EPL Table: 2016 Premier League Standings After Sunday's Week 1 Matches
The headline match of the new Premier League season's opening weekend more than lived up to its billing, as Liverpool came back from a goal down to beat Arsenal 4-3 at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday.
Philippe Coutinho netted a double for the Reds, with Adam Lallana and Sadio Mane also getting on the scoresheet. Theo Walcott, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Calum Chambers found the net for the hosts.
Manchester United produced an excellent second-half performance to beat Bournemouth 3-1 at the Vitality Stadium and get Jose Mourinho's reign as Red Devils manager in the Premier League off to a winning start.
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After a weekend of largely tight matches, here is how the teams lie in the 2016-17 Premier League season, with Chelsea still to play West Ham United on Monday:
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Manchester United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 3 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 |
| 3 | Manchester City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 |
| 4 | Hull | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 |
| 5 | Swansea | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 3 |
| 6 | West Bromwich Albion | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 3 |
| 7 | Stoke | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Southampton | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Middlesbrough | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Watford | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Tottenham | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Everton | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Leicester | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Sunderland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Crystal Palace | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Burnley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | Arsenal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 0 |
| 18 | Bournemouth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 19 | Chelsea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | West Ham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Arsenal opened the scoring in north London in the 31st minute, after Alberto Moreno pushed forward and gave Walcott space to ghost into the box and finish well past Simon Mignolet.
Two minutes beforehand, the Belgian had saved a penalty from Walcott, earned when the Englishman was carelessly bundled over by Moreno, per football writer Thore Haugstad:
Liverpool equalised just before half-time, when Coutinho curled a brilliant 25-yard free-kick into the top corner.
And the Reds were ahead four minutes into the second half, when Lallana finished a flowing move from Liverpool that included Coutinho and new signing Georginio Wijnaldum.
Soon after, the visitors led 3-1. Coutinho turned home Nathaniel Clyne's drilled cross from the right for the third, and Mane added a fourth just after the hour as he unleashed an unstoppable shot from the edge of the box, per NBC Sports' Joe Prince-Wright:
Almost immediately, Oxlade-Chamberlain pulled one back for the Gunners, cutting in from the left and firing past Mignolet. Chambers gave Arsenal hope of snatching a point when he glanced a header into the back of the net from Santi Cazorla's free-kick in the 75th minute.
However, Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool side held on to claim the victory after a brilliant match.
Earlier in the day, the opening half of United's clash with Bournemouth was a cagey affair, but Mourinho's men managed to go into half-time with a 1-0 lead, Juan Mata taking advantage of a Simon Francis error five minutes before the break.
Francis put his goalkeeper, Artur Boruc, in trouble with an underhit backpass, but the Spaniard's initial effort was saved.
The rebound from the save, though, bounced off Francis and back into Mata's path, and the former Chelsea man made no mistake to put his side a goal ahead.
There was a certain element of good luck in United's 59th-minute second goal too, as Wayne Rooney headed home when Anthony Martial's skewed attempt fell into his path.
New signing Zlatan Ibrahimovic made it 3-0 and wrapped up all three points five minutes later, drilling home a low shot from 25 yards to continue a remarkable debut record, per OptaJoe:
United goalkeeper David De Gea was denied a clean sheet when Adam Smith scored a consolation for the hosts 20 minutes from time, but it was a positive opening performance from Mourinho's side.
The Red Devils will look to make it two wins from two on Friday, when they host Southampton at Old Trafford. That fixture could see Paul Pogba make his return after his world-record transfer back to his old club from Juventus.
