Tottenham will be here to ENTERTAIN, Man United are given an early wake-up call, and Mikel Arteta must find the right balance in midfield... 10 THINGS WE LEARNED in the Premier League
The Premier League returned with a bang at the weekend as the 2023-24 campaign finally got underway.
We were treated to 28 goals across 10 enthralling games, plenty of entertaining moments and of course, there was also VAR drama.
Manchester City kicked off their title defence in comfortable fashion with a 3-0 win against newly-promoted Burnley, while Newcastle and Brighton picked up thumping victories.
Arsenal, Fulham, Crystal Palace and Manchester United also secured three points to start the season, while we witnessed two entertaining draws on Sunday between Brentford and Tottenham, and Chelsea and Liverpool.
Here, Mail Sport dissects the key talking points from a gripping opening weekend of action in the Premier League.
It has been a bruising year for Tottenham fans with this season set to be their first since 2009-10 in which they will not have some form of European football to watch, following a dismal and chaotic campaign last term that saw them go through three managers.
There's been off-field drama over the summer, while the club's greatest-ever player Harry Kane also departed to Bayern Munich for £100m.
This all meant Sunday's trip to Brentford felt like a daunting task, but Ange Postecoglou's new-look side provided plenty of reasons for optimism.
The Bees have a brilliant home record, losing just twice at the Gtech Community Stadium in 2022-23 and Tottenham's 2-2 draw was therefore a positive way to begin the campaign.
But it was the manner of the performance that most caught the eye, with Spurs displaying an entertaining and progressive style of play that has been missing in recent years during the abrasive days of Antonio Conte, Nuno Espirito Santo and Jose Mourinho.
New signing James Maddison - who joined from
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