Mane's double and Arrisabalaga's gross mistake
In the central match of the day in England, the reigning champions of the tournament, Liverpool, and Chelsea, who finished fourth in the last Premier League season, met.
Despite the fact that Jurgen Klopp's players played away, they were considered the favorite of the confrontation and eventually won - 2: 0.
During the entire game, the hosts struck only five shots on goal with the opponent's 18 and only three - on target (Lersisides - six).
Moreover, in the added time to the first half, Frank Lampard's team remained in the minority after the removal of defender Andreas Christensen.
The Dane thwarted Sadio Mane's one-on-one exit with the goalkeeper, for which he initially received a yellow card from referee Paul Tierney.
However, after watching the replay, the referee showed the defender a red one.
In the minority, Chelsea conceded two goals in five minutes early in the second half.
Sadio Mane scored both times.
The Senegalese first closed the canopy of Roberto Firmino from the flank, and then took advantage of Kepa Arrisabalaga's blunder.
The goalkeeper in his own penalty area delivered the ball exactly to the opponent.
Now Mane has 86 goals in 196 Premier League games.
It is interesting that at one time Cristiano Ronaldo scored 84 goals for the same number of games in a Manchester United jersey.
The Senegalese also became the third player in Liverpool history to score a double at Stamford Bridge in the Premier League, behind Philippe Coutinho and Steve McManaman.
In the 75th minute of the reporting match, Chelsea had a good opportunity to close the gap in the score, but Jorginho failed to beat Alison Becker from the penalty spot.
The eminent Liverpool debutant Thiago Alcantara broke the rules in his own penalty area.
By the way, coming on as a substitute right after the break, he managed to give 75 assists - more than any Chelsea player in the entire fight.
Kane's four assists and a humorous Twitter post
The match between Southampton and Tottenham turned out to be rich in events.
The Londoners in the first round were defeated by Everton and were eager to win.
However, the first half ended in a draw: Son Heung Min responded to Danny Ings's goal.
Moreover, the strike of the forward of the guests in the added time by the referee was the first for the charges of Jose Mourinho in this meeting.
But in the second half of the game, the Korean caught real courage and struck the opponent's goal three more times.
It took him half an hour to get his first poker in his career, and in all four cases he was assisted by Harry Kane, who had never before given more than three assists per game.
After the match, the forward in his Twitter account jokingly congratulated his partner on poker.
“Brilliant victory after comeback.
Congratulations to Sonny on four goals.
Don't thank, ”wrote Kane.
Brilliant comeback win.
Congrats Sonny on your 4 goals.
You're welcome 😂 # COYSpic.twitter.com / bxeEZGPQXk
- Harry Kane (@HKane) September 20, 2020
At the end of the match, the teams exchanged goals scored.
First, Harry Kane scored, finishing the ball into the net after hitting the post, and in the 90th minute Ings converted a penalty.
We add that Tottenham managed to score five goals, delivering only six shots to the opponent's goal.
Real Madrid's misfire and Magnus Carlsen's delight
The main surprise of the day in European football was the draw in the match of the 2nd round of Examples between Real Sociedad and the capital's Real Madrid - 0: 0.
Moreover, for Madrid, this game was the first of the season.
Zinedine Zidane's charges from the first minutes, as expected, seized the initiative and, in general, owned the ball for 68% of the playing time.
They also struck 16 shots on goal of Alex Remiro (only four of them were on target), but failed to convert their advantage into goals.
In this match, Martin Odegaard first entered the field in the main team of Real Madrid.
The talented Norwegian moved to the Spanish top club back in 2015 at the age of 16, but then had no chance of becoming a player in the first team of "cream".
Therefore, Edegor spent several years on lease.
In particular, in Vitesse from the Netherlands, Martin crossed paths with the current head coach of Rubin Leonid Slutsky, and in the previous season the Scandinavian defended the colors of Real Sociedad.
The compatriot's game did not leave indifferent even the reigning world chess champion Magnus Carlsen, who called the footballer's debut for the main team of Real Madrid "an amazing event."
Got to admit Ødegaard starting for my Real Madrid in the first league game is amazing.
Lykke til🇳🇴🙏🏼
- Magnus Carlsen (@MagnusCarlsen) September 20, 2020
Debut in Example at 41 and not a single save
Rookie goalkeeper Cadiz examples Alberto Sifuentes set a unique achievement.
Having entered the field from the first minutes in an away match against Huesca, he became the oldest debutant in the Spanish championship in 85 years.
On the day of the game, the experienced goalkeeper was 41 years and 114 days old.
The record for this indicator will probably not be broken for a long time.
It was installed in 1935 by former Real Sociedad goalkeeper Harry Lowe, who made his league debut at the age of 48 years and 226 days.
For Sifuentes, the first match in Example turned out to be successful.
Cadiz won their debut victory of the season (2-0), and Alberto did not concede a single goal.
At the same time, he did not even have to seriously enter the game - the Huesca players did not strike a single blow on target.
Leipzig's success after Werner's departure
The semi-finalist of the last Champions League season Leipzig started the new season of the Bundesliga with a victory.
In the first match in the national championship after Timo Werner's departure, Julian Nagelsmann's charges beat Mainz at home - 3: 1.
The fate of the meeting was actually decided by the middle of the first half, when the hosts scored two unanswered goals.
First, Emil Forsberg converted a penalty in the 17th minute, and then Yussuf Poulsen delivered an accurate header.
Immediately after the break, the guests managed to win back one goal through the efforts of Jean-Philippe Mateta, but Amadou Aydar three minutes later restored the comfortable score difference for Leipzig.
Forsberg acted as an assistant in this episode.
Thus, Nagelsmann's team beat Mainz for the third time in a row, but this time they failed to achieve a crushing victory.
In May, Leipzig scored five unanswered goals against their opponents, and in November last year - eight.
Successful start for Pirlo and Kulushevski's ball in the opening game
The reigning champion of Italy "Juventus" started the new season even more confidently.
Turintsy in the first match under the leadership of Andrea Pirlo defeated Sampdoria at home - 3: 0.
In addition to the young coach, two newcomers had their debut meetings for the team: American midfielder Weston McKenny, rented from Schalke, and Swedish forward Dejan Kulushevski, acquired from Parma for € 35 million.
It was the Scandinavian who opened the scoring in the 13th minute.
The striker from the penalty line sent the ball exactly to the far corner.
But most of all aimed at someone else's gate was Cristiano Ronaldo.
In the reporting match, he struck ten blows, but managed to score only two minutes before the final whistle.
Thus, the Portuguese scored a goal in the 19th consecutive season at the club level.
And shortly before that, another veteran Leonardo Bonucci scored the goal at his own expense.
The defeat from PSG and the captain's goal
The main event of the day in the French championship was the return to the field of Kilian Mbappé.
In early September, the striker was injured in a match for the national team, and then fell ill with coronavirus.
As a result, he played his first game in the new season of League 1 only on September 20.
In the absence of the disqualified Neymar, Thomas Tuchel had no choice but to release his young striker from the first minutes in the meeting with Nice.
And Mbappe did everything to ensure that PSG won a second victory in a row.
The Parisians did not manage to open an account for a long time, until at the end of the first half, Kilian earned and realized the penalty on his own.
Then, in added time by the referee, Angel Di Maria finished off the ball into the net after Walter Benitez with great difficulty parried the shot of the world champion into the far corner.
In the second half of the meeting Mbappé scored a brace, but the referee canceled the goal due to an offside position.
The new captain of the Parisians Marquinhos brought the score to a devastating score - 3: 0.