Going to an early opener is never a good idea.

Jurgen Klopp's men had to come from behind at St. Mary's after Shane Long's early opener.

Although he was beaten by Ivan Rakitic's early opener, Buffon was the foundation for an excellent performance.

Chelsea, despite Michael Essien's early opener, have not retraced their steps to a second consecutive Champions League final.

Victor Wanyama, another Spurs replacement, injected his own touch of quality to cancel out the Egypt international's early opener.

David James saved John Carew's penalty before the break after the Norwegian had restored parity following Michael Brown's early opener.

The striker had headed the Hoops back into the lead after Johnny Russell had cancelled out Anthony Stokes' early opener.

In the end their lively pursuit of parity after Alexis Sánchez's deliciously chipped early opener felt like a distant memory.

Loris Karius denied Marko Arnautovic a shock early opener when he tipped the Austrian's cheeky chip on to the crossbar.

Jacob Blyth had given Blackpool hope with an early opener but Jon Taylor's hat-trick, scored in 12 second-half minutes, proved decisive.

After the early opener, Zukile Kewuti leveled matters in the 15th minute as he snapped up his first goal for City.

Vigilance was essential until near the end because too many openings had been squandered following an early opener from Wayne Rooney.

Vigurs found the top corner from 20 yards following a setpiece four minutes before half-time to cancel out Anthony Stokes's early opener.

Steven Naismith set the ball rolling with an early opener and Shaun Hutchison also chipped in with an own goal at Ibrox.

Malta had quickly cancelled out a fortuitous early opener from Snodgrass when Alfred Effiong headed home but Scotland scored four after the interval.

Ellis Harrison's first-half penalty earned Pompey the points after Scott Fraser had struck from the spot to cancel out Tom Naylor's early opener.