By Chris Wright
Thanks Moses, Jesus and Chewbacca the Premier League is back though, we can’t lie, the opening day was a little bit on the pap side – here’s our pick of the photos…
Newcastle 0-0 Arsenal: Joey Barton hoists Gervinho to his feet after the Ivorian had collapsed in the Newcastle penalty area looking for a spot-kick…
…a grapple breaks out which eventually sees Gervinho sent off for slapping Barton upside his hipster quiff
High feet ref? Shola Ameobi gives Alex Song (who has earlier stamped on a prone Joey Barton’s calf) a closer look at his studs
Liverpool 1-1 Sunderland: Luis Suarez is sent sprawling after a tangle of legs with Sunderland’s Kieran Richardson, the Uruguayan then fluffed the resultant penalty before putting Liverpool ahead with a near-post header
Seb Larsson cracks home a magnificent scissor-kick to equalise for Sunderland against Liverpool at Anfield
Fulham 0-0 Villa: Not an awful lot of stellar action from Fulham vs Aston Villa, so here’s two lovely ladies instead
QPR 0-4 Bolton: Two minutes into his QPR debut, crock Monsieur Kieron Dyer is stretchered from the pitch with his knee and ankle in a splint – we hate to say we told you so, but…
Gary Cahill is mobbed after opening the scoring against QPR with a curling blockbuster from the edge of the area
Wigan 1-1 Norwich: Ben Watson puts Wigan one up against Norwich from the spot. Wes Hoolahan later pulled one back for the Canaries following Ali Al Habsi’s fumble
Blackburn 1-2 Wolves: Wolves’ Stephen Ward is mobbed by his teammates after pinging home a lovely low volley from the edge of the area to nab his side an opening day victory over Blackburn at Ewood
Photos: PA