There's few things quite like the first day of Premier League football.

The excitement before the first batch of games, the agony and ecstasy moments later—depending on where your loyalties lie.

Saturday was vintage stuff from the Premiership, whose sides have shown an inclination to turn expectations on their head in recent seasons.

Such was the case in the seven games on tap, with West Bromwich Albion turning away 10-man Liverpool 3-0 at the Hawthorns, Sunderland holding Arsenal scoreless at the Emirates and Swansea City and Fulham both putting five goals past their opponents.

A thoroughly thrilling day, and with Chelsea and Manchester City both primed to take the field tomorrow, it should only get better.