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EPL Table: Saturday’s Opening Results, Scores and 2016 Premier League Standings
- Updated: August 14, 2016
Few feelings in sports match the unique sense of hope and excitement that come with the beginning of a new season. One year ago, even the most diehard Leicester City supporters would have found it tough to believe their squad would end up winning the Premier League title, but that’s exactly what happened.
The Foxes’ championship defense didn’t get off to an auspicious start, however, as they suffered an away defeat to recently promoted Hull. It was one of seven matches on the schedule Saturday as the new EPL campaign got underway.
Let’s check out all of the results from the first day of play. That’s followed by an updated look at the table and a recap of some key stories to emerge during the action.
Saturday’s Match Results
Premier League Table
Top Storylines
Leicester City Falters Immediately
Leicester were the darlings of the sports world as they finished their magical run to the title in convincing fashion during the final months of last term. Now they are the hunted champions, and it’s a role that’s going to take some getting used to, as the loss to Hull illustrated.
While there were some promising moments on the attack and the Foxes generated 18 shots, the finishing touch was missing for a majority of the fixture. It’s a problem that rarely surfaced last season as it seemed they benefited from the bounces and came up with clutch goals almost on command.
After the match, manager Claudio Ranieri highlighted the reasons for optimism but also admitted on LCFC TV that the journey to staying on top is a difficult one, per the club’s official site:
I’m very pleased with the number of chances we created but of course I want to see a team. Our strength is as a team. Today we were better, harder, but not like a team.
When I played with four strikers it was important to play with [Ahmed] Musa and Riyad [Mahrez] very wide. They wanted to …
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