英超联赛揭幕战打响，阿森纳队4-3战胜了莱斯特城队。比赛中一个亚洲球员用他出色的表现，收获了许多球迷赞许的掌声。（Okazaki equalized for the visitors in the fifth minute at the Emirates to cancel out the opening goal for Arsenal's summer signing Alexandre Lacazette, who netted after just two minutes. ）
这场比赛刚一开始，阿森纳花费了5200万英镑签下的新援拉卡泽特，就为球队打进了首开纪录的进球。可人们都没有想到的是，只用了160秒，日本国脚冈琦慎司就挺身而出扳平了比分。（Okazaki, who headed home by the far post from a short corner, was pleased he scored on opening night but was not about to get carried away.）
当时是阿尔布莱顿左路战术角球斜传至远门柱，马奎尔将球顶回到门前，冈崎慎司高高跃起，将球顶进阿森纳的球门。值得一提的是，身高只有1.74米的冈琦慎司，这次是力压身高1.85米的扎卡，将球顶进了阿森纳的球门。（"It never hurts to get your first goal early on in the season," said Okazaki, whose side host Brighton next weekend in their home opener. ）
这位31岁的日本老将，2011年登陆欧洲联赛，在德甲一共出场154次，收获42粒球以及9个助攻。加盟英超后，他在80场比赛里打进12球助攻3次。从冈琦慎司身上，你就不难看出中国和日本的足球差距有多大！（Arsenal staged their fightback after Okazaki came off in the 72nd minute. ）