A great “double” of the… asterati – mercy and the Champions League – Aston Villa by Unai Emery, with 2-1 on her West Ham in the English capital.
Dinos Black cloththe new captain, Jarrod Bowen and the rest of the West Ham players were shocked by the image presented by Aston Villa at the Olympic Stadium in London.
And with the villans managing to find a way to the net with his powerful header Onana after a corner kick, things were particularly grim for the capital club.
In the 23rd minute, Bailey had a crossbar in an undefended goal, having also passed Areolas, but he was afraid of the tackle that was made at the last moment and the “hammers» they managed to find a goal out of nowhere equalization. Sucek made an amazing stop on the ball in the area, won the penalty, o Packages he executed well and 1-1 changed the course of the match.
There was a balance between the two teams on the pitch, Emery recruited him Duran instead of Watkins who still needs time to recover, Lopetegui put on Fulkrug, Somerville and Ward-Prowse, but in the end the Villa coach was vindicated.
Duran makes sure to show his manager that he is doing the right thing every time he selects him and he finished excellently from a move from the left in the 79th minute for the visitors to win with the final 2-1.
The program of the 1st matchday:
Friday (16/8)
Manchester United-Fulham 1-0
(87′ Zirkzei)
Saturday (17/8)
Ipswich-Liverpool 0-2
(60′ Diogo Zota, 65′ Salah)
Arsenal-Wolves 2-0
(25′ Havertz, 74′ Saka)
Everton-Brighton 0-3
(26′ Mitoma, 56′ Welbeck, 87′ Andingra)
Newcastle-Southampton 1-0
(45′ Zoelinton)
Nottingham Forest-Bournemouth 1-1
(23′ Wood – 87′ Semeno)
West Ham-Aston Villa 1-2
(37′ Paketa pen. – 4′ Onana, 79′ Duran)
Sunday (18/8)
Brentford-Crystal Palace (16:00)
Chelsea-Manchester City (18:30)
Monday (19/8)
Leicester-Tottenham (22:00)
The schedule for the next (2nd) matchday:
Saturday (24/8)
Brighton-Manchester United (14:30)
Crystal Palace-West Ham (17:00)
Manchester City-Ipswich (17:00)
Southampton-Nottingham Forest (17:00)
Tottenham-Everton (17:00)
Fulham-Leicester (17:00)
Aston Villa-Arsenal (19:30)
Sunday (25/8)
Wolves-Chelsea (16:00)
Bournemouth-Newcastle (16:00)
Liverpool-Bradford (18:30)
Source: Sport Fm
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