London (AFP)

Everton kicked off their 2020/2021 season perfectly with a second success in a row against promoted West Bromwich Albion (5-2) on Saturday as Leeds opened their scoring after another spectacular match against another promoted Fulham (4- 3).

- Everton goes on well

With a new very promising performance, Everton now has 6 points and a goal difference of +4, which temporarily give him the lead.

West Brom remains at 0 points and can only see how far he has to go if he does not want to take the elevator.

His executioner was Dominic Calvert-Lewin, who already scored the decisive goal at Tottenham on Matchday 1.

This time he scored a hat-trick.

An aerial heel in the 6 meters (1-1, 31st), a tackle to push into the goal a pass from Richarlison (4-2, 62nd) and an acrobatic header on a corner from James Rodriguez ( 5-2, 66e).

The Colombian had already signaled in the first act by giving the advantage to the Toffees, with a cross strike to and low to the ground from the left devilishly precise at 22 meters, just before the break (2-1, 45th ).

The last goal was the work of defender Michael Keane, who picked up a ball trailing in the area after a corner from Lucas Digne (3-2, 54th).

The result is a little harsh for the promoted who is not without talent, as shown by the two goals of his wingers.

Grady Diangana, snatched from West Ham for 18 million pounds (19.6 million euros), first opened the scoring by going up almost the entire field to score 23 meters against a very timid Blues defense (0 -1, 10th).

The Brazilian Matheus Pereira, best player in the Championship (D2) last year, then sent a master free kick coiled about 26 meters into the skylight of Jordan Pickford (2-2, 47th) to temporarily put his own to level.

But "WBA" is going to have to work defensively and psychologically.

The double expulsion of his full-back Kieran Gibbs in added time of the first act, for hitting James Rodriguez in the face, and that of coach Slaven Bilic who had gone to see the referee on the lawn to ask for explanations vehemently, at the break, cost a lot to a team that will have no margin this season in the top flight.

- Leeds is crazy!

It's unclear whether Marcelo Bielsa's Leeds will be able to hold on to the Premier League at the end of the season, but in his first year in the top flight in 16 years, he's putting on a show.

After holding high on champion Liverpool last week despite a 4-3 defeat, the Peacocks this time won by the same score, facing another promoted, Fulham.

Suffice to say that the two French goalkeepers, Ilan Meslier on the Leeds side and Alphonse Areola, who was playing his first match with his new club, had a difficult afternoon, even if none of the 7 goals is directly attributable to them.

However, there will be a lot to say about the management of the match by the locals who quickly led 1-0 by Helder Costa from the 5th minute, then 4-1, thanks to a penalty from Mateusz Klich (40th), a goal from Patrick Bamford (50th) and a double by Helder Costa (57th) before getting scared.

On the side of Fulham, crushed (3-0) at home by Arsenal during the first lift, the reunion with the Premier League, a year after leaving it, remains painful.

The double of his center forward Aleksandar Mitrovic (34th on pen, 67th), finally completely recovered from his injuries, and the goal of Bobby Reid (62nd) came to reward a committed performance, but which will have to be accompanied by more rigor.

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