What did we learn on Week 1 of the 2022-23 Premier League season? We’ll try to avoid sweeping generalizations from this terribly small sample size… but we learned quite a bit. [ MORE: How to watch PL in the USA ] Here’s a look at 10 things which stood out, as our writers Joe Prince-Wright (JPW), Andy Edwards (AE), and Nicholas Mendola (NM) share their observations from across the most recent PL games. [ VIDEO: PL highlights ] Let’s get to it. 1.
Erling Haaland has arrived in the Premier League (West Ham 0-2 Man City) — This is more confirmed than learned because most observers believe Erling Haaland will do just fine in the Premier League, but seeing is believing as a combination of Erling Haaland’s limitless motor and physical blessings is almost too much to fathom.
The big Norwegian was a threat to score in nearly every possession. He didn’t look super tidy in the small spaces but he was in the right places and that should send fair warning to the rest of the continent that the move from Borussia Dortmund to Manchester City’s going to be a very, very productive one. (NM) 2.
Darwin Nunez inspires sloppy Liverpool (Fulham 2-2 Liverpool) –Early in the second half Darwin Nunez jumped off the bench and Liverpool’s attack sparked into life.