Premier League 2022-23 review: the season’s best photos

The season began with Manchester City’s new £51m signing, Erling Haaland, scoring … a lot. The Norwegian struck twice on his Premier League debut, at West Ham, scored another against Newcastle where City rescued a 3-3 draw, and then racked up back-to-back hat-tricks against Crystal Palace and Nottingham Forest. Contrast that with Darwin Núñez, Liverpool’s big summer recruit, who netted on his league debut at Fulham before head-butting Palace’s Joachim Andersen to earn a red card and suspension. The highlight (lowlight?) of the month came after Chelsea’s match with Tottenham, when the rival managers, Thomas Tuchel and Antonio Conte, became locked in a comically fierce handshake.

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Football paid its respects to Queen Elizabeth II following her death on 8 September. After a week of postponements, the action resumed at Villa Park where Steven Gerrard’s men beat Southampton 1-0. Elsewhere, Manchester City’s Jack Grealish copped a nasty kick in the crown jewels, Manchester United’s £82m new boy Antony scored on his debut as United ended Arsenal’s 100% start to the season, while West Ham were left fuming after a VAR check controversially ruled out Maxwel Cornet’s late equaliser at Chelsea. It was Tuchel’s last Premier League match in charge at Stamford Bridge. The Blues soon poached Graham Potter from Brighton, who signed Roberto De Zerbi as his replacement.

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Arsenal won the season’s first north London derby against Tottenham, before Manchester City put six past Manchester United thanks to hat-tricks from Haaland and Phil Foden. Elsewhere, Liverpool’s erratic early season form continued as they beat City before losing to the strugglers Nottingham Forest and Leeds. Potter suffered a torrid return to