Winning Starts Across Europe as Arsenal, Marseille and Betis Keep Clean Sheets

Arsenal began the defence of their Premier League title in commanding fashion, beating newly promoted Coventry City 3-0, while Marseille and Real Betis also launched their league campaigns with victories and clean sheets on a busy night across European football.

At the Emirates Stadium, Arsenal showed little sign of complacency after ending their 22-year wait for the Premier League title last season. The champions dominated Coventry from the opening whistle and were rarely troubled by Frank Lampard's side, which was making its long-awaited return to the English top flight.

Kai Havertz, Bukayo Saka and Martin Odegaard found the net as Arsenal completed a comfortable 3-0 victory. New arrival Christos Tzolis also made an immediate impact, helping create two of the goals in an impressive debut.

Coventry had earned promotion after winning the Championship last season, but the visitors found themselves overwhelmed by an Arsenal side determined to underline its status as one of the favourites for the new campaign.

In France, Amine Gouiri scored twice as Marseille opened their Ligue 1 season with a resounding 4-0 win over Strasbourg. Gouiri struck shortly after halftime and added a penalty after Strasbourg were reduced to 10 men following Samir El Mourabet's dismissal.

Late goals from Keyliane Abdallah and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg completed the rout, handing new Marseille coach Bruno Génésio an ideal start.

In Spain, Rodrigo Riquelme's 63rd-minute volley gave Real Betis a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Real Sociedad in Seville.

Meanwhile, the German Cup produced both drama and chaos. Kaiserslautern beat Waldhof Mannheim 1-0 after extra time following crowd trouble that halted the match for nearly 30 minutes. Elsewhere, Eintracht Frankfurt produced the standout result, crushing fifth-tier St. Tönis 11-0, with Jonathan Burkardt scoring a first-half hat-trick.