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4: 2! 95 million passes and shots, Salah breaks a new record, Liverpool has a good start to the opening game

1:07am, 17 August 2025【Football】

Chelsea's victory in the Club World Cup marks the end of the 24-25 season; after a month of waiting, the new season of the five major leagues in the 25-26 season officially kicked off. In the early morning of August 16, the opening match of the Premier League was between Liverpool and Bournemouth. Both sides immediately contributed a goal battle. Ekitic and Garkepo scored early, and Seymour scored twice. Chiesa Jr. won the final victory, Salah secured the victory, and Liverpool won 4:2.

Liverpool beat all the heroes to win the Premier League championship last season, and Slot delivered results that satisfies senior executives and fans in the first year of coaching. In order to go further, Liverpool even spent more than 300 million euros in the summer window to introduce many powerful new players such as Wilz and Ekitic. In the season opening game, Slott naturally did not neglect. Salah, Garkepo and Ekitic led the frontcourt offensive trident; Wilz, Sobosloy and McAllister partnered with the midfield combination; Flynnon, Connate, Van Deck and Keelkez joined forces with the defense line; Alisson guarded the goal.

Because Jota died some time ago, all the first round of the Premier League were held in silence, and "You will never walk alone" resounded throughout Anfield. In the 4th minute after the game started, Salah dribbled the ball and cut it inward, and Chelsea's former player Petrovic flew into his single hand to save it; in the 35th minute, Smith passed back in the triangle, and Tavenie pushed the ball and was saved by Alisson.

In the 37th minute, McAllister made a diagonal pass from the left, Ekitic decisively stepped forward and broke away from Senesi and entered the penalty area and shot from the far corner to score, 1:0! Ekitic scored a goal in the Community Shield Final, and this time he scored the first record for Liverpool; this is also his first goal in the Premier League in the new season. After scoring the goal, Ekitic made a "20" gesture to the camera and clasped his hands together, paying tribute to the unfortunately dead Liverpool striker Jota, although the two of them had never been teammates.

In the 49th minute of the second half, Kelkez made a straight pass from the left side, Ekitic received the ball in the penalty area and returned with his back, Gakepo received the ball and shot in the inside, and scored another goal, 2:0! Ekitic contributed his pass and shot in his debut in the Premier League. He was the second player in Liverpool's debut post after Nunez. He also proved that his transfer fee of 95 million euros was not false; Gakepo scored 3 goals and 1 assist in four games across the season.

In the 51st minute, the Liverpool midfield trio cooperated again, Soubo made a straight pass, Wilz got rid of the knockback, McAllister decisively shot from a long shot and was blocked by Petrovic with one palm; in the 62nd minute, Soubo intercepted the ball and knocked it across, and Wilz received the ball and shot low, but unfortunately the ball slipped past the goal. Bournemouth obviously didn't want to be a supporting role. In the 64th minute, Adams made a straight pass through Liverpool's right defense in a counterattack. Brooks made a cross at high speed, and the goal was blocked to the back point and shot into the net, 2:1!

In the 76th minute, Liverpool failed to attack in the frontcourt, Bournemouth made a quick counterattack, Semenyou ran a ball in the backcourt with a ball and advanced for dozens of meters with one dragon to the top of the arc to knock down Connate and scored a strong shot to equalize the score, 2:2! In just 12 minutes, Bournemouth scored two goals in a row to smooth the score; this once again exposed the crisis of Liverpool's lack of people in the defense. Slot then made a substitution without hesitation, and Chiesa took down Werz.

Chiesa, who was unsuccessful last season, also responded to Slott with practical actions. In the 88th minute, Alisson made a long pass from the backcourt, and Salah made a cross from the right, causing chaos in front of Bournemouth's goal. Chiesa was ambushed at the back point and shot into the net, 3:2! Chiesa Jr. scored only 2 goals in the Cup last season. In his year of joining, he finally scored his first goal in the Premier League.

In the 94th minute, Endo Hang's additional clearance turned into an assist in the middle circle, Salah made a single-handed cut and a low shot to secure the victory, 4:2! Salah scored 10 goals in the Premier League opening match, refreshing the number of goals in the Premier League opening match. In the end, Liverpool won the game 4:2 and got a good start, with the Reds winning six consecutive victories against Bournemouth.

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