• Premier League: Salah saves Liverpool, Arsenal and Leicester take control

The English championship started this weekend.

Liverpool began the defense of their league title by struggling to overcome promoted Leeds (4-3) thanks to a hat-trick from Mohamed Salah.

Leading three times in the score, but joined three times by Marcelo Bielsa's team who played without complex, the Reds have, as so often last year, changed the match in the very last minutes.

A penalty from Salah two minutes from the end of regulation time came to save Jürgen Klopp's men.

EVERY.

ANGLE.

🎯 @MoSalah starts the season in style 👌 pic.twitter.com/UPBHV2Mm3D

- Liverpool FC (@LFC) September 12, 2020

Everton for its part ended nearly eight years without a win against Tottenham by beating Spurs José Mourinho at home (0-1).

This is the first time that the Portuguese technician has started a season with a defeat in nineteen years on the bench (11 wins, 7 draws).

After having finished the previous season on the knees and let slip a place on the podium which stretched out its arms, Leicester for its part perfectly launched its season by winning 3 to 0 on the lawn of the promoted West Bromwich Albion.

The Foxes share the lead with Arsenal sweeping the promoted Fulham 3-0 away.

Frenchman Alexandre Lacazette opened the scoring (8th) before ex-Lille native Gabriel doubled the lead with a close range from a corner (49th).

The former Stéphanois Aubameyang closed the score with a curled shot from the right (57th).   

  • Liga: the Spanish league resumes, but without its stars

In the absence of the big stars, the draw between Eibar and Celta Vigo (0-0) on Saturday for the first day gave the timid start to the La Liga season.

Valencia temporarily took the lead in the standings after their success against Levante (4-2).

Real Betis won in added time at Alavés (0-1), while Real Sociedad took just one point at Valladolid (1-1).

Real Madrid will return next weekend to Real Sociedad and Barça, who won their first friendly against Tarragona (3-1) on Saturday with Lionel Messi on the pitch, will enter the competition on the weekend of 26 September 27.

Teams that qualify for European competitions get a few extra days of preparation for finishing the previous season later.

🎥 # BarçaNastic |

HIGHLIGHTS


The goals of @Dembouz, @AntoGriezmann and @Phil_Coutinho against Nastic Tarragona, in a friendly match (3-1)



The pre-season preparation is broadcast on Barça TV + 👉 https://t.co/pFzUtSqPeN#BarçaNastic pic.twitter.com/YuXzlSD0g8

- FC Barcelona (@fcbarcelona_fra) September 12, 2020

  • Ligue 1: PSG continues a second defeat, Rennes is in the lead

Thanks to a goal from Florian Thauvin following a service from Dimitri Payet on a free kick, Olympique de Marseille finally beat Paris Saint-Germain (0-1).

OM had not defeated PSG since 2011 and 20 matches.

Dominators with 66% possession of the ball and 14 shots to 5, Thomas Tuchel's men never managed to equalize, in part thanks to a good performance from Steve Mandanda.

The Parisians got annoyed and the tension rose a notch at the end of the match, with no less than five red cards distributed by the referee of the match.

After two defeats, the defending champions are for the moment confined to 18th place, while Marseille is 5th.

⏱90 + 6 |

#PSGOM 0⃣-1⃣



🔥🔥🔥 BUT OUIIIIIIIII !!!

🔥🔥🔥



Our Olympians win at the Parc des Princes against @PSG_inside.



SAAAAAAAH WHAT A PLEASURE !!

😍😍😍 pic.twitter.com/63k7kz934B

- Olympique de Marseille (@OM_Officiel) September 13, 2020

Before this shock, Rennes, Monaco and Lille, respective winners of Nîmes (2-4), Nantes (2-1) and Metz (1-0), had confirmed their good start to the season and had climbed to the top of the League 1. 

At the Stade Louis-II, Monaco overpowered the Canaries thanks to the first goals in L1 of the young Sofiane Diop (5th) and Willem Geubbels (65th), who offered the 1,000th victory in the history of the club in the elite.

With 7 points, the Monegasques share the top of the standings with Rennes and Lille, but it is the Bretons who are leaders with the best goal difference.

With AFP

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