London (AFP)

Start with a flourish: Manchester United shined and perfectly launched its season by correcting Chelsea (4-0), Sunday during the first day of the Premier League.

A little earlier, Arsenal, diminished, had imposed a small goal in Newcastle (1-0), for him also start in the best way.

Two victories that allow the "Red Devils" and "Gunners" to follow the other candidates for the honors, Manchester City (5-0 against West Ham), Liverpool (4-1 against Norwich) and Tottenham (3-1 against Aston Villa ), all winners early in the weekend.

At Old Trafford, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's Mancunians were flamboyant in the wake of Marcus Rashford, who scored twice, and Paul Pogba of the best days. The Mancunian offensives showed very nice things ... exactly the opposite of a chelsea well tense.

For his first official on the bench of his heart club, Frank Lampard has lived a nightmare. What pain to assess the work remaining to be done in a workforce rebuilding.

If the "Blues" were initially dangerous, they quickly cracked, touching even the ridiculous end of the meeting.

Kurt Zouma first tipped the match by cutting Rashford's foot for a logical penalty converted by the young Englishman (18th).

After narrowly escaping the equalizer by Emerson (40), the young "Red Devils" shone. By taking center point Andreas Pereira (65), Anthony Martial put the game out of reach of Londoners.

Then, with a long millimeter opening behind the defense, Pogba threw Rashford, full of cold blood for the 3-0 (67th). All fired up late in the game, the world champion then went up the field and sent young rookie Daniel James, for his first goal in the Mancunian jersey (81st).

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Less spectacular, Arsenal also managed to enter the competition by winning at Saint James Park with a goal from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (1-0).

If they did not show much in the north of England, Unai Emery's "Gunners" were still strong enough to hold on to their success.

Unai Emery will no doubt be satisfied with his team "B", he who would be without the injured Lacazette and Bellerin, all recent recruits David Luiz and Tierney, and absentees Özil and Kolasinac, while the club no did not want to risk the security of the two players assaulted at the end of July by thieves armed with knives, and still threatened according to the Times.

In Newcastle, it took only one moment of inattention to the "Magpies", in doubt after the departure of Rafael Benitez during the summer, to let slip the match.

Maitland-Niles saw Aubameyang sneaking between two defenders and finding himself alone in the box. His center was well controlled by the Gabonese, who beat without difficulty Dubravka shortly before the hour of play (58th).

In addition to this flash, not much to put in their mouths, between two teams a little rusty for their first steps in the new season.

Elsewhere, the duel between ambitious Leicester and Wolverhampton, two contenders to shake the "Big Six", has not given anything (0-0). Despite their overwhelming home domination, Brendan Rodgers' new "Foxes" were far too clumsy in the final third.

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