What the EPL table looks like after Gunners, Spurs, Chelsea, Newcastle, Leeds all win and a Liverpool draw

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR began their new Premier League campaign with a 4-1 win from behind at home to Southampton on Saturday afternoon, moving top of a very early table.

Despite an active transfer window, Antonio Conte didn't start any of the club's six new signings. Southampton had three of their summer recruits in the XI but it was the familiar face of captain James-Ward Prowse that broke the deadlock in the 12th minute, crisply volleying Moussa Djenepo's cutback into the turf and over the line.

Having been painfully passive for the opener, Spurs hauled themselves level within ten minutes. Ryan Sessegnon provided a nod of approval for Dejan Kulusevski's sumptuous, in-swinging cross at the back post.

Son Heung-min arced in a devilish delivery of his own after half an hour. Forward from a corner kick, Eric Dier helped the low cross into the far corner with a delicately glanced header.

Spurs finished a first half short of chances but laced with efficiency (half of the first six shots were scored) with a flurry of openings for Son and Harry Kane which the pair squandered on the cusp of the interval.

An hour into the new campaign, Mohammed Salisu recorded a strong contender for blunder of the season. Tottenham's counter-attack had slowed to a crawl by the time Emerson Royal rolled the ball across the box. With time and space to take a touch or clear his lines, Salisu chose none of the above, tangling his own legs as he comedically sent the ball trickling over the goal line.

Spurs capitalised upon the disruption amid Southampton's ranks as Emerson and Kulusevski dovetailed down the right, wreaking havoc in the space behind Djenepo, a natural forward at left wingback. Kulusevski cut onto his feared left foot to curl in Tottenham's fourth of the afternoon within two minutes of their third.

Outside the opening quarter of an hour, Southampton struggled to create any notable chances as Spurs were comfortable defending their own penalty box, ultimately easing their way to three points to open the 2022/23 campaign.

Newcastle United vs Nottingham Forest

From St James' Park - Newcastle United got their Premier League campaign off to a winning start with a 2-0 win over newly promoted Nottingham Forest.

Newcastle dominated for almost the entire game, but they had to wait until late in the day as two goals in the last half-hour sealed victory for the Magpies.

The opener came on the hour mark from an unlikely source as Swiss central defender Fabian Schar fired home from long-range.

The second came on 79 minutes with Callum Wilson - who had barely had a kick up to that point - finishing superbly from Joelinton's pull-back to give Eddie Howe's men the there points. Although they showed plenty of spirit, there could be few complaints from Forest boss Steve Cooper.

Newcastle dominated proceedings from the off and had four corners in the opening ten-minutes but failed to trouble Dean Henderson in the away goal.

Another set-piece chance came Newcastle's way on 15-minutes with Kieran Trippier given a chance for one of his trademark free-kicks on the right of the Forest box, but once again it was poor as he could not beat the wall.

On the half-hour mark, good work from Miguel Almiron presented Allan Saint-Maximin with a clear chance just six yards out but he could not connect with his header - the ball came for Bruno Guimaraes on the edge of the box but his shot flew wide.

Joelinton then showed a clean set of heels to three Forest players before breaking into the box, but his shot was not equal to his run as it bobbled wide.

Just before the break and Forest finally threatened the Newcastle goal. Jesse Lingard broke and crossed for Brennan Johnson, who headed straight at Nick Pope. The visitors then saw Lewis O'Brien feed Lingard into the box, shot was blocked and Neco Williams followed up and fired wide.

After the break and it was more of the same, with Joe Willock and Saint-Maximin going close, but they were denied by good Forest defending.

But it was not long before Forest's resistance was finally broken and it took something special. Just before the hour the visitors cleared their lines and it came to Schar, 30-yards out. Unchallenged he carried on his run before unleashing an effort into the top-corner beyond Henderson.

Newcastle were now dominating but they were almost caught on the counter as Williams broke down the right and put great ball into the box for Sam Surridge, but he could only head down and wide.

Forest brought on record signing Taiwo Awoniyi, but he barely touched the ball before Newcastle made it 2-0 and sealed the win.

Nice work down the left saw Joelinton square the ball into Wilson, who side footed beyond Henderson to seal the victory for the Toon Army.

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