Chapter 20 Premier League First Round

Even Eddie Howe, who was meticulous enough in his defensive arrangements, still couldn't withstand Manchester United's attack.

After Bournemouth goalkeeper Porus made a series of high interceptions, they finally conceded in the twentieth minute of the game.

It was as if the second shoe had finally hit the ground, and Eddie Howe had no reaction to the goal conceded, or rather the goal he had expected.

The gap between Bournemouth and Manchester United is too great, and their backline is helpless against Li Qingshan.

A top-class backline, in addition to having four strong defenders, also needs at least one defender who is very defensive. In addition to the four defenders, Bournemouth also sent three purely defensive midfielders in this game, and even two wingers were frequently pulled back to participate in the defense, and their formation once became 451 - at the top was the striker Wilson, who transferred from Manchester United to Bournemouth.

But even so, their defence couldn't keep up with United's tempo.

Li Qingshan stretched his long legs on the edge of the penalty line, hooked Lingard's pass back, and then stabbed with his left foot, and the football grazed the post and rolled into the net!

1 to 0!!

After Manchester United took the lead, all of Eddie Howe's arrangements were meaningless, and Bournemouth looked powerless at home in the face of a huge disparity in quality.

The pace of the rest of the game was firmly in the hands of Manchester United.

In the 40th minute of the first half, Francis made a low-level passing error, and Lingard, who was actively running in the front, decisively grabbed it, dodged the attacking Porus, and sent the ball to the far end, and the teenager Rashford easily sent the ball into the empty goal!

Two to zero!!

United went into the break with a 2-0 lead in the first half.

At the start of the second half, Bournemouth tried to launch a counter-attack, but their efforts were quickly extinguished.

In the 51st minute, Manchester United passed a corner kick opportunity, Li Qingshan accurately sent the ball to the middle at the back point, and Hummels shook his head to attack the goal without being marked, and sent the ball into the goal again!

Three to zero!!

In the first round of the Premier League, Manchester United played very easily on the road.

The score was 4-1, and in the 80th minute, substitute winger Alfoube cut inside the wing and fired a world-shot into the corner.

However, after this goal, Herrera made the ball in the middle, Li Qingshan shot a beautiful right-footed low shot from 25 yards out, and the ball went straight into the bottom left corner of the gate! Four to one!

In the first game of the new season, Li Qingshan showed good form, and his goal felt quite good!! Once again, a brace made all the commentators go crazy.

When the referee blew the whistle for the full game, Carlo Ancelotti rose from his seat. It was an easy game for Manchester United, who got off to a flying start to the season with a 4-1 win at Bournemouth.

However, Ancelotti will not be complacent because of this, not to mention the huge gap between Bournemouth and Manchester United in terms of strength, let's just say that other giants in the Premier League this season are also sharpening their knives and recruiting in this season.

Manchester City, who announced a change of manager early last season, missed the Champions League, which is undoubtedly a huge blow for Manchester City. However, after Guardiola became the owner of Manchester City, in order to let the new coach play to his heart's content, the wealthy new local tyrant Manchester City happily handed over the cheque book again, and Guardiola naturally unceremoniously recruited him. Central defender John Stones, forward Sane, midfielder Gundogan, striker Nolito, midfielder Zinchenko, and five powerful players appeared at the Etihad Stadium at once.

In Pep Guardiola's first round of the Premier League, Manchester City hosted Sunderland, which was Guardiola's Premier League debut in charge of Manchester City, surprisingly, Caballero replaced Hart as the starting goalkeeper, 42 million joined Stones to start and Kolarov to form a central defensive partnership, Silva played at the back and Bird, new signing Nolito started, Yaya Toure did not enter the squad. For Sunderland, Defoe made a surprise and Rodwell returned to the Etihad Stadium to play his old club.

In the end, Manchester City narrowly beat Sunderland 2-1 at the Etihad Stadium, Guardiola got off to a flying start on his Premier League debut, Sergio Aguero converted a penalty, Defoe equalised and McNair came off the bench to deliver an own goal.

Last season's biggest surprise in the Premier League was Chelsea, the widely favored defending champions who finished out in tenth place in the table due to manager Jose Mourinho's habitual poverty that led to disharmony among the team, which is the lowest ranking in the Blues in the last 20 Premier League seasons!

Chelsea have confirmed their boss early in the new season, with Antonio Conte, who has just led the Italian national team to the helm at the European Championships. In terms of players, the Blues have focused on straightening out the relationship between the champions of the 2014-2015 season, bringing in more expensive and expensive players, and at the same time getting rid of redundant players in the squad.

In the 2-1 win over West Ham United in the first game of the new season, Conte played a 4141 formation, and the two new signings who were heavily introduced were given the opportunity to play, and N'Golo Kante, who was introduced from Leicester City, the Premier League champion last season, played as a single midfielder and played the whole game, and after the opponent equalized the score in the 77th minute, the Belgian young striker Batshuayi, who joined from Marseille for 33.15 million pounds, came on as a substitute in the 85th minute.

Liverpool, who lost their soul Steven Gerrard last season, were on the back burner at the start of the season, and although they brought in the bearded Jurgen Klopp early to put out the fire, they ended up only eighth in the league. At the beginning of the season, Liverpool began to recruit early, investing nearly 70 million pounds to strengthen the squad. Without the huge investment of Manchester United and Manchester City, Liverpool's big investment could definitely grab all kinds of headlines! Liverpool transferred striker Sadio Mane, midfielder Wijnaldum, goalkeeper Karius, defender Clavan, defender Matip, goalkeeper Manninger. It can be said that the strength has been greatly strengthened, in the first round of the Premier League, Liverpool and Arsenal played a wonderful offensive battle away from home, and finally Liverpool defeated Arsenal 4-3.

In this summer transfer window, Arsenal introduced midfielder Xhaka, defender Heding, and striker Takuma Asano - in addition to Xhaka, the other two players simply can't get a foothold in the Arsenal first team!

It was undoubtedly another bad transfer window for Arsenal fans. Arsene Wenger's Arsenal has not won the title for a long time, and compared with the investment of other giants in the transfer window, what disappoints fans is that Wenger's Arsenal does not even have a little hope of winning the title!

The first round of the Premier League has come to an end, and several giants have joys and sorrows.

With a 4-1 victory, Manchester United temporarily topped the Premier League standings for the new season after the first round, making a good start to the new season.