The Premier League made an exciting start to the 2013-14 season. A couple of surprise results on the opening weekend and lots of entertainment to discuss. Arsenal and Newcastle fans were left disappointed with their team's results over the weekend, whilst Manchester City were chanting about ending the first week top of the league. A number of players made their debut and four of them scored a goal Ricky van Wolfswinkel , Antonio Luna, Wilfried Bony and Roberto Soldado. Last season's top 3; Manchester United, Manchester City and Chelsea all produced impressive victories whilst Arsenal were the only team from last year's top 7 to lose. Of the five new managers, Mark Hughes was the only one to suffer defeat. Roberto Martínez's Everton picked up 1 point, whilst David Moyes, Manuel Pellegrini and José Mourinho all won. All three of the teams promoted from the Championship suffered defeat without scoring a single goal between them. Cardiff City were beat in the capital of England; 2-0 by West Ham, whilst Crystal Palace were beaten 1-0 at home by Tottenham and Hull City were 2-0 losers at Chelsea. Here are 5 interesting statistics from the first weekend of the 2013-14 Premier League season:
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