Norwegian Erling Haaland converted both of Manchester City’s goals in a 2-0 away win over West Ham and was later replaced by Argentine Julián Alvarez, who had his first official minutes at his new club.
The Argentine striker was a substitute in the first game of the Premier League champion, and came on 33 minutes into the second half for Haaland, who lived up to the expectations surrounding his debut with a brace.
The former Borussia Dortmund made it 1-0, from a penalty kick, 36 minutes into the first half, and in the second stage he defined the match at 20 with a good definition after a great assist from Belgian Kevin De Bruyne.
When his task was already completed, the scorer, barely 22 years old, was replaced by Alvarez from Córdoba who entered with shirt number 19.
Haaland continued with the habit of scoring on his debut as the same thing happened when he appeared in the Norwegian Cup, in the Champions League, in the Bundesliga and in the German Cup and Super Cup.
Josep Guardiola’s team began their title defense with a solid away win in London against a weak West Ham, who from the start and for 57 minutes had the presence of Manuel Lanzini on the pitch.
At the start of the day on Sunday, Manchester United, with the Argentine Lisandro Martínez as the starter and Cristiano Ronaldo on the substitute bench, lost 2-1 to Brighton and Hove, at home, in their presentation in the Premier League.
The Argentine defender made his official debut in the “Red Devils”, who suffered a heavy defeat at home. The new coach, the Dutchman Erik ten Hag, left Cristiano Ronaldo on the substitute bench, who was together with the Argentine Alejandro Garnacho.
After 0-2 in the first half, the Portuguese came on 8 minutes into the second half and Manchester United’s discount came due to the goal against Argentine Alexis Mac Allister, who completed the entire match for the winning team.
The juvenile Garnacho, in turn, came on for Bruno Fernandes in added time. Pascal Gross was the star of the game at Old Trafford with a brace at 30 and 39 minutes into the first half.
In the other match, Leicester and Brentford drew 2-2. The other results of the first date of the Premier League were: Crystal Palace 0- Arsenal 2; Fulham 2-Liverpool 2; Tottenham 4- Southampton 1; Newcastle 2-Nottengham Forest 0; Leeds 2- Wolves 1; Bournemouth 2- Aston Villa 0; and Everton 0-Chelsea 1.
