Virgil van Dijk injured his cruciate ligament in October, underwent surgery and has not played a competitive match since.

But in the team's league premiere away against Norwich, he was involved from the start.

However, the Dutch midfielder had to struggle a bit initially.

Norwich impressed and put a lot of pressure on Liverpool's defense - but it was Liverpool who would have the first word said.

In the 26th minute, Diogo Jota hit the penalty area and scored Liverpool's first goal of the season.

Jota came on for Roberto Firmino.

And it was not long before he had found the right one.

Mohamed Salah recorded for Firmino who could easily shoot in 2-0 - after only being on the pitch for four minutes.

Liverpool eventually won 3-0 after Mohamed Salah set the final score.

Chelsea impressed

Arsenal icon Patrick Vieira got off to a tough start to his coaching career in the Premier League.

Hans Crystal Palace were also faced with the toughest possible opposition: Chelsea away.

Marcos Alonso gave the home team the lead on a beautiful free kick after just under half an hour.

Before the halftime break, the American Christian Pulisic was able to extend to 2-0 when he first arrived on a return from goalkeeper Vicente Guita.

Own product Trevor Chalobah got the chance from the start and thanked for the confidence by pushing it 3-0 on a distance shot.

- We did very well today.

But this is just the beginning and we have to build on that, says Chelsea coach Thomas Tuchel according to AFP.

Sema started

Elsewhere, Ken Sema got the chance in the starting eleven when Watford met Aston Villa at home - and it was an immediate success for the newcomer who won 3-2.

However, the Swede did not score any goals.

Instead, his offensive colleagues Emmanuel Dennis, Ismaila Sarr fixed and replaced Cucho Hernández with the victory with a full hit.

Rafael Benítez made his first match on the coaching staff for Everton and got off to a great start to the season.

His team was down 0-1 after the first half after defensive caterpillars gave Southampton's new acquisition Adam Armstrong a free kick.

But Everton came back, scored three goals in the second half and went off the field with a 3-1 victory in the premiere round.

Brighton also took three points after turning a 0-1 deficit into a 2-1 away win over Burnley.

In addition, Jamie Vardy became the hero with the only goal of the match when Leicester defeated Wolverhampton 1-0 at home.