European Summary: Chelsea Top Premiership In Convincing Style

Premiership (Matchday 1)
After a season of ultimately being in the shadow of Manchester United both domestically and on the continent, Chelsea sent a warning to the defending champions that they intend to see the Premiership return to Stamford Bridge. Luiz Felipe Scolari's first match in charge saw a rampant Chelsea overcome FA Cup Winners Portsmouth 4-0 in a game which saw them showcase Lampard, Deco and Ballack in the same midfield. Meanwhile the champions stuttered to a draw against Newcastle at Old Trafford. The chasing pack of Arsenal and Liverpool will both be encouraged by the results if not performances of their sides as they began the new season with three points. Of the newly promoted teams, Hull City beat Fulham 2-1 but West Brom fell to a Samir Nasri goal in a defeat to Arsenal and Stoke lost to Bolton 3-1. All of the results and goalscorers from the opening day of the 2008/2009 Premiership season are below:

Aston Villa 4-2 Man City
Carew, Agbonlahor (3); Elano (pen), Corluka

Chelsea 4-0 Portsmouth
J Cole, Anelka, Lampard (pen), Deco

Man Utd 1-1 Newcastle
Fletcher; Martins

Arsenal 1-0 West Brom
Nasri

Bolton 3-1 Stoke
Steinsson, Davies, Elmander; Fuller

Everton 2-3 Blackburn
Arteta, Yakubu; Dunn, Santa Cruz, Ooijer

Hull 2-1 Fulham
Geovanni, Folan; Ki-Hyeon

Middlesbrough 2-1 Tottenham
Wheater, Mido; Huth (o.g.)

Sunderland 0-1 Liverpool
Torres

West Ham 2-1 Wigan
Ashton (2), Zaki

Scottish Premier League (Matchday 2)
Dundee United 1 - 1 Celtic
Rangers 2 - 0 Hearts
Motherwell 0 - 1 Aberdeen
Inverness CT 0 - 1 Hamilton
Hibernian 3 - 2 Falkirk
St Mirren 0 - 0 Kilmarnock

French Ligue I (Matchday 2)
Grenoble 1 - 0 Rennes
Lorient 0 - 0 Lyon
Marsaille 4 -0 Auxerre
Caen 3-1 Valenciennes
Lille 1 - 3 Le Mans
Nantes 1 - 1 Monaco
Nice 2 - 1 AS Nancy
PSG 1 - 0 Bordeaux
St Etienne 2 - 1 Sochaux
Toulouse 2 - 1 Le Havre

German Bundesliga (Matchday 1)
Borussia Mochengladbach 1 - 3 VfB Stuttgart
Eintracht Frankfurt 0 - 2 Hertha Berlin
Arminia Bielefeld 2 - 2 Werder Bremen
Bayer Leverkusen 2 - 3 Borussia Dortmund
Cottbus 0 - 3 TSG Hoffenheim
Karlsruhe 1 - 0 VfL Bochum
Schalke 04 3 - 0 Hannover 96
Wolfsburg 2 - 1 Cologne
Bayern Munich 2 - 2 Hamburg

Frank Lampard's agreement to a new contract was not the only good news for Chelsea, as the prolific midfielder scored in their 4-0 victory over Portsmouth.