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By Ben Willcocks Published: 01: 25 AEST, 20 August 2024 | Updated: 01: 25 AEST, 20 August 2024 View comments A staggering 32 players made their Premier League debuts during the opening weekend of the new season — and all were studiously examined by our Mail Sport reporters up and down the country. Ipswich, whose first game back in the top flight for 22 years ended with a 2-0 defeat by Arne Slot's Liverpool, named an astonishing 11 Premier League debutants at Portman Road, with the likes of Jacob Greaves and Luke Woolfenden impressing our man at Anfield, Lewis Steele, with 7/10 ratings. Manchester United summer signing Joshua Zirkzee was handed the highest rating among Premier League debutants this weekend, coming off the bench to grab the crucial winner late on during his side's narrow 1-0 victory over Fulham. Mail Sport's Nathan Salt, who was watching on at Old Trafford, was also impressed by Noussair Mazraoui's debut performance following the Moroccan's move from Bayern Munich last week. Brighton newcomers Mats Wieffer and Yankuba Minteh shone during their side's 3-0 triumph over Everton as well, indicating that perhaps the Seagulls have continued to invest shrewdly in the transfer market this summer. Man United summer signing Joshua Zirkzee scored the crucial late winner against Fulham Savinho impressed on debut for Manchester City before he was substituted following an injury Mats Wieffer (left) also shone at Goodison Park during Brighton's 3-0 triumph over Everton Manchester City's Savinho, West Ham's Guido Rodriguez and Wolves' Yerson Mosquera were also among the debutants to start for their respective clubs this weekend, with the former picking up an unfortunate injury during the champions' 2-0 win over Enzo Maresca's Chelsea. Blues defensive midfielder Renato Veiga was one of four Premier League debutants — alongside West Ham's Jean-Clair Todibo, Man United's Matthijs de Ligt and Aston Villa's Kosta Nedeljkovic — to receive an N/A score from our reporters, given that the players were introduced very late on by their respective managers. Kosta Nedeljkovic (Aston Villa) - N/A Jean-Clair Todibo (West Ham) - N/A Matthijs de Ligt (Man Utd) - N/A Renato Veiga (Chelsea) - N/A Julian Araujo (Bournemouth) - 5 Conor Chaplin (Ipswich) - 5 Tyler Dibling (So'ton) - 5. 5 Yukinari Sugawara (So'ton) 5. 5 Marc Guiu (Chelsea) - 5. 5 Rodrigo Gomes (Wolves) - 5. 5 Dean Huijsen (Bournemouth) - 6. 5 Ali Al-Hamadi (Ipswich) - 6 Taylor Harwood-Bellis (So'ton) - 6 Jack Taylor (Ipswich) - 6 Marcus Harness (Ipswich) - 6 Daichi Kamada (Crystal Palace) - 6 Sammie Szmodics (Ipswich) - 6 Wes Burns (Ipswich) - 6 Guido Rodriguez (West Ham) - 6 Niclas Fullkrug (West Ham) - 6 Sam Morsy (Ipswich) - 6 Savinho (Man City) - 6 Jorgen Strand Larsen (Wolves) - 6. 5 Massimo Luongo (Ipswich) - 6. 5 Christian Walton (Ipswich) - 6. 5 Yerson Mosquera (Wolves) - 7 Jacob Greaves (Ipswich) - 7 Yankuba Minteh (Brighton) - 7 Mats Wieffer (Brighton) - 7 Luke Woolfenden (Ipswich) - 7 Noussair Mazraoui (Man Utd) - 7. 5 Joshua Zirkzee (Man Utd) - 8 Published by Associated Newspapers Ltd Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group