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Fulham’s Serbian striker Aleksandar Mitrovic celebrates his first goal against Liverpool.Photo: Peter Cziborra, Reuters
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Liverpool’s summer signing Darwin Nunez celebrates his goal against Fulham.Photo: Peter Cziborra, Reuters
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Aleksandar Mitrovic (9, in white) converts the penalty against Liverpool.Photo: Peter Cziborra, Reuters
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An eloquent gesture by Liverpool coach Jürgen Klopp. His charges failed to enter the Premier League.Photo: Ian Walton, CTK/AP
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During the last promotion season, Mitrovič was the undisputed top scorer in the second league with 43 goals and continued his form in the first match of the Premier League. In the 32nd minute, he pounced on Tete’s cross and headed it past goalkeeper Alisson.
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In the 64th minute, substitute Núñez equalized after Salah’s pass on his debut in the English league, but Mitrovic immediately gave Fulham the lead with a penalty kick, which he won himself. Against Liverpool, a penalty was kicked in the league after 51 games.
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Fulham’s Serbian striker Aleksandar Mitrovic celebrates his first goal against Liverpool.Photo: Peter Cziborra, Reuters
At least he secured a point for the favorite ten minutes before the end after Nunez’s tap-in by Salah. There could have been three, but Slovakian goalkeeper Marek Rodák was saved twice by the goal structure, the second time with a shot by Reds captain Henderson in the set time of the second half.
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Liverpool’s summer signing Darwin Nunez celebrates his goal against Fulham.Photo: Peter Cziborra, Reuters
Southampton sent captain Ward-Prowse into the lead with a goal volley, but since then only Tottenham have scored goals. Paradoxically, neither Kane, nor the top scorer of the Premier League last season, Son Hung-min, scored. Even before the break, Sessegnon and Dier turned the situation around, Kulusevski added another strike and the Salisu defender scored in his own net.
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Another big London club, Chelsea, also managed the first match. The “Blues” decided on the win with a converted penalty in the set time of the opening act by Jorginho. The Italian midfielder scored his 20th goal in the Premier League, including his 18th from the penalty spot. The shadow of the match is probably the serious injury of the home stopper Godfrey, who injured his ankle during his intervention, was taken away on a stretcher and headed to the hospital.
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Newcastle continued the successful second half of last year and won the seventh of the last nine games in the league. Against Nottingham, who returned from the top flight after 23 years, he turned a lot of pressure into the opening goal in the 58th minute with a display shot from outside the box by Schär. In the end, striker Wilson also scored, scoring in the opening game of the season for the third time in a row. Only club legend Alan Shearer has managed to do that in the “Magpie” jersey.
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| English Football League – Round 1: |
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| Fulham – Liverpool 2:2 (32nd and 72nd from pen. Mitrovič – 64th Núñez, 80th Salah) |
| Bournemouth – Aston Villa 2:0 (3. Lerma, 80. Moore) |
| Leeds – Wolverhampton 2:1 (24. Rodrigo, 74. Aaronson – 6. Podence) |
| Newcastle – Nottingham 2:0 (58. Schär, 78. Wilson) |
| Tottenham – Southampton 4:1 (21. Sessegnon, 31. Dier, 60. vlastní Salisu, 63. Kulusevski – 12. Ward-Prowse) |
| Everton – Chelsea 0:1 (45.+8 Jorginho z pen.) |
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