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The Foxes washed away the residual good vibes Sunderland might have been feeling after last season’s great escape.

They just can’t solve the Hammers’ defense and Petr Cech made poor judgment.

Bayern Munich, who let Shaqiri join Inter in January with strings attached, also have a vested interest in his sale and could yet influence the final outcome.

The last Sunderland manager to win a PL game on the opening weekend was Steve Bruce v Bolton in 2009/10 (D4 L2 since).

Stoke tried to sign Shaqiri from Bayern Munich in January, however the player opted to join Inter Milan instead, signing a a four-year deal at the San Siro.

A Philippe Coutinho thunderbolt helped Liverpool FC beat Stoke City last night, and goalkeeper Simon Mignolet has hailed the brilliance of the Brazilian.

It’s hard to think of Tottenham Hotspur as a team that’s “hated”, but the findings of a poll today released today indicate that Tottenham is actually more hated than fellow London club Arsenal.

Although Sakho missed some training sessions in the build up to the Stoke game due to the birth of his child, he is clearly now behind Martin Skrtel and Dejan Lovren in the pecking order.

Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany feels the club has a point to prove this season after failing to seriously challenge for the Premier League title in 2014/15, with a thumping win over West Brom in their opening game of the new campaign a ideal way to begin.

Whatever Pulis said at half-time roused West Brom, though, and there was immediately more goal to their game upon resumption.

Federico Fernandez committed an own goal to give Chelsea a 2-1 advantage at the half-hour mark.

I’ve heard their players saying that it’s something they don’t want to happen again – but we’ll have something to say about it as well. Either way though the overs is the bet that stands out to me here. I accept that.

And Rodgers said at his pre-match press conference: “When the fixture came out, I felt we couldn’t have had a better one to be honest”.

Meanwhile, Liverpool will kick-start the 2015/16 Premier League season with a trip to the Britannia Stadium as they face Stoke City on 9 August.

Liverpool chairman Tom Werner believes manager Brendan Rodgers is the right man for the job, but he expects to see “strong improvement”.