London ∙ In the new season of the English Premier League, Manchester United lost for the second consecutive match, indicating that things are not so good. This time, Brentford defeated United by four unopposed goals. With this, United finished last in the league. Gabriel Jesus scored a brace and set up a brace as Arsenal and defending champions Manchester City emerged victorious in a star-studded match.
Despite assembling superstars including Cristiano Ronaldo, United lost against Brentford without scoring a single goal. Josh DaSilva (10), Matthias Jensen (18), Ben Mee (30) and Brian Mbuyomo (35) scored for Brentford.
Gabriel Jesus, who came from Manchester City this season, was the star for Arsenal in the match that defeated Leicester City by four goals against two. Jesus, who scored a double in the 23rd and 35th minutes, paved the way for the goals scored by Granite Xhaka (55) and Martinelli (75). William Saliba’s own goal (53) and James Maddison’s (74) made Leicester lose. Arsenal are second in the points table with their second win.
Manchester City is ahead with six points on goal average. Last night they beat AFC Bournemouth by four goals to none. Ian Gundogan (19), De Bruyne (31) and Phil Foden (37) scored for City. The last goal was an own goal by Jefferson Lerma in the 74th minute.
∙ Neymar in France, PSG
PSG beat Montpellier by five goals to two in a match where Brazilian superstar Neymar scored a double. Neymar scored from the penalty in the 43rd minute and scored again in the 51st minute. Kylian Mbappe (69) and Renato Sanchez (87) were on target for CSG. Sakho’s own goal was also added to PSG’s account. PSG retained their top spot in the league with their second win in a row.
∙ Barca draw
Barcelona started with a disappointing draw in their first game in La Liga with fresh hopes. Barca were held to a goalless draw against Rayo Vallecano. Barca suffered a setback when Sergi Busquets was sent off in injury time.
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