Premier League Table: Final Week 1 2016 Standings, Results and Week 2 Fixtures

Diego Costa ensured Antonio Conte enjoyed a winning start as new Chelsea manager by scoring late to help the Blues beat West Ham United 2-1 at Stamford Bridge on Monday. Costa’s quality effort cancelled out James Collins’ excellent equaliser for the Hammers, who had fallen behind to an Eden Hazard penalty.

Three points for Chelsea has put them third behind Manchester United and Liverpool and also wrapped up an eventful first week of the new Premier League season. It featured wins for Jose Mourinho’s United and Pep Guardiola in his debut with Manchester City.

However, Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is once again feeling the pressure after losing a seven-goal thriller to Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool at the Emirates Stadium.

Here are the results from the first week’s matches:

Here’s what the table looks like after the opening week:

The Week 2 fixtures:

Recap

There weren’t many positives for Conte, despite the three points. Yet he will have been pleased perhaps more by Eden Hazard’s tantalising performance than his team’s battling display.

The Belgian winger looked reinvigorated following a …

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