Giles.
Oh, we've already seen one big save from Lammas, but this one I think is even better.
They've got good presence in these situations, Hull.
Oh, that's dangerous, McBurnie!
And it must be P shaamia Djai.
An extraordinary start for the newly promoted side.
And it has gone crazy inside the stadium, Dan.
Will be Slater.
It's another.
Nobel Mendi, on his debut, may have claimed the prize for Hull City.
Well, he said they needed one more miracle this season.
Well, they might have got one on the opening day.
Giles.
Bellumi.
McBurnie.
Drame.
And fractions away from what would have been the clincher.
Here's Mbeumo looking to get away.
And Szalakai's able to produce.
The first game on the first Saturday of the new Premier League season produces its first sensation.
A wonderful start for Hull City.
They've beaten Manchester United.
Yes, they have beaten Manchester United by two goals to nil.
The full time score here at the end.
It is a new season.
It is a new chapter.
It is a chance to set new standards.
But when it comes to raw footballing emotion, few places give the footballing feels quite like St James' Park.
Newcastle hope to capitalize on the counter.
Alanga's got the pace here.
Kerkez can't keep up.
Anthony Alanga!
Newcastle United are alive and kicking.
Once Alanga got a chance to go, that's the difference between him these days.
He's always had the explosive pace.
Now, he has the composure to go along with that.
Can go again.
And Liverpool are back on level terms.
Liverpool's first Premier League goal of the new campaign, and boy, did Antoni Iriola need this.
Just ghosted between a few defenders, and now he's got support.
And Willock!
Sprung from the bench for an instant impact.
Newcastle United are back in front at St James' Park.
Boxed forward by Kerkez.
Shao underneath it.
Munoz arriving, goes down in the penalty area.
The challenge from Lewis Hall, and the on-field decision is penalty.
Yeah, I mean, it, it just looks like Hall has, has just blocked him, and he's gone across him, and it's, it's kind of knee on knee in bringing him down.
Here he goes.
Szoboszlai scores.
It's never, ever over till it's over.
And Liverpool, who hung on in there, were able to snatch the draw, to share the spoils on the opening weekend.
For Matthias Jaishle and for Antoni Iriola, unbeaten and unbowed, Newcastle two, Liverpool two.
Old teammates and friends in opposite dugouts.
Alonso in one, Arbeloa in the other.
A very Spanish occasion on the banks of the English River Thames as Chelsea against Fulham on home turf in their white and black.
And here's Joo Pedro.
Wow.
And he dinks it past the keeper.
Yeah.
And Chelsea are in front after not much more than 30 seconds of this game.
Think Chelsea are gonna have a really good season.
Tell you what, they've had an unbelievable start to it.
Great composure here.
Clips it over Bern Leno beautifully.
What a start.
Here's Castagne to King.
It's in.
It's gone straight through Robert Sanchez.
And Fulham are level.
He rolls it out wide, makes a brilliant run.
And Robert Sanchez not sure whether that's going across the six-yard box.
It has thundered past him towards the near post.
Gotta save that.
But Fulham are back on level terms.
Brilliant play from Josh King.
Nicely done.
Cole Palmer.
This is with Lacroix.
He's done really well.
Leno comes out.
Surely it's gonna be a second.
It is.
Morgan Rogers opens his Chelsea account.
Started by Cole Palmer, involving Lacroix, finished by Rogers.
Fulham one, Chelsea two.
Sanchez forward.
Rogers might have just got a little touch on that.
Joao Pedro looked suspiciously offside as he collected that, but we go on for the moment, and he beats Cole Palmer, and Palmer puts it in the net, and the flag has stayed down.
Question is, was Joao Pedro onside?
Yeah, I think he's just in his own half.
It is Chelsea's third of the game.
Indeed.
Yep, brilliant finish from Cole Palmer.
That's a little error, and an opportunity pushed out by Sanchez, and the follow-up is in from Gonzalo Garcia.
Once that comes back off the goalkeeper, that is really good forward play from Gonzalo Garcia, who's alive and alert, and a yard in front of those central defenders.
John Brooks blows his whistle.
It is Chelsea who take the point.
Fulham two, Chelsea three.
And it's turned in from point-blank range.
Spurs culpable in their own downfall.
Chance for a fourth!
Aston Villa are falling apart on the south coast.
The City Ground says hello to the new season, with a new manager and an opposition with equal dreams.
Both Nottingham Forest and Leeds United were uncomfortable relegation battles last season.
But here are two clubs who fancy their chances of finishing higher up the Premier League table this campaign.
Maina.
Milinkovi in there.
Ooh, will this reach?
And Igor Jesus with the header.
And James Trafford with his first save in a Leeds shirt.
Trafford does well to react and just palm that one wide.
And Aaronson will move it wide.
Men in the middle for Vogel to find, and it's a brilliant finish from the new man, Harry Wilson, but the flag is up.
Well, that was just a super run there initially.
I have to say, he's clearly offside.
So McAtee with a corner.
Oh, tasty delivery it must be said.
Just waiting for a touch from somebody.
Has another go, McAtee, to send it in again.
Off the post.
Can they force it in?
Leeds clear it away.
That's great ball in.
Left foot, lovely height.
Glancing header there.
Right off the post, and then the follow-up is just a fraction too high for Jesus to react and put it in the back of the net.
Justin.
Work it back in there through Oca Port.
And what a save from Milinkovi.
Thought he'd found the corner.
Sels got across.
Well, super climb to head the ball initially, but not quite enough pace on the ball to beat Sels.
Here's Schack.
He's squeezed it through.
He's the man from long range for Leeds United.
And Schack finds a way right to the end.
A big breakthrough for the visitors.
He manages to hit the target here, Schack.
I don't think Sels' position there is quite right.
It's basically just hit the target and it's gone in.
An away win for Leeds United, and for Daniel Farke, a big three points to get the season going.
The final score, Nottingham Forest nil, Leeds United one.
So here they come on a weekend when optimism abounds.
If you can't be hopeful about your team's chances on the opening Saturday of the Premier League season, then when can you be?
Sankare.
He'll continue his run, Sankare, and tees up Keane Lewis-Potter.
Well, all the talk in the close season has been the impact that Sankare might be able to make, and he's teed up a goal within 12 minutes of his first touch of a football for the Bees.
A very good piece of play from Brentford.
Jensen winning it from Berival and lining one up.
And it came out to Janelt, who tucks it in for two.
Spurs culpable in their own downfall, and Brentford sailing along very nicely indeed.
It's a decent strike from Jensen, but the goalkeeper's got to do so much better.
Straight into Janelt.
Taps it into an empty net.
Really poor from Kinsky.
Janelt.
Collins.
And it was Sankare, and it's turned in from point-blank range, Michael Kayode, and another horrible moment for Tottenham Hotspur.
Kayode says, "Thank you very much."
And that's the second goal this afternoon that a Brentford player has tapped into an empty net.
Lewis-Potter.
Schr.
Janelt.
Appeals for hands there.
Penalty given away by Van Hecke.
So the beloved Brazilian with a chance to open his account for the new season.
And he strikes the inside of the base of the upright.
The execution has let him down in the final stages.
Well, great credit to Brentford.
Flying start to the season for Keith Andrews and his men.
But I'm afraid from a Spurs perspective- It's a brand-new season, plenty of new hope, and it's the same old Tottenham Hotspur.
It finishes Brentford three, Tottenham Hotspur nil.
Two teams that are readjusting to life without some key men go toe-to-toe on the opening day of the Premier League campaign for Brighton and Hove Albion and Aston Villa.
Oh, now an error at the other end.
And it's in.
Maxim De Cuyper for Brighton and Hove Albion.
That is unfortunate for Lindelof.
It has to go down as an own goal, as it ricochets off the post, right into his midriff.
He can do nothing about it.
Rutter.
Good ball.
Surely two-nil.
And that will be Maxim De Cuyper's goal.
And Aston Villa in big trouble in their opening Premier League fixture of the season.
To Hyme and Hinchalwood.
Gross arriving.
Diego Gomez.
There is a third for Brighton.
And it's Jack Hinchalwood.
Well, it's looking like a demolition.
It is just really good, clean football, and Aston Villa can't cope at the moment.
Some pressure here.
And a chance for a fourth.
It's Hinchalwood again.
And Aston Villa are falling apart on the South Coast as Unai Emery's men simply crumble at the Amex.
Aston Villa looking lost.
The decision-making on the pitch is really sketchy.
And there's a big 15 minutes coming up for Unai Emery at the interval.
Anthony Taylor was, telling the referee just a delay here for possible violent conduct.
The challenge is there, but then he just kicks out at Gomez.
Kicks out at his opponent.
Final decision, it's red card.
It goes from bad to worse, and then even worse for Aston Villa.
Brighton begin the season with a bang.
They have seen off Aston Villa by four goals to nil.
The Premier League is back, and so too are Ipswich Town.
The day they've been waiting all summer for has finally come around.
But this time, can they survive?
Now Enciso able to drive forward.
Still Enciso, who gets the better of Baldauf.
Julio Enciso rolls it across to Emerson.
And Ipswich are up and running in the Premier League once again.
A goal on his debut for Emerson.
Fantastic play, Julio Enciso.
And a debut goal for Emerson, who rightly went over to the corner and thanked his teammate.
Excellent goal.
McFaive.
Trey Hume, he's gonna clip one in.
Sidyki meets it.
And it's clawed away, shoveled away by Sherpoard.
Sidyki getting into the box.
Good header, hard and low.
Oh, what a save this is.
What a save.
It's gonna be Angulo who whips it towards goal.
And it is a moment of absolute magic from Nelson Angulo.
Placed to perfection.
What a free kick this is.
Far and in.
6'9" goalkeeper in Kyle Sherpoard couldn't get near it.
Placement was almost perfection into that top corner.
Brilliant free kick.
Here's Clarke, Jack Clarke, looking for the corner.
And he may well have won it for Ipswich against his former club with just seconds on the 90 remaining.
An outstanding finish from a very talented football player.
Most unsighted.
Could be the winner.
Victory for Ipswich Town on their return to the Premier League.
Full-time score here, Ipswich Town two, Sunderland one.
A clean slate, a blank page with which to write nine months of history.
90 minutes for both sets of supporters to dream, to believe.
It's Dewsbury-Hall.
Has a quick look up, and has the options on the right.
He's played it in now.
That's brilliant.
Here is Nkunku.
One touch.
Not the finish.
Henderson leaping through the air.
Pickford picks that one up.
Oh, lovely.
Beautifully flighted ball.
This is Nketiah.
And that's a fabulous save.
Really good first touch.
Once he hits the shot, Nketiah, he thinks he's scored.
Well, that is Jordan Pickford at his best.
To Walton, who has controlled midfield so far.
It finds McNeil, whose weight of pass is excellent from Nketiah.
And now Mateta.
Off the upright.
It's another one against the frame of the goal, and another let off for Everton.
They have it back.
Armstrong for Dewsbury-Hall.
Everton's first goal of the new season.
It's a rocket from Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall.
Yeah, it's just about directing it past the outstretched arm of Dean Henderson, and he does it brilliantly.
Goalkeeper saving that.
Well, if you don't take your chances, and you are Crystal Palace fans, then that is the price you might often pay.
Oh, Nkunku.
Brilliant.
And there's the header to make it two.
Gianfranco Zola said he wanted to show Everton who he was.
He's done that early in the second half.
Made brilliantly by Nkunku.
Here come Everton again, looking for number three.
Nkunku, it'll reach him.
Henderson with a strong hand.
Paul Tierney has a quick look.
Has a blow.
Full time at Hill Dickinson Stadium.
And Everton begin with a bounce.
It's a good start, and a winning start for David Moyes.
They've taken it by two goals to nil.
