Man City begin title defence at West Ham, Man Utd host Chelsea

Champions Manchester City begins their Premier League title defense capmaign with a away trip to West Ham while Manchester United will host Chelsea in a blockbuster meeting to start the campaign after next seasons fixtures were revealed on ThursdayManchester City will be confident of a fruitful start after scoring four times in each of their last three visits to the London Stadium but face a tougher clash when Champions League finalists Tottenham Hotspur visit the Etihad on the second weekend of the seasonRunnersup and Champions League winners Liverpool begin with a home game to newlypromoted Norwich Last season top two meet at Anfield on November 9 with the return at the Etihad scheduled for April 4 subject to TV confirmationChelsea will begin life without the influential Eden Hazard at Old Trafford with United in need of a fast start after a dismal end to last season under Ole Gunnar SolskjaerOn their return to the topflight Aston Villa host Spurs whilst Sheffield United are away at BournemouthManchester City only edged Liverpool by a point in last seasons thrilling duel but would appear to have the easier runin this time around should the title go down to the wire once moreIn contrast the European champions travel to Arsenal and host Chelsea before a visit to Newcastle in their final three games of the campaignFor the first time in Premier League history the clubs will get a short midseason break in FebruaryOver a twoweek period there will be only five matches on one weekend with the other five games taking place the following weekend ensuring that each team gets one week offWith the UEFA Super Cup scheduled between the premier league Liverpool and Chelsea face on each other after their first respective Premier League match for the coveted trophy In an all English Final last season for both the European competitions Liverpool emerged victorious against spurs While Chelsea defeated Arsenal 41 in the UEFA Europa league finalHere is how Twitter reacted to the news of Manchester City facing Chelsea in their opening gameMatch day 1 ManUtd Vs ChelseaFC and wont see these two players anymore u00f0u009fu0098u00a2 pictwittercomn2f8duhDzPmdash Official_Mkhi22u00e2u009cu009du00efu00b8u008f Mkhi221 June 13 2019PLfixturesManchesterUnited vs Chelsea paul pogba with an insane pass from 25yards to daniel JamesDaniel James u00f0u009fu0091u0087 pictwittercomF9EUvVwOfKmdash NextbillionaireafterJayZu00f0u009fu0092u00b0u00f0u009fu0092u00b0 pryme_suspekt June 13 2019u00f0u009fu0094u00b4 Manchester United vs u00f0u009fu0094u00b5 Chelsea on the first weekend of the seasonu00f0u009fu0094u00a5u00f0u009fu0094u00a5 Which other games are you looking forward toPremierLeaguefixtures pictwittercom1ygZKXlkmCmdash NetBet netbet June 13 2019Manchester united vs Chelsea would be a cracker I cant wait I am pitying united in advancemdash u00f0u009fu0087u00b3u00f0u009fu0087u00ac ArikeOmoIbadan u00f0u009fu0087u00b3u00f0u009fu0087u00ac ArikeIbadan June 13 2019ManUtd vs ChelseaFCSolskjaer vs LampardMagnificentDuke vs woodseywoods7 What a way to start the season u00f0u009fu0094u00a5u00f0u009fu0094u00a5u00f0u009fu0094u00a5MegaPowersExplode pictwittercomxHsQ3f5tqSmdash PodOfTwoHalves PodOfTwoHalves June 13 2019Catch up on all the latest T20 news and updates here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates