Rant: Dream Debuts 17 August, 2009

A highlight on the five players who made goalscoring debuts for their new clubs in the opening weekend of the season.

Stephen Hunt

Petr Cech's nightmare gave Chelsea a scare again when he took advantage of their failure to clear their lines properly to score the first goal of the season. Hull were just minutes away from leaving Stamford Bridge with a point when Drogba struck a late winner for Chelsea.

Emmanuel Adebayor

Gave Manchester City an early lead with a crucial and well-taken goal. Perhaps a sign of bigger things to come both from City and their new signing.

Darren Bent

Scored the winning goal to give Sunderland a winning start to the season with a typical Darren Bent goal. An accurate an powerful header at the far post showed why Steve Bruce was so keen to have him on board.

Thomas Vermaelen

Powered home a header to score Arsenal's second (of an eventual six) goals against Everton. Also did well defensively to keep Everton at bay and helped Arsenal to a very impressive start to the season - a perfect reply to detractors who were questioning their title credentials.

Sebastien Bassong

Broke Liverpool's resolve by putting Spurs in front for the second time in the match just minutes after Gerrard had pegged them back from the spot. Performed admirably at the back as well - in tandem with Ledley King - to keep a Liverpool front line spearheaded by Torres relatively quiet.