Premier League

For the past seven seasons, Stoke City have showed why they deserved to be part of the Premier League.

A new season, a new goalkeeper and high expectations were buzzing around the Emirates on Sunday, but the Gunners start to the 2015 Premier League season was ever so Arsenal. 

Philippe Coutinho seems to defy the laws of physics whenever he scores. That might not make sense if he was another player, but he’s not; he’s Philippe Coutinho: the man who cannot score an average goal. 

Honestly, last year he made a habit of scoring from the other side of nowhere, and this year he’s just doing more of the glorious same.  

First, it must be said that it's hard to give Petr Cech too hard a time about the thumping he took in Arsenal's season opener against West Brom. Despite the fact that the newly-minted Gunner gave up two pedestrian goals against West Brom, the former Chelsea striker does have more clean sheets in Premier League openers than any other keeper.

Mexican international Miguel Layun made his Premier League debut Saturday at Everton, and has a goal to show for it. Layun pounced on a ball bouncing around in the box in the 14th minute. He plays as a left back for Mexico but generally features as a midfielder for Watford.

Layun was substituted after 59 minutes. He is the fifth Mexican player to score in the Premier league, following Chicharito, Jared Borgetti, Guillermo Franco and Carlos Vela. 

The game finished a 2-2 draw, a good result for newly-promoted Watford.

It seems like just yesterday that Chelsea paraded their 5th Premier League title down Kings Road, and yet the start of the 2015-16 Barclays Premier League is already upon us. 

Since the end of May you’ve likely spent your weekends visiting relatives, enjoying summer morning walks or leisurely breakfasts with your family. You might have taken up a new hobby or started volunteering at your local soup kitchen, or perhaps you’ve joined a book club to broaden your literary horizons. 

Jamie Carragher and Gary Neville were the best of enemies when they played for Liverpool and Manchester United, respectively.

Now, though, they've been forced to team up in FIFA 16 Ultimate Team. It was, uh, interesting. 

Can the next one please be Arsene Wenger and Jose Mourinho trying to coexist?

Ever wondered what soccer will look like in the year 3000? Well, you're in luck, because one Reddit user decided to find out, using the popular computer game Football Manager. 

In the end it was a most Mourinho-like victory for Arsene Wenger as he finally, finally beat his arch rival. 

We didn't know Arsenal's Olivier Giroud was into professional wrestling, until we watched this video of a glitch in FIFA 15 that clearly shows Giroud using Randy Orton's finishing move, the Randy Knock Out (or RKO) on an unsuspecting defender after a goal. Everybody has a dark side, we guess, even the French.

The wrestling commentary added to the video was a nice touch, we thought.