Belgian midfielder Kevin de Bruyne scored on his Napoli debut as the Serie A champions began their title defence with a 2-0 win at Sassuolo.
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The 34-year-old, who joined on a free transfer in the summer after 10 years with Manchester City, found the far corner of the net with a whipped free-kick from the left shortly before the hour mark.
Scotland midfielder Scott McTominay had given the champions the lead after 17 minutes when he headed in a cross from Italy winger Matteo Politano.
McTominay, 28, scored 12 goals in 34 league appearances after joining Napoli from Manchester United in 2024, earning him the Serie A MVP award as Antonio Conte's side clinched the title.
The Scot, who has scored 14 times in 37 matches in all competitions for the Italians, recently earned a nomination for the 2025 Ballon d'Or award.
The hosts' on-loan Marseille midfielder Ismael Kone was sent off with 11 minutes to go for a second bookable offence.
Elsewhere in the division, Genoa and Lecce played out a tense 0-0 draw in a game of few chances.
Viktor Gyokeres scored his first Arsenal goals as the Gunners put five past Leeds after unveiling new £60m signing Eberechi Eze before kick-off.
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It was a jubilant atmosphere in north London as Eze was introduced to the crowd before the game and the energetic crowd seemed to give the team a lift.
Jurrien Timber scored the opening goal, heading in a trademark set piece before providing an assist for Bukayo Saka for Arsenal's second.
Saka smashed a shot past Lucas Perri just before half-time but then the England winger was forced to limp off injured in the second half.
Striker Gyokeres, a £64m signing, jinked into the box to score Arsenal's third with a low strike before Timber scored his second from another corner.
Mikel Arteta also handed a Premier League debut to 15-year-old Max Dowman, who replaced Noni Madueke, who had been making his first start for the Gunners.
Dowman had an immediate impact, winning a penalty after being brought down by Anton Stach and Gyokeres slammed the ball into the bottom corner with almost the last kick of the game.
Dowman became the second youngest player to play for the club at 15 years and 234 days old, only behind his team-mate Ethan Nwaneri who made his debut at 15 years 181 days in September 2022 against Brentford.
Arteta will be concerned though by the injury to Saka, while he was also forced to replace Martin Odegaard in the first half after his captain limped off with an injury on his 200th appearance for the Gunners.
Leeds were outclassed for most of the match and only really threatened the Arsenal goal once when Pascal Struijk had a header saved by Raya.
Marcus Rashford was taken off at half-time on his full Barcelona debut before the defending La Liga champions staged a fightback from two goals down to beat Levante.
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The on-loan Manchester United forward was deployed on the left, with Raphinha down the middle behind Ferran Torres and Lamine Yamal on the right, but struggled to make an impression in his 45 minutes on the pitch.
Barcelona as a whole had been poor in the first half and fell behind in the 15th minute when Ivan Romero struck, cleverly working some space inside the box before slotting in.
Torres hit the crossbar as Barcelona pushed for the equaliser but instead the hosts added a second deep into first-half stoppage time.
Alejandro Balde was deemed to have handled the ball by the video assistant referee when blocking a shot and referee Alejandro Hernandez Hernandez awarded a penalty after being summoned to the screen.
Jose Luis Morales then stepped up to score from the spot.
Barcelona replaced Rashford and Marc Casado with Dani Olmo and Gavi at the start of the second half, and within eight minutes they were level.
Pedri first fired a superb strike into the top corner from 25 yards before Torres volleyed in an equaliser.
It looked like they would have to settle for a point but a stunning second-half turnaround was completed in the first minute of stoppage time when Levante's Unai Elgezabal headed Yamal's fine cross into his own net.
Barcelona were playing in last season's away shirts because of La Liga rules on colour clashes as all three of their current kits were deemed to not provide enough contrast to Levante's home shirt.
Tottenham Hotspur made it back-to-back Premier League victories under new manager Thomas Frank by stunning Manchester City once again at Etihad Stadium.
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Spurs came here last November and inflicted a 4-0 humbling of City in a scintillating performance, and they went home once more with all three points courtesy of a resolute defensive display.
They started slowly as Omar Marmoush latched on to Pedro Porro's loose header and squeezed a shot narrowly wide of the far post before seeing a thunderous strike from range pushed away by Guglielmo Vicario.
The Egyptian was lively early on and forced another excellent save from the Spurs goalkeeper after being played through by Erling Haaland.
With their first real threat of the game, Spurs took the lead courtesy of a lightning breakaway as Richarlison's low cross was converted by Brennan Johnson.
The goal was initially ruled out for offside, but that was overturned following a review by the video assistant referee.
With seven minutes added on in the first half because of an injury to City left-back Rayan Ait-Nouri, Spurs doubled their lead through Joao Palhinha who smashed in after a loose pass from goalkeeper James Trafford inside his own area.
It capped a difficult few minutes for the City keeper who could have been dismissed for a collision on the edge of the box with Mohammed Kudus.
Haaland should have pulled one back before the break but headed over from close range, and the home side were left frustrated in the second period as Tottenham made it two clean sheets from two in the league so far this season.
Chelsea overcame Cole Palmer's injury in the warm-up and the shock of conceding an early goal to thrash West Ham at London Stadium.
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Joao Pedro, Pedro Neto, Enzo Fernandez, Moises Caicedo and Trevoh Chalobah were on target as the Blues claimed their first win of the season - and made it successive losses for their hosts in a largely one-sided derby.
England forward Palmer was replaced by teenager Estevao Willian as a precaution after pulling up in the build-up to the game.
Chelsea suffered another blow when the 18-year-old Brazilian's backheel was cut out in the sixth minute and Lucas Paqueta strode forward before smashing home a stunning, swerving effort into the net.
But Estevao settled down to sparkle as compatriot Joao Pedro levelled nine minutes later through a close-range header.
A video assistant referee (VAR) check then ruled out West Ham's last positive action in the game as defender Jean-Clair Todibo was judged to be marginally offside before crossing to set up Niclas Fullkrug to finish.
Neto volleyed Chelsea ahead in the 23rd minute and Fernandez tapped home Estevao's cross 11 minutes later.
There were a smattering of boos at half-time from the Hammers faithful, but it got worse for manager Graham Potter against his former club.
After Fernandez missed a good chance early in the second half, Caicedo and Chalobah both scored from corners after two weak attempts by goalkeeper Mads Hermansen to claim crosses on his home debut.
The stands emptied after those fourth and fifth goals in the space of four minutes as angry Hammers fans showed their dissent in the club's first home game of the season, which followed a 3-0 loss at newly promoted Sunderland on the opening day.
West Ham are now without a win in six home matches and eight goals is the most they have conceded across their two opening games of a top-flight season.