Premier League Results, Table After Saturday Week 1 - originally posted on Soccerlens.com
Premier League champions Leicester City suffered a shock 2-1 defeat against newcomer Hull City in the opening match of the brand new 2016-17 Premier League season at the KCOM stadium.
Week 1 Scores & Results
Hull City 2-1 Leicester City
Burnley 0-0 Swansea
Crystal Palace 0-1 West Brom
Everton 1-1 Tottenham
Middlesbrough 1-1 Stoke
Southampton 1-1 Watford
Man City – Sunderland
Premier League Standings
Claudio Ranieri said after the match his team played “individually” and “not as a team” as the Foxes suffered a shock defeat against Hull City.
Leicester became the first team as reigning champions to lose their opening league game of the next season since Arsenal in 1989/90.
Leicester: Are the first reigning champions to lose their opening match of the season in the Premier League era #HulLei
— WhoScored.com (@WhoScored) August 13, 2016
Hull City produced a spirited performance and took the early lead through Abel Hernandez who scored from a wonderful bicycle kick from six yards out.
In the second half, Riyad Mahrez restored parity from a spot kick after Demarai Gray was brought down in the box by Huddlestone.
The atmosphere inside the stadium was electrifying despite the fans protest against the owners and Hull City responded with Robert Snodgrass netting the winner with a lovely strike with his left foot.
More to follow…
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