FOOTBALL Updated: Aug 11, 2018 22:16 IST

Apart from Chelsea, Watford, Bournemouth and Crystal Palace also picked up wins on the opening weekend of the season.


Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri got off to a winning start in the Premier League.

Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri got off to a winning Premier League start as new signing Jorginho slotted home coolly from the penalty spot in a 3-0 win at Huddersfield on Saturday.

Watford, Bournemouth and Crystal Palace also picked up 2-0 wins on the opening weekend of the season.

Chelsea have endured a turbulent pre-season with Sarri sworn in to replace fellow Italian Antonio Conte less than a month before the campaign got underway.

The Londoners also smashed their transfer record and set a new world record fee for a goalkeeper in splashing 80 million euros (Pound 72 million, USD 92 million) on Kepa Arrizbalaga this week after Thibaut Courtois departed for Real Madrid.

But the young Basque ‘keeper was rarely troubled in recording a clean sheet as the visitors’ greater quality told at the John Smith’s Stadium after a slow start.