The highly anticipated English Premiership season 2009/10 has begun at last.

Results of the matches that flagged off the season:

Chelsea 2-1 Hull City held at Stamford Bridge
Aston Villa 0-2 Wigan Athletic held at Villa Park
Blackburn Rovers 0-2 Manchester City held at Ewood Park
Bolton Wanderers 0-1 Sunderland held at Reebok Stadium
Portsmouth 0-1 Fulham held at Fratton Park
Stoke City 2-0 Burnley held at Britannia Stadium
Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-2 West Ham United held at Molineux
Everton 1-6 Arsenal held at Goodison Park

A stunning performance by Arsenal secured them a massive 6-1 win over Everton at Goodison Park, a complete contrast to Chelsea’s incredibly lucky 90^th minute victory over Hull City, thanks to Didier Drogba. Another team to watch this season would be Manchester City –with its extravagant transfer spending (around £100m).

Cesc Fabregas was the pick of the day scoring two goals (47’, 69’) and assisting another two. The lone Everton goal was scored by Saha (90’). In other matches, Wigan Atheletic’s manager Roberto Martinez had a dream debut with a 2 – 0 win over Aston Villa. Blackburn lost to Manchester City despite having a number of scoring chances. City’s Shaun Wright-Phillips assisted both goals, Adebayor 3’ and Ireland 90’ which saw them through the opening day with an interesting season ahead. Both Sunderland and Fulham won by a goal a piece whereas Stoke City and West-Ham United scored two.

Last year’s champions Manchester United will host Birmingham City today while the league’s runners up- Liverpool will face Tottenham Hotspur, in their first away game this season.