Top 5 English Premier League opening day games

3) Middlesbrough 3-3 Liverpool – 1996

Fabrizio Ravanelli; source:www.pinterest.com

Not many from our generation would know of Fabrizio Ravanelli. In the summer of 1996, the Italian moved to Boro, from Juventus,on a 7 million pounds transfer. He became the highest-paid player in the Premier League at the time, on a reported £42,000 a week.

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He made an immediate impact. The Riverside Stadium witnessed 6 goals on August 17. It was the opening day, and newly promoted Boro were hosting heavyweights Liverpool.

The visitors scored 3 through Stig Inge Bjornebye, John Barnes and Robbie Fowler. However, Ravanelli matched them alone. Starting with a penalty in the 26th minute, he completed his hat-trick after 86 minutes.

He remains the only man to score a hat-trick on his Premier League debut. Unfortunately, Boro got relegated and the Italian moved to Marseille the next season.

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