Samir Nasri struck an 80th minute winner as Manchester City [ Images ] came from behind to begin the defence of their Premier League title with a patchy 3-2 win over promoted Southampton on Sunday.
In similar scenes to May when they came back to beat Queens Park Rangers 3-2 to seal the title, City went ahead through Carlos Tevez [ Images ] in the first half only for Southampton substitutes Rickie Lambert and Steven Davis to stun the home crowd.
Edin Dzeko then equalised following a corner and France [ Images ] midfielder Nasri took advantage of some lax defending to ram the ball home for Roberto Mancini's [ Images ] men, who lost Sergio Aguero [ Images ] to an early knee injury and missed a penalty through David Silva.
New Chelsea [ Images ] winger Eden Hazard earlier lived up to all the hype inside the first seven minutes of his league debut by setting up both goals in a 2-0 win at Wigan Athletic.
First he expertly turned marker Ivan Ramis to release right back Branislav Ivanovic [ Images ], who ran in and coolly slotted home in the second minute having been allowed to play despite a red card in the 3-2 Community Shield loss to City last Sunday.
Hazard then danced his way into the box and was carelessly upended by error-prone Wigan debutant Ramis, leaving Frank Lampard [ Images ] to slam in the seventh-minute penalty.
Photograph: Chris Brunskill/Getty Images
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