Rise of a Football God

(Daily Sun News!)

(New season; same old Manchester United! The Red Devils lose on their first game of the season to a young and energetic Fulham side led by wonderkids!)

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(National TV!)

(Joy for Fulham, woe to Manchester United! Is it time for Manchester United to finally accept their losses and let go of Erik Ten Haag?)

Matchday 1 of a new premier league season was always under a lot of publicity and scrutiny all across the world, and the first game hoarded a lot of this attention.

This was why Manchester United's matchday 1 loss became a trend.

Ruthless rival fans trolled Manchester United fans on social media, requoting the new season, same old Manchester united iconic quote by the Daily Sun News.

Most rival fans clamored for Manchester United to offer Erik Ten Haag, the Dutch coach a lifetime contract to manage the club. Others claimed he was already a Manchester United legend on par with the great Sir Alex Ferguson.

Every single Manchester United player was trolled ruthlessly on all social media platforms, and another thing that trend on social media after the game was Mark Goldbridge's reaction in his livestream to the loss. Enjoy more content from empire

As soon as Sam scored the 2nd goal for Fulham, starting the season with a brace, the famous Manchester United went on a rant in his livestream, destroying things even as he rained curses on the 2 Manchester United center backs.

"Maguire, f*cking Maguire again!"

"How can both of you be sandwiching him and still let him score? Dammit!"

Well, the first game of the matchday was not the end of the world. After trolling Man United to their satisfaction, premier league fans finally turned their attention to 17th when majority of the rest matchday 1 fixtures would be played.

And it was safe to say that the drama, banter and excitement was back, and with it came with a bang!

Against Ipswich Town, the newly promoted side, Liverpool met them at home and initiated them into the premier league with a 0-2 drubbing courtesy of fine goals from Diogo Jota and Mohamed Salah.

In their first game of the season, Arsenal welcomed Wolves to the Emirates Stadium and there, the Gunners taught the visitors a lesson.

Goals from Kai Havertz and Bukayo Saka doomed Wolves to a 2-0 loss.

Everton vs Brighton was an absolute thriller. Goals from Mitoma and Welbeck gave Brighton a 0-2 lead against Everton at home, but after a 66th minute Ashley Young red card, Brighton ran away comfortably with the lead as they tripled their lead through Adingra's late goal in the 87th minute.

Between Newcastle and Southampton, despite Schar receiving an early red card in the 28th minute of the game, a 45th minute Joelinton goal enabled Newcastle to grind out a grueling 1-0 result.

Nottingham Forest and Bournemouth settled for a draw after goals from Wood and Semenyo.

West Ham vs Aston Villa was another thriller, but Aston Villa managed to edge their rivals away from home with a 1-2 score line with goals from Amadou Onana and Duran. West Ham's goal came from a Lucas Paqueta penalty.

Brentford vs Crystal Palace was another thriller, but goals from Mbeumo and Wissa in the 29th and 76th minute edged Brentford over their rivals as they won the game 2-1 at home.

And then the magnum opus of matchday 1 was played on 18th August.

2 heavyweights of the premier league in Chelsea and Manchester City clashed in Stamford Bridge.

After getting a new coach, Chelsea fans were hopeful of getting a result but Manchester City was still Manchester City, they started the season swimmingly as they set a marker for the rest of the season.

Goals from Erling Haaland in the 18th minute and Mateo Kovacic in the 84th minute doomed Chelsea to a 0-2 loss at home.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

And then, on 19th August, the last game of matchday 1 between Leicester City and Tottenham was played. It was safe to say that it was another thriller.

Goals from Tottenham's Porro and Leicester's Jamie Vardy canceled both teams out, leaving them to settle for a tightly contested draw.

Matchday 1 fixtures were finally concluded.

(Premier league:)

(Matchday 1:)

(Manchester United 1-2 Fulham)

(Date: 16th August, 2024)

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(Ipswich Town 0-2 Liverpool)

(Date: 17th August, 2024)

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(Arsenal 2-0 Wolves)

(Date: 17th August, 2024)

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(Everton 0-3 Brighton)

(Date: 17th August, 2024)

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(Newcastle 1-0 Southampton)

(Date: 17th August, 2024)

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(Nottingham Forest 1-1 Bournemouth)

(Date: 17th August, 2024)

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(West Ham 1-2 Aston Villa)

(Date: 17th August, 2024)

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(Brentford 2-1 Crystal Palace)

(Date: 17th August, 2024)

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(Chelsea 0-2 Manchester City)

(Date: 18th August, 2024)

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(Leicester City 1-1 Tottenham)

(Date: 19th August, 2024)

All in all, the premier league was truly back and it came with a banger. Premier league fans were not left wanting in terms of entertainment.

And after matchday 1, a few names stood out among the players of the 20 football clubs of the premier league.

The premier league's team of the matchday was finally decided.

(Premier league team of the week: Matchday 1!)

(Goalkeeper: Mark Flekken)

>Club: Brentford<

(Right Back: Pedro Porro)

>Club: Tottenham<

(Center Back: Ruben Dias)

>Club: Manchester City<

(Center Back: Josko Gvardiol)

>Club: Manchester City<

(Left Back: Diogo Dalot)

>Club: Diogo Dalot<

(Midfield: Amadou Onana)

>Club: Aston Villa<

(Midfield: Mateo Kovacic)

>Club: Manchester City<

(Midfield: Samuel Moses)

>Club: Aston Villa)

(Attack: Bukayo Saka)

>Club: Arsenal<

(Attack: Yoane Wissa)

>Club: Brentford<

(Attack: Kai Havertz)

>Club: Arsenal<

After impressive performances in their first game of the new premier league season, these 11 players were the best in their respective positions and Sam made the list, once again announcing himself to football fans across the world.

This was not his first time making the premier league team of the matchday, but this time it was different because now, he was no longer an unknown player.

The reason why other Fulham players didn't make the team of the matchday was because Manchester United dominated and were the better side throughout the game, only lacking in their offensive firepower.

Sam singlehandedly won Fulham its first game of the season.

Emile Smith Rowe should have a shout for the team of the matchday after his 2 assists' performance, but still, it was a fair line-up.

To Sam, first mission of the new season accomplished.

And just like he expected, after the game, his system lit up with notifications of new season system quests.