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The start of the 2026/27 Premier League campaign couldn't have gone any better for Mikel Arteta and his Arsenal side.

Arsenal vs Chelsea was always going to be a feisty affair, and coming so early in the 2026/27 Premier League campaign, it gave both managers a chance to assess the relative merits of their squads.

Former Premier League official, head of PGMOL and refereeing authority Keith Hackett will be Flashscore's resident expert throughout the 2026/27 Premier League season and will offer his observations and views on the performances of the English top-flight officials, their decision-making and any other talking points after each weekend.

For a quick and entertaining look at what happened in the world of football over the weekend, we’re back with our regular selection of Winners and Losers. Glorious rebirths, seismic setbacks, and millions invested with little return take centre stage in this edition!

Three league games into his Fulham reign, Alvaro Arbeloa already has problems both on and off the pitch.

Martin Odegaard scored his first match-winning goal since the Premier League (PL) finale of 2024/25, as Arsenal battled back from behind to secure a 2-1 victory over London rivals Chelsea at the Emirates Stadium, despite facing more shots on target than they had done in the first two matchweeks of this season combined.

There was plenty of surprise when Manchester City agreed to pay £116m for Elliot Anderson.

Barcelona claimed a fourth straight LaLiga victory in a 5-0 triumph over Valencia at the Estadio Mestalla, leaving them with the only 100% record in the Spanish top flight.

A classic London derby on Sunday pits reigning Premier League champions Arsenal against a much-changed Chelsea side looking to knock the Gunners off their perch.

Everton head into their Premier League fixture on Sunday against Manchester United, having not been able to secure a striker in the summer transfer window.

Chelsea couldn't have got off to a much better start to their 2026/27 campaign under Xabi Alonso.

After one of the busiest transfer windows in their recent history, Tottenham Hotspur head to the City Ground on Saturday afternoon looking for their first points and first goals of the 2026/27 Premier League season.

It is September 2025, and Kimi Antonelli is on a horrid run of form in his rookie season after an encouraging start. The teenager heads into his home Italian Grand Prix with a relatively uncompetitive car and little expectation. His maiden home Grand Prix is not a disaster after securing P9, but he is some way off teammate George Russell, who continues to get the better of his inexperienced appren...

With Premier League new boys Coventry City being one of a handful of teams that are yet to score a goal in the 2026/27 campaign, the last thing Frank Lampard and Co. needed was a trip to table-toppers Man City.

Roberto De Zerbi gave the green light for Richarlison to be cut from the Tottenham squad amid fears the Brazil forward could unsettle the squad's focus.

Now that the transfer window is closed, attention will fall back onto Mikel Arteta and his own contract situation.

Every summer the Premier League spends more than it did the last one, and every summer somebody on television says this cannot continue while a graphic behind them confirms that it just did. The number this time was £3.49 billion, a record for the second year running and roughly three times what the league spent five years ago.

Ipswich Town host Liverpool in the third Friday night fixture of the Premier League season, with the Portman Road-based team a point and one position ahead of the Reds.

Just 11 years ago this month, Man Utd. paid what was at the time the highest-ever transfer fee for a teenager when they acquired Anthony Martial from Ligue 1 side AS Monaco.

Manchester United’s transfer focus will switch firmly to defence in 2027 as the club look to put the finishing touches to a squad they believe will be close to challenging for top honours again.

As might've been expected, Chelsea were one of the busier teams in the summer transfer window, which wasn't without 11th-hour drama on transfer deadline day.

So that's it for another few months, as the Premier League transfer window slams shut until the start of 2027.

Anyone associated with Everton Football Club will wake up Wednesday morning wondering quite how their transfer window came to this.

Despite making a late approach for Rayan Ait-Nouri, Manchester United opted against committing to a new left-back this summer.

Manchester City are comfortable with the £125 million fee for Enzo Fernandez after their outgoing business helped balance the club’s summer transfer spending.