Manchester United Begins Defense Title on Promising Note
By Tanko Bauka
The English Premier League EPL defending champions, Manchester City FC, began the defence of the EPL title with a comfortable 2-0 win over the Stamford Bridge landlord, Chelsea FC.
Manchester City, who are aiming to retain the title for the fifth time, having won the EPL consecutively for a record four seasons in a row, inflicted a 2-0 painful defeat on Chelsea, who brought in 11 new players and a new Coach to bolster their charge for the EPL title.
The week one encounter also saw Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester United, and Brighton Albion begin on a brighter note by winning their first match of the season.
Elsewhere, in the Spanish LA Liga, the defending champions, Real Madrid, with their star-studded squad including their new high-profile signing Kylian Mbappe, played out a one-all draw with Mallorca while their arch-rival Barcelona pip Valencia 2-1 with all two goals coming from their prolific striker Robert Lewandowski.
In the Italian Serie A, the defending champions Inter Milan were held to a two-all draw by Genoa while their city rival AC Milan fought very hard to salvage a two-all draw against Torino but it was a disappointing night for Napoli as they were beaten 3-0 by Hellas Verona, Juventus, Atalanta and Lazio also recorded victory against their opponents over the weekend.
Week one result across Europe
English Premier League EPL
Manchester United 1-Fulham 0
Ipswich 0-Liverpool 2
Arsenal 2-Wolves 0
Everton 0- Brighton Albion 3
Newcastle 1-Southampton 0
Nottingham Forest 1- AFC Bournemouth 1.
West Ham 1- Aston Villa 2
Brentford 2- Crystal Palace 1
Chelsea 0- Machester City 2
Leicester 1- Tottenham Hotspur 1
Spanish LA Liga
Celta 2- Deportivo Alaves 1
Las Palmas 2- Sevilla 2
Osasuna 1- Laganes 1
Valencia 1- Barcelona 2
Real Sociadad 1- Rayo Vallacano 2
Mallorca 1- Real Madrid 1
Real Valladolid 1- Espanyol 0
Villarreal 2- Atletico Madrid 2
Italian Serie A
Parma 1- Fiorentina 1
Genoa 2- Inter Milan 2
Empoli 0- AC Monza 0
AC Milan 2- Torino 2
Bologna 1- Udinese 1
Hellas Verona 3- Napoli 0
Cagliari 0- Roma 0
Lazio 3- Venezia 1
Lacce 0- Atalanta 4
Juventus 3- Como 0
Week two fixtures across Europe
English Premier League
Saturday
Brighton vs Manchester United
Crystal Palace vs West Ham
Fulham vs Leicester
Manchester City vs Ipswich
Southampton vs Nottingham
Tottenham Hotspur vs Everton
Aston Villa vs Arsenal
Sunday
AFC Bournemouth vs Newcastle
Wolves vs Chelsea
Liverpool vs Brentford
Spanish LA Liga
Friday
Celta vs Valencia
Sevilla vs Villarreal
Saturday
Osasuna vs Mallorca
Barcelona vs Athletic Bilbao
Espanyol vs Real Sociadad
Sunday
Real Madrid vs Real Valladolid
Deportivo Alaves vs Real Betis
Athletico Madrid vs Girona
Italian Serie A
Parma vs AC Milan
Udinese vs Lazio
Inter Milan vs Lacce
AC Monza vs Genoa
Sunday
Torino vs Atalanta
Napoli vs Bologna
Roma vs Empoli
Monday
Hellas Verona vs Juventus
German Bundesliga
Friday
B.Monchenglabach vs Bayern Leverkusen
Saturday
RB Leipzig vs VFL Bochum
SC Freiburg vs Stuttgart
Borussia Dortmund vs Eintrach Frankfurt
Sunday
Wolfsburg vs Bayern Munich
