The greatest league in the world is back with a bang. Gameweek 1 was filled with drama, exciting goals, last minute heartbreak, and Martin Dubravka getting punished for time wasting under the new rules. It's everything we love about the beautiful game and we're back to cover it all for another season.

We look at some of the winners and losers of the opening weekend of games, from newly promoted teams to Manchester United attacking firepower.

Over the last few years we have gotten so accustomed to seeing all the newly promoted teams get relegated again immediately. So much so that two promoted teams getting wins on opening day feels so surreal, it's like watching another universe's version of the EPL.

Granted, Burnley got comfortably rolled over by Tottenham, but, who wasn't expecting that? Of all the promoted sides, they have looked the least ready to be back in the Premier League. Sunderland have strengthened their team admirably in the summer, and Leeds have returned with a team with plenty of Premier League experience in the ranks. Sunderland comfortably beat a lackluster West Ham who look like they're going to struggle this season to secure all three points. Leeds had a more difficult path to victory, having dominated Everton in the first half with nothing to show for it, they had to settle for a late penalty in an evenly matched second half to get the job done. But I can guarantee that nobody on Elland Road cares how they won that game, the points are on the board, and they're off to a dream start.

Since leaving Brighton for Chelsea Graham Potter's stock as a football manager has continued to fall steadily. The West Ham job seemed like the perfect place to rebuild his image when he took over, but he is doing a really bad job of it so far. If I had to bet on which manager will get the sack first this season, I'd have to bet on him unfortunately.

His performance at West Ham is quite baffling when you look at the quality of players they have. Lucas Paqueta and Jarrod Bowen make for formidable attacking threat. And they have EPL proven players all over the pitch from Wan-Bissaka to Max Kilman. Surely it shouldn't be impossible to take these players and put them in a system that has them playing decent football? For whatever reason, Potter is just unable to do that so far.

I don't think anyone expected Manchester United to come out firing like they did on Sunday, I certainly did not. They may have lost the game and the points but make no mistake, they were the better side for 90 minutes. The addition of Cunha and Mbeumo to their ranks has had immediate effect. No longer the doddering, aimless, wasteful attacking unit from last season, United on Sunday were direct, intense, and relentless.

It's noteworthy that all this happened with Sesko on the bench and Mount playing as a false nine for most of the game. Which means that United's attack has a couple more gears to go through as Sesko is integrated into the team, and the players find a rhythm the more they play with each other. Granted, questions remain in other parts of the pitch for United, particularly in midfield, but whatever happens we should expect some scintillating attacking displays from the Red Devils this season.

Well, they won the game and got the three points, plus a clean sheet thanks to David Raya heroics, but that was an incredibly shaky start to the season for the Gunners. There was not a single bright point to take away from the performance, except perhaps that David Raya is turning out to be an incredible signing.

Having finished in second place for three seasons in a row, Arsenal fans will be hoping they can go the distance this season. Especially after a very busy summer transfer window that has seen the likes of Zubimendi and Gyokeres arrive at the Emirates. With a Liverpool clash to come in two weeks, and a difficult game against a very motivated Leeds United up next, Arteta and his team had better figure out what the problem is very quickly.

Yes, they lost 4-2 to Liverpool, but, for much of the game they went toe-to-toe with the best team in the country at the moment. They clawed their way back from 2-0 down to 2-2 and only lost the game thanks to one defensive lapse and a little Mo Salah Magic.

What is more impressive than the result is the context. Bournemouth lost their entire starting defensive unit with the exception of Adam Smith in the transfer window. That's four players (Kepa, Kerkez, Huijsen, and Zabarnyi) who they've had to replace in less than a month. And they've gotten the replacements in and got all of them playing like a unit together in their very first game against such a difficult opponent, it's quite remarkable. Clearly Iraola and team are going to have a much better season than many, including myself, were expecting.

Like Bournemouth, Brentford have lost a lot of key personnel in the transfer window. They lost their head coach Thomas Frank, their best player Bryan Mbeumo, and their captain Christian Norgaard, their first-choice goalkeeper Mark Flekken among others. And if the rumours are to be believed, they might still lose Yoanne Wissa to Newcastle before the window ends. It was not very surprising to see Nottingham Forest cruise to an easy opening day win against the Bees unfortunately.

I look at that list of outgoings and I'm inclined to think that the biggest loss so far isn't a player, it's the loss of the tactical genius of Thomas Frank at the helm. Brentford have lost players before but Thomas Frank has always found a way to reconfigure the team and keep them competitive. But with him gone, all the weight rests on the shoulders of Keith Andrews to find a way to keep them up in his first ever job as head coach. To say that the club is asking something immensely difficult of their former set-piece coach is to be severely understating what is at stake here.