Arsenal started their Premier League title problem by beating Nottingham Forest 2-1 on Saturday as Alexander Isak scored twice in Newcastle’s 5-1 thrashing of Aston Villa. After ending second to Manchester City final season, Arsenal have splashed over & GBP 200 million ($254 million) on new signings to try to declare their first title for 20 years. Declan Rice, Kai Havertz and Jurrien Timber all made their debuts on the Emirates and the Gunners ought to have had a much more convincing scoreline to point out for his or her efficiency.

Eddie Nketiah opened the scoring after some chic ability by Gabriel Martinelli opened up the Forest defence.

Bukayo Saka then curled into the highest nook from outdoors the world, however the Gunners have been responsible of not killing the sport off.

Forest had barely threatened till the introduction of Anthony Elanga and Taiwo Awoniyi.

Former Manchester United winger Elanga marked his debut with a superb run and cross for Awoniyi to attain in his fifth consecutive Premier League sport eight minutes from time.

“We were super dominant,” stated Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta. “There’s no question that we deserved to win the game.

“We must be extra ruthless and extra essential of ourselves to be extra pushy and kill the video games.”

Victory ensured Arsenal did not lose any early ground on City, who began the defence of their title with a 3-0 win at Burnley on Friday.

– Newcastle debutants shine –

Newcastle finished fourth last season to qualify for the Champions League for the first time in 20 years and their rise under the control of the Saudi sovereign wealth fund shows no sign of stopping.

Italian international Sandro Tonali enjoyed a dream debut as he fired the Magpies into the lead after just six minutes.

Villa equalised almost immediately through one of their own new signings Moussa Diaby.

But Unai Emery’s men, who also ended last season strongly to qualify for Europe, collapsed after Isak restored Newcastle’s lead.

The Swedish striker calmly dinked home his second just before the hour mark.

Harvey Barnes then came off the bench to exemplify Newcastle’s new-found strength in depth as the former Leicester winger teed up Callum Wilson to make it 4-1 and then rounded off the scoring himself in stoppage time to put Eddie Howe’s men top of the table.

“It was a good sport determined by our ruthlessness in entrance of aim,” said Howe. “Everything clicked for us right now.”

– No Caicedo, no problem –

Brighton shrugged off the absence of Moises Caicedo to thrash newcomers Luton 4-1.

The Ecuadorian is set to become the most expensive player in Premier League history after a GBP 110 million deal was agreed with Liverpool.

However, Caicedo reportedly still prefers a move to Chelsea, who have had a series of bids rejected by Brighton.

Luton were making their top-flight return after 31 years, having risen from the fifth tier of English football in the past 10 seasons.

But they were outclassed at the Amex as Solly March headed in Kaoru Mitoma’s cross to open the scoring.

Joao Pedro opened his Brighton account from the penalty spot in the second-half before Carlton Morris reduced Luton’s arrears from the spot at the other end.

But late goals from Simon Adingra and Evan Ferguson gave a fairer reflection of Brighton’s dominance.

“Not top-of-the-line video games in my time, however we’d like a lot time to succeed in the identical stage, the identical high quality of play of final season,” stated Brighton supervisor Roberto De Zerbi.

“We gained a really robust sport. I’m actually happy.”

Everton’s need for a striker was laid bare as the Toffees wasted numerous chances in losing 1-0 at home to Fulham. Bobby Decordova-Reid scored the only goal at Goodison Park 17 minutes from time.

Crystal Palace were also 1-0 victors at promoted Sheffield United thanks to Odsonne Edouard’s second-half strike.

West Ham began life without Rice with a 1-1 draw at Bournemouth as Dominic Solanke’s equaliser for the home side cancelled out Jarrod Bowen’s opener.

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