Manchester City 4-0 Newcastle United: Pellegrini debuts with a blast

Last season's Premier League runners-up began their assault on the title in fine fashion against a Yohan Cabaye-less Toon side that had Steven Taylor sent off in the first half.

Manchester City ran out easy winners over 10-man Newcastle United on Monday night, as Manuel Pellegrini's side recorded a resounding 4-0 win to send them top of the Premier League table.

First-half goals from David Silva and Sergio Aguero gave City an early lead, before Magpies centre-back Steven Taylor was given a straight red card for hitting out at the diminutive Argentine goalscorer just before the break.

The home side's dominance continued in the second period, with Yaya Toure marking his 100th Premier League appearance by curling a

Paris Saint-Germain 1-1 Ajaccio: Cavani saves them 1 point

Thirty plus shots on goal were not enough to give the Parisians three points thanks to the heroics of the visitors' goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa

A terrific strike after 86 minutes from Edinson Cavani secured a 1-1 draw for Paris Saint-Germain, who looked likely to surprisingly succumb at home to Ajaccio.

Benoit Pedretti’s fine opening goal had the Corsicans in front before a stunning performance from Guillermo Ochoa in the visiting goal kept the hosts at bay. But Cavani scored a beauty from 18 yards to secure a draw just before full-time.

However, the Uruguayan's stunning equaliser ensured Laurent Blanc's side avoided defeat, although this is likely to be scant consolation after statistics showed they had 30 plus shots to the visitors' one throughout the

Real Madrid 2-1 Betis: Isco hands Ancelotti debut win

The former Malaga playmaker popped up at the right time to give Jose Mourinho's successor an important first victory in La Liga

A late Isco goal four minutes from time ensured Carlo Ancelotti began his reign as Real Madrid boss with a victory against Betis.

The hosts were stunned, however, when Jorge Molina gave the visitors the lead after excellent work by Cedric Mabwati, before Karim Benzema found an equaliser for los Blancos, converting Marcelo's cross.

Both sides enjoyed a number of chances as Cristiano Ronaldo and Nosa Igiebor both struck

Juventus 4-0 Lazio: Second-half salvo secures Supercoppa

A six-minute blitz from the Bianconeri after the interval ensured they secured the first silverware of the season in Italy 

Juventus reclaimed the Supercoppa by virtue of a routine 4-0 success over Lazio.

Paul Pogba opened the scoring in the first half shortly after replacing Claudio Marchisio but it was three goals in six second-period minutes which proved decisive.

Giorgio Chiellini. Stephan Lichtsteiner and Carlos Tevez completed the rout prior to the hour mark, ensuring the Serie A champions secured their first silverware of the

Barcelona 7-0 Levante: Stunning debut win for Tata Martinez

Barcelona started their La Liga campaign in stunning fashion as they recorded a 7-0 win over Levante.

The Catalan side took less than three minutes to open the scoring through Alexis Sanchez and before half an hour had been played Lionel Messi, Dani Alves and Pedro were all on the scoresheet too. 

By half-time Messi had bagged a double from the penalty spot and Xavi had struck, too.

Barca eased off in the second period, with Pedro completing the scoring midway through the period.

Gerardo Martino's first competitive Barcelona team selection included no new signings as

Borussia Dortmund 2-1 Eintracht Braunschweig: Late goal gets points for BVB

Two second-half goals were enough to give BVB a narrow win at Signal Iduna Park on Sunday

Borussia Dortmund ran out 2-1 winners over Eintracht Braunschweig thanks to goals from Jonas Hofmann and Marco Reus.

BVB had to wait until the 75th minute to break the deadlock when Hofmann put his side in front and a Reus penalty five minutes from time ensured Kevin Kratz's late strike was nothing more than a consolation for the visitors.


Roman Weidenfeller was back in goal for last season's runners-up, while Henrikh Mkhitaryan made his German top-flight debut and fellow close-season signing Sokratis came into defence for

Chelsea 2-0 Hull City Tigers: Oscar & Lampard strike to ensure Mourinho win

The Brazilian opened the scoring on 13 minutes after the Blues' all-time top scorer had seen a penalty saved by Allan McGregor, but he atoned with a stunning free kick

Oscar and Frank Lampard scored to ensure a happy return to Stamford Bridge for Jose Mourinho as Chelsea got their season off to a winning start against Hull City Tigers.

Lampard saw a penalty saved by debutant Allan McGregor on six minutes, but the Brazilian playmaker broke the deadlock seven minutes later after a fine pass from Kevin De Bruyne.

Chelsea's all-time top scorer then atoned for his earlier miss by rifling a stunning 30-yard free kick into the top corner and, though Hull rallied after the break, they never seriously threatened a

Monaco 4-1 Montpellier: Riviere hat-trick brings down visitors

The Argentine made it four goals in two games following his strike against Bordeaux last week, while big-money signing Radamel Falcao struck again

Emmanuel Riviere netted a hat-trick as Monaco made it back-to-back victories in Ligue 1 with a 4-1 win over 10-man Montpellier at Stade Louis II.

The hosts, who marked their return to France's top-tier with a 2-0 win over Bordeaux last week, enjoyed a bright start and could have taken the lead as early as the sixth minute, but Lucas Ocampos failed to beat Laurent Pionnier in the opposition goal.

However, boss Claudio Ranieri would not have long to wait to watch his team open the scoring, as striker Radamel Falcao

Crystal Palace 0-1 Tottenham: Soldado debut strike gets Spurs off & running

The Spaniard stroked home from the penalty spot after Aaron Lennon's cross struck the arm of Dean Moxey as Andre Villas-Boas' men triumphed without Gareth Bale

Roberto Soldado's debut goal gave Tottenham a winning start to the Premier League season, despite a spirited display from newly-promoted Crystal Palace.

The Spanish striker made no mistake from the penalty spot early in the second half after Dean Moxey had handled a cross from Aaron Lennon inside the area.

Soldado sent Julian Speroni the wrong way to claim his first competitive goal in a Tottenham shirt and give Andre Villas-Boas' side the

Swansea City 1-4 Manchester United: Van Persie & Welbeck scored two goals each for a perfect start for the champions

The Red Devils picked up all three points in David Moyes' first Premier League game in charge with a comfortable 4-1 win at the Liberty Stadium against Micheal Laudrup's side

Manchester United began the defence of their Premier League under new manager David Moyes with a comfortable 4-1 against Swansea.

Two eye-catching goals from Robin van Persie, either side of an effort from Danny Welbeck, gave the Red Devils a commanding three-goal lead at the Liberty Stadium.

Micheal Laudrup's men pulled a goal back through league debutant Wilfried Bony but Welbeck rounded off the win for the visitors with a well-taken second goal scooped over

West Ham 2-0 Cardiff City: Cole & Nolan strikes to take the points

Sam Allardyce's men claimed all three points against the newly-promoted side as the former Liverpool midfielder struck first before the skipper wrapped up the win

Goals from Joe Cole and Kevin Nolan ensured West Ham would start the new Premier League season with a 2-0 victory over newly-promoted Cardiff.

Former Liverpool midfielder Cole gave the hosts the lead after linking with Matt Jarvis before Nolan struck in the second half to wrap up all three points for Sam Allardyce's side.




Cardiff were without one close-season signing in the form of striker Andreas Cornelius, who missed out with an ankle injury, but fellow new-boys Gary Medel and

West Brom 0-1 Southampton: Late Lambert strucks again through a penalty a stunning week for the striker

The Saints hitman followed a goal on his international debut with a late winner on the opening day of the season to give his side a perfect start to the new season at the Hawthorns

A late penalty from Rickie Lambert was enough for Southampton to earn a one-nil win at West Brom.

The 31-year old netted the winner for England against Scotland in his international debut in midweek, and was on hand to claim a win for his club three days later by coolly dispatching his spot-kick after Youssouf Mulumbu had fouled Luke Shaw in the area.

West Brom handed a debut to Nicolas Anelka, appearing for

Arsenal 1-3 Aston Villa: Benteke & Luna brings down 10-man Gunners

Paul Lambert's men came from behind to earn a damaging opening day win against Arsene Wenger's side who also had to contend with Laurent Koscielny's sending off in the second half

Aston Villa came from behind to beat Arsenal 3-1 at the Emirates Stadium and increase the pressure to spend on Arsene Wenger.

Olivier Giroud had opening the scoring for the Gunners early in the first half but the Benteke levelled from the spot at the second time of asking following Wojciech Szczesny's foul on Gabriel Agbonlahor.

Laurent Koscielny then

Liverpool 1-0 Stoke: Sturridge scores to give them their first win

The England frontman scored the first goal of the new Premier League season with a long-range effort that secured Brendan Rodgers' men all three points in a match they dominated

Liverpool began the new Premier League campaign with a win, as they overcame a resilient Stoke City side 1-0 at Anfield on Saturday afternoon courtesy of a lone Daniel Sturridge goal.

With suspended striker Luis Suarez in attendance, the England international gave the hosts the lead just before half-time, having seen an earlier effort disallowed for offside.

A penalty in the dying stages looked to have denied Liverpool the win, but debutant Simon Mignolet dived low to his right to claw away Jonathan Walters' effort to secure the

Ecuador 0-2 Spain: Negredo nets in facile win for la Roja

The game was stopped in the 11th minute as players and fans paid their respects to Ecuador striker Christian Benitez, who died last month, while Negredo and Santi Cazorla scored

Goals in either half for Alvaro Negredo and Santi Cazorla saw Spain post a relatively comfortable 2-0 friendly win over Ecuador on Wednesday.

The world and European champions dealt with the altitude in Guayaquil well as Vicente del Bosque's side produced a professional win despite the absence of several of their stars.

Negredo's flick in the 25th minute set Spain on their way before Cazorla, who made the most of a rare start, sealed the triumph in the

Belgium 0-0 France: Another blank for blunt Bleus in Brussels

Didier Deschamps' troops have now gone over six hours of football without a goal and, worryingly, they did not look like ending their drought in Brussels

Belgium were held to a 0-0 draw by neighbours France on Wednesday evening, after failing to take their chances at the Stade Roi Baudouin.

Kevin de Bruyne was the stand-out performer for the hosts and set up Chelsea team-mates Eden Hazard and Romelu Lukaku on a number of occasions, but Marc Wilmots' men failed to make the breakthrough despite dominating proceedings.

PSV teenager Zakaria Bakkali missed out for Belgium after suffering a thigh strain in training, while Tottenham defender Jan Vertonghen was absent from the

Bosnia-Herzegovina 3-4 United States: Altidore hat-trick clinches Americans' 12th straight win

Sunderland striker also had an assist as the Stars and Stripes extended their all-time record winning run in a thriller against the world's 13th-ranked team

The United States are beginning to become a force around the world.

Jozy Altidore claimed a hat-trick and an assist to help the US turn a two-goal deficit into a stunning 4-3 victory over 13th-ranked Bosnia-Herzegovina in a friendly at the Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium on Wednesday.

The Stars and Stripes extended their all-time record winning streak to 12 games and they did it with an experimental side that featured a mix of veterans and four players earning their

England 3-2 Scotland: Lambert's debut goal saves Hodgson's blushes

The Southampton striker came off the bench to net the deciding goal with his first touch of international football on Wednesday night, with the Three Lions twice coming from behind

A goal from debutant Rickie Lambert gave England a 3-2 win against Scotland in a thrilling friendly at Wembley.

The Southampton forward headed home a corner with his first touch after coming on as a second-half substitute to hand the hosts victory in the first meeting between the bitter rivals in 14 years.

James Morrison and Kenny Miller had twice given the Scots the lead earlier in the match, only for Theo Walcott and Danny Welbeck to cancel out the visitors'

Germany 3-3 Paraguay: Low blow avoided as Bender snatches draw

Joachim Low's side hardly looked like one of the World Cup favourites as the South Americans nearly embarrassed them with a bold and adventurous display

Germany were forced to twice come from behind to snatch a 3-3 draw with Paraguay, after an absorbing friendly encounter in Kaiserslautern on Wednesday night.

Both sides named strong line-ups ahead of their final FIFA World Cup qualifiers, with two goals in four first-half minutes from Jose Nunez and Wilson Pittoni putting Paraguay ahead before Ilkay Gundogan and Thomas Mueller drew Germany level.

Miguel Samudio put the visitors back in front on the stroke of half-time before a second-half Lars Bender strike ensured the hosts avoided consecutive

Italy 1-2 Argentina: Higuain strikes as Albiceleste survive Azzurri fightback

The new Napoli signing put Cesare Prandelli's men to the sword with a goal and an assist for Ever Banega, while Lorenzo Insigne grabbed a consolation for the hosts

Gonzalo Higuain inspired Argentina to a 2-1 win against Italy at the Stadio Olimpico on Wednesday.

The Napoli striker troubled the hosts' defence on several occasions and deservedly finished the evening with a goal and an assist before being replaced after 60 minutes.

Argentina substitute Ever Banega doubled the advantage after half-time.

Lorenzo Insigne grabbed a consolation for Italy with a terrific curling effort with 15 minutes remaining, but, the home side, who had an offisde goal disallowed, could not find