The first weekend of Premier League football for the 2017-2018 concluded with two title contenders, Tottenham and Manchester United, making a fine start to their season – Spurs with a difficult away win at Newcastle and United with a double from Romelu Lukaku and a demolition of West Ham.
Newcastle 0 Tottenham 2: Newcastle made things difficult in their return to the Premier League, but Jonjo Shelvey once again let his temper get the best of him, earning himself a red card for a sort of stomp on Dele Alli, who milked the occasion to the maximum. Alli opened the scoring for Spurs in the 61st minute and Benjamin Davies added a second goal, both of them assisted by the sublime Christian Eriksen.
Manchester United 4 West Ham 0: Quite the performance from Jose Mourinho’s players, which included Romelu Lukaku scoring a brace on his debut for the club, Anthony Martial adding one after coming off from the bench and setting up Paul Pogba for the 4th one in the 90th minute.
Premier League Table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manchester United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 3 | |
| 2 | Huddersfield Town | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 3 | |
| 3 | Manchester City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 3 | |
| 5 | Arsenal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 | |
| 6 | Burnley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 | |
| 7 | Everton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 3 | |
| 8 | West Bromwich Albion | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 3 | |
| 9 | Liverpool | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 | Watford | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| 11 | Southampton | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 12 | Swansea City | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 | Leicester City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 0 | |
| 14 | Chelsea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 0 | |
| 15 | AFC Bournemouth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0 | |
| 16 | Stoke City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0 | |
| 17 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0 | |
| 18 | Newcastle United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0 | |
| 19 | Crystal Palace | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 | |
| 20 | West Ham United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 0 |
