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English Premier League: Saturday Matchday 1 Roundup

By Orri Benatar

LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 10: Raheem Sterling of Manchester City scores his team's fifth goal during the Premier League match between West Ham United and Manchester City at London Stadium on August 10, 2019 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 10: Raheem Sterling of Manchester City scores his team's fifth goal during the Premier League match between West Ham United and Manchester City at London Stadium on August 10, 2019 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images) /
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LONDON, ENGLAND – AUGUST 10: Tanguy Ndombele of Tottenham Hotspur scores his team’s first goal during the Premier League match between Tottenham Hotspur and Aston Villa at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on August 10, 2019 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Marc Atkins/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND – AUGUST 10: Tanguy Ndombele of Tottenham Hotspur scores his team’s first goal during the Premier League match between Tottenham Hotspur and Aston Villa at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on August 10, 2019 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Marc Atkins/Getty Images) /

Tottenham 3-1 Aston Villa

Aston Villa held Tottenham scoreless for 73 minutes and got a lead early when John McGinn clinically silenced the Spurs fans with Villa’s first Premier League goal since 2016. Spurs kept pounding and pounding Tom Heaton with shots and they eventually were able to get the equalizer from their record-signing Tanguy Ndombele. This French 22-year old will surely have more goals like this to come in his Tottenham career.

Eventually, Harry Kane had two poachers chances that he converted and Tottenham got the 3-1 win in the opening game. They had 31 shots and got their last three goals in the last 17 minutes of the game. Aston Villa showed off their talent and new signings in the match and made a statement that they will compete. Tottenham plays City next weekend while Aston Villa goes home to play Bournemouth.

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Matchday one is set to conclude tomorrow as we get three more matches to set the tone for the season. Newcastle under new manager Steve Bruce will host Arsenal, Leicester and Wolves meet up with both teams having high expectations, and then the game of the weekend as Manchester United welcome Chelsea to Old Trafford. We cannot wait for even more days like this for the next 10 months.

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