Deja Vu For City As Chelsea Also Start Right

With the first weekend of the 2012/2013 Barclay's Premiership, comes the first Super Sunday of the season. Both Community Shield counterparts kicked their seasons off in the right way with Chelsea overcoming Wigan and Manchester City squeezing past newly promoted Southampton.

The afternoon began at the DW Stadium where Wigan hosted the losing Community Shield side and Eden Hazard began to show just why Chelsea paid £32m for the Belgian. He was the orchestrator after just two minutes when he found Branislav Ivanovic with a sublime pass. The Serbian then managed to break free from the Wigan defence before breaking the deadlock.

The game was then virtually ended before it had even begun when Wigan's new signing, Ivan Ramis, fouled Hazard in the box after just seven minutes. Frank Lampard stepped up and converted the spot-kick to almost seal the three points so early in the game. Wigan did try their hardest to come back but the European Champions to be too strong.

Then it was the turn of the Premiership Champions who had a spot of deja vu. No-one could forget how Manchester City won the league last season, against a newly promoted side after going 2-1 behind to win in stoppage. Well they started this season against a newly promoted side but league clincher, Sergio Aguero's start to the season lasted for nine minutes after he twisted his knee under a Nathaniel Clyne challenge.

But that would have looked to have been forgotten about when they were awarded a 16th minute penalty after Jos Hooiveld tripped Carlos Tevez. David Silva stepped up but it was an extremely weak penalty and Kelvin Davis easily saved it. City would eventually take the lead though five minutes before half-time when Tevez was played through by Samir Nasri and the Argentine made no mistake despite being marginally offside.

The second half began with City somehow not making it 2-0. They hit the bar and missed countless of chances before an inspired substitute looked to make the hosts rue those missed opportunities. The talismanic Rickie Lambert came on on 55-minutes and within four minutes, he curled a fantastic effort to level the match.

Just like QPR, Southampton would then make it 2-1 with another piece of managerial genius from Nigel Adkins. Steven Davis entered the field on 65-minutes and within three minutes he finished off a great counter attack which new signing, Jack Rodwell, was guilty of conceding possession.

Then came the next deja vu moment when Edin Dzeko would once again make it 2-2, a la QPR. Southampton failed to clear a corner and the Bosnian managed to stab the ball home following a scramble on 72-minutes. Eight minutes later and it was curtains for the Saints as City had managed the great escape yet again. It was another poor defensive display that saw the ball fall to Nasri who smashed the ball home and grab the three points from Southampton's grasp.