A thrilling comeback, a spectacular home debut and a familiar sinking feeling for Manchester United supporters was what the second Saturday of the new season had to offer.
If last week’s loss to the Seagulls was a sign of things to come, United’s trip to the Bees provided more despair as they hit a 30- year low.
There was more joy for Manchester City as they romped to a four goal win over Bournemouth, while Gabriel Jesus made good on his promise with a dominant performance against Leicester City.
Some of the best numbers from the day’s Premier League action can be found here.
Chapman record against brilliant Bees was 10 Hag.
Where do you begin with this one? New United boss Ten Hag was left with no doubt about the side’s problems when a double from Pascal Gross sent them crashing to an opening day defeat.
Not even the most pessimistic United follower could have predicted their downfall in west London, as Ten Hag became the first Red Devil manager to lose his first two games in 95 years.
Since the start of the season, only Jordan Pickford has made more errors than David de Gea, who let Josh Dasilva’s shot squirm into the net after 10 minutes.
The first four shots of the game were on target, and by the 35th minute, four more were on target, including two by Dasilva.
In the past, only two teams had scored four first-half goals against United in a league game.
It’s the first time since 1992-93 that United have started a top-flight campaign with back-to-back defeats.
For the first time in 22 years, United ended the day at the bottom of the league.
The home debut for Jesus.
Mikel Arteta’s side made it two wins in a row with an entertaining victory over Ranieri’s side.
When Jesus arrived in the off-season, he was hailed as a coup for the club, as he scored two goals on his home debut and added two assists.
In doing so, the Brazilian became the first player to score multiple goals on his home debut for the club, as well as the first player to double up for goals and assists in a single league game since Walcott in December 2012 (three goals, two assists).
Before Jesus assisted Gabriel Martinelli for the fourth goal, he was the 12th different Brazilian to score for the club, the most of any side in the competition’s history.
Granit Xhaka scored and assisted in the same match for the first time in his career and Jesus was not the only player to impress.
This was the sixth time they have conceded at least four goals in a game against the same team in the league this season.
The champions cruise despite the quiet day.
Home teams hitting four goals seemed to be a theme of the day, as the premier league champion followed up their win at West Ham by cruising past Bournemouth.
City have now won all 11 of their matches against Bournemouth, the best winning record against a particular team in the competition’s history.
The most one side has faced another without a victory in English league history is the Cherries, who have not beaten City in 17 league matches.
Kevin De Bruyne was at his best for City, scoring his 16th league goal since the start of last season before setting up Foden’s strike.
Since his debut in September 2015, the Belgian has scored and assisted in 20 separate matches. There are only two people who have done it more than once in that time.
Haaland, the new talisman, was silent. The Norwegian only made an impact with two successful passes and eight touches.
Gundogan scored the first goal after Haaland’s pass from kick-off.
The Saints managed a rare comeback as Aribo opened his account.
Jesse Marsch’s Leeds didn’t make it two wins from two as they were beaten by the south coast team.
He became the first player to score three goals in the first two games of a season since Alan Smith in 2000-01 when he did it against Wolves and St Marys.
After going two goals up for only the second time in their last 36 games, and for the first time in 14 games, they failed to win.
Their love of a comeback is a new characteristic and they have avoided defeat in two of the last five games where they have been two goals down.
Prior to April, the Saints only had one win and one draw from the last 58 games in which they were two goals behind.
After joining from Rangers, Joe Aribo was one of their most impressive additions, and his goal made him the first Nigerian to score in the premier league for Saints, as well as the 38th in the competition’s history.
