Jorginho’s first-half penalty was enough to earn Chelsea a first win at Everton since 2017 with a 1-0 victory at Goodison Park. Jorginho converted from the spot with what was the third opening-weekend penalty he has scored for the Blues, after Abdoulaye Doucoure had halted Ben Chilwell’s run into the box with a clumsy challenge.
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Arsenal took maximum points on the opening night of the Premier League with a goal in each half enough to sweep aside Crystal Palace 2-0. Gabriel Martinelli scored the first goal of the season with a second half Marc Guehi own goal ending any hopes Palace had of earning a share of the spoils.
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Everton have been dealt a blow on the eve of the Premier League season with striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin ruled out for 6 weeks. Everton manager Frank Lampard confirmed that the 25 year old suffered the injury in a training session this week in the build-up to their season opening clash with Chelsea.
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Darwin Nunez’s superb cameo from the bench helped Liverpool lay down an early marker ahead of the new season as they beat Manchester City 3-1 to win the Community Shield at the King Power Stadium. Trent Alexander-Arnold opened the scoring with Julian Alvarez hitting back before Mohamed Salah and Nunez clinched the title for The Reds.
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FC Barcelona have announced an agreement in principle with Sevilla for defender Jules Koundé. The 23 year old Frenchman was a target for Chelsea but the Catalan giants launched a late bid for talented centre back and proved successful in keeping him in Spain.
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