The central match of the round was the confrontation between "Chelsea" and Manchester City.
The opening round matches of the English Premier League (EPL) of the 2024/25 season will be played from August 16 to 19.
In the opening match of the championship on Friday, Manchester United snatched a victory over Fulham.
On Saturday, Liverpool won a victory over the newcomer to the elite division Ipswich, Arsenal of Oleksandr Zinchenko defeated Wolverhampton, Everton of Vitaliy Mykolenkosuffered a crushing defeat to Brighton, while Ilya Zabarnyi's Bournemouth snatched a draw against Nottingham.
On Sunday, Yegor Yarmolyuk's Brentford beat Crystal Palace, and in the central match of the round, the reigning English champion Manchester City beat Mykhailo Mudryk's Chelsea.
The first round will end on Monday, when Leicester will face Tottenham in their first match after returning to the Premier League at home.
Let us add that the matches of the second round of the EPL are scheduled for August 24-25.
The matches of the English Football Championship can be watched on the online television platform Kyivstar TV (on the Setanta Sports Ukraine and Setanta Sports Ukraine+ TV channels). And with the promo code TSNUA get premium access to the film and television platform for 7 days.
ENGLISH CHAMPIONSHIP/EPL-2024/25
ROUND 1 Friday, August 16 22:00 MANCHESTER UNITED 1:0 FULHAM Saturday, August 17 14:30 IPSWICH 0:2 LIVERPOOL 17:00 ARSENAL 2:0 WOLVERHAMPTON 17:00 EVERTON 0:3 BRIGHTON 17:00 NOTTINGHAM 1:1 BOURNEMOUTH 17:00 NEWCASTLE 1:0 SOUTHAMPTON 19:30 WEST HAM 1:2 ASTON VILLA Sunday, 18 August 16:00 BRENTFORD 2:1 CRYSTAL PALACE 18:30 CHELSEA 0:2 MANCHESTER CITY Monday, 19 August 22:00 LEICESTER _:_ TOTTENHAM