At 12:45 local time), the opening match of the first round of the 2008–09 English Premier League season kicked off at Emirates Stadium, with Arsenal beating promoted side Marcy Bromwich Albion 1–0 at home and Nasri scoring his first goal on his debut.

Line-ups for both sides:

Arsenal line-up (4-4-2): 1-Almunia; 3 - Sania, 20 - Chowru, 10 - Garas, 22 - Krish; 27 - Eeb, 8 - Nasri, 15 - Denilson, 14 - Walcott; 25 - Adebayo, 8 - Li Siqi

West Bromwich Albion lineup (4-5-1): 19-Carson; 2 - Hofkens, 5 - Barnett, 23 - Mayt, 3 - Robinson; 11 - Brent, 27 - Morrison, 8 - Greening, 14 - Kim Doo-hyun, 4 - Petr Cech; 10 - Miller

In the past 6 meetings between the two Premier League history, Arsenal has the upper hand with 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat, and Arsenal are unbeaten in the last 5 home games against West Brom with 3 wins and 2 draws. The last time West Brom was a guest win over the Gunners was 25 years ago. In the 121 games in which the two sides have met in history, Arsenal has the advantage of 58 wins, 28 draws and 35 defeats. Arsenal replaced the two, with Nasri and Bentener starting alongside Ramsay and Robin van Persie respectively in the summer for £12 million transfers.

In the second minute, Adebayo crossed from the left and Met's edge of the penalty area was cleared before Benturner. Arsenal took the lead in the fourth minute when Denilson crossed from the left and Nasri scored with a low shot from six yards to make his Premier League debut (goal video). In the 6th minute, Eib was fouled in front of the penalty area and Brent fired a direct free-kick from 28 yards just over the goal. In the 7th minute, Adebayo crossed from the left and Walcott's header from 12 yards was blocked by Robinson.

In the 9th minute, Chris passed the ball and Nasri's shot from the left side of the box was blocked by former Manchester United midfielder Grinning. Nasri then passed the ball and Wolcott's shot from the right side of the box was blocked. In the 11th minute, Denilson crossed the ball and Gallas fired from distance from 30 yards, the ball grazed the left upright. In the 18th minute, a cross from Krishy was cleared and Sarnia's long-range shot from 30 yards was blocked by Meit, and the ball deflected off the left upright. In the 23rd minute, Jolu passed the ball and Bentener's shot from the edge of the box on the left was denied by Carson.

In the 25th minute, Denilson took a corner kick from the left and Bentener nodded in front of the goal and deflected the ball. In the 30th minute, Miller's header was crossed and Kim Doo-hyun's volley from the edge of the left penalty area was saved by Almunia's fingertips. In the 31st minute, Nasri crossed, Adebayo's header was blocked, and Sania's close-range shot was saved. In the 35th minute, Denilson crossed the ball and Eeb's powerful shot deflected from 25 yards. Just before half-time, Adebayo's shot from the edge of the box was blocked and Denilson's shot from distance was deflected.

In the 49th minute, Adebayo's curved shot from the left side of the penalty area deflected into the far corner. West Brom narrowly equalised in the 50th minute when Kim Doo-hyun crossed straight and Miller's small-angle shot from the left side of the penalty area was blocked by Almunia with his leg, and Robinson followed up with a shot that was blocked by the fallen Jolu in front of the goal line. Arsenal missed a chance in the 52nd minute when Nasri crossed straight and Adebayo single-handedly pushed 15 yards on the left side of the box and the ball deflected off the right post. In the 53rd minute, Denilson passed the ball and Eib's shot from 20 yards was deflected.

In the 65th minute, Li Siqi passed the ball and Eib's powerful shot from 25 yards was deflected again. One minute later, Adebayo passed the ball and Walcott's shot from the edge of the box was blocked by Robinson. In the 68th minute, Walcott passed straight and Adebayo's goal was disallowed for offside. In the 70th minute, Van Persie replaced Bentener. Toure then replaced Walcott. In the 79th minute, Eeb's shot from the left side of the box was blocked by Brent. Then a corner kick was taken, Van Persie crossed, Joru's header was blocked and Gallas shot high.

In the 81st minute, Adebayo crossed and Van Persie's header was confiscated. In the 85th minute, Toure passed the ball and Van Persie's volley from outside the edge of the box was deflected. In the 87th minute, Adebayo crossed from the left side of the penalty area and Van Persie's shot from 14 yards deflected off the right post. In the end, Arsenal narrowly beat last season's Championship leaders West Brom.

The Sun: It's not the biggest transfer, but it's the most shocking. Manchester United player Sylvester could move to Arsenal for £750,000. Ferguson and Wenger's 12-year "gentleman's agreement" that the well water does not violate the river water has been broken, which seems to mean that the Ferguson, who firmly refused to want Heinze to move to Liverpool last summer, now does not put Arsenal in his eyes?

Earlier, Sylvester firmly refused offers from Bordeaux and Paris Saint-Germain, and instead of returning home like Thuram and Macale, he made a bold statement that he was ready to end his career at Manchester United. That way, next summer, after 361 games in all competitions for United in the 1998/99 season, he could get a farewell match. But before the transfer market closed, Sunderland and Manchester City extended him a substantial invitation, even verbally, until Wenger extended his invitation on Tuesday night, and now, for a month, he is in the middle of loyalists and referees. If successful, he would become the first player to move from Manchester United to Arsenal after Brian Kidd in 1974.

In this way, the player, who claims that his family prefers to stay in the Northwest, seems to simply not like leaving the "World No. 1 League". When Sunderland's invitation came, he considered; When City's invitation arrived, he largely agreed; And when Wenger invited Tuesday night, Sylvester "couldn't refuse." Can't refuse to work for compatriot Wenger at Arsenal, where compatriots are crowded, can't refuse the temptation to live in London, can't refuse the opportunity to participate in the Champions Cup... He was quick to promise Wenger that Arsenal was his first option and if all went well, the deal could even get him on his debut for Arsenal in Saturday's game against Fulham.

Arsenal will pay Sylvester £50,000 a week, which is very attractive to the 34-year-old French veteran, and is much better than Manchester City, who can't afford to buy someone and was recently asked by Shakhtar Donetsk to buy the balance of Elano. What surprised Arsenal fans even more was that Wenger did not buy Sylvester as a player to enhance bench thickness, nor was he a substitute for Krish, but prepared to make him the preferred central defender and Gala partner.

What interests outsiders is whether Ferguson will let him go this time. The Scots had long admired Vieira, and Arsene Wenger had the idea of buying David Beckham in 2003, but neither man ultimately put the bid on the table.