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The Totally Football Show with James Richardson
Last-gasp Liverpool take a point, after shock defeats for Villa + Man Utd
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The Totally crew are live after the first Super Sunday of the new Premier League season.
Jimbo, Daniel Storey, Duncan Alexander and Colin Millar react to a stunning Matchday 1.
The Totally crew are live after the first Super Sunday of the new Premier League season.
Jimbo, Daniel Storey, Duncan Alexander and Colin Millar react to a stunning Matchday 1.
After selling all their best players, Newcastle lead Liverpool twice before a stoppage time spot-kick from Dominik Szoboszlai.
After selling all their best players, Aston Villa find themselves 4-0 down after half an hour at Brighton. Have the club left Unai Emery too much to do?
Everyone’s favourites for relegation - Hull City - shock Man United with a thoroughly deserved 2-0 victory. How worried should Carrick and co be? And with Ipswich winning too, might pre-season pessimism about the promoted clubs be misplaced?
And after a record-breaking summer, it looked like the same old Spurs who were thrashed by brilliant Brentford on Saturday, with Roberto De Zerbi saying Tottenham aren’t a team yet.
Plus there are victories for last season’s top two as Arsenal cruise past Coventry and Man City stage a dramatic late comeback in Enzo Maresca’s first game in charge.
Producer: Charlie Jones
Video Producer: Jake Liascos
RUNNING ORDER:
00:00 What an opening weekend
04:34 The results
06:03 Newcastle 2-2 Liverpool
14:02 Brighton 4-0 Aston Villa
19:36 Man City 2-1 Bournemouth
22:13 Arsenal 3-0 Coventry
24:52 Hull City 2-0 Man United
33:11 Brentford 3-0 Spurs
44:38 Ipswich 2-1 Sunderland
47:57 Nottingham Forest 0-1 Leeds
48:28 Everton 2-0 Crystal Palace
53:20 Some EFL bangers
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