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The latest Premier League points report, the opening game is ups and downs! The defending champion is blooming in full swing, Liverpool s final victory over Bournemouth leads

In the early morning of August 16, the 2025-26 Premier League officially kicked off. After a summer of rest, the Premier League will finally meet you again in the new season. The opening match of the new season kicks off at Anfield Stadium, with defending champion Liverpool vs. Bournemouth. After 90 minutes of fierce battle, Liverpool beat Bournemouth 4:2 at home.

Last season, Liverpool was unable to fight on multiple fronts due to its weak lineup. However, for Slot, it was already very good. He led the team to win the Premier League championship in his first season. Many Liverpool players have moved to his team this summer. Dias, Nunes, Arnold and others have all left, and Liverpool is more determined to sign up, so they spent nearly 300 million euros to introduce Wirtz, Ekitic, Flynnon and others. In today's opening game, Wilz, Ekitic and Flynnpon all started. After the opening game, Liverpool quickly gained the advantage on the field. In the 3rd minute, Liverpool quickly attacked from the right, Salah continued to cut in from the edge of the penalty area and broke into the penalty area and shot with his left foot. Goalkeeper Petrovic tried hard to save the ball. In the 12th minute, Liverpool counterattacked quickly. Senesi did not stop when intercepted the ball. Ekitic inserted and saw that he was about to grab the ball to form a single shot. Unexpectedly, Senesi reached out to grab the ball, destroying Ekitic's "single shot", and the referee did not make any statement. In the 36th minute, Liverpool launched an attack from the left side of the midfield. After Ekitic received the ball, he collided with McAllister to cooperate. McAllister supported a subvert. Ekitic inserted the ball and easily passed the ball between two people and broke into the penalty area to get a good opportunity to score a one-on-one opportunity. Ekitic calmly pushed and shot. After joining Liverpool, he scored his first goal in the Premier League in his debut, and Liverpool scored 1:0. After scoring the goal, Ekitic also beat 20 and paid tribute to Jota.

The change of sides and continued to strengthen the attack. Only 3 minutes of the game, Liverpool still pressed on the left. Ekitic received the ball from behind in the penalty area and cleverly made the ball. Jakepo stabbed the ball in the diagonal stab at the ball, and then continued to cut across and get rid of the defense and shoot with his right foot. The ball went straight into the bottom left corner of the goal, and Liverpool led 2:0. Bournemouth, who played away, did not want to lose in the first game, and then their sharp counterattack also penetrated Liverpool's defense line. In the 63rd minute, Bournemouth intercepted the ball in the backcourt to counterattack. Adams received the ball and sent a scalpel-style pass with a scalpel-style ultra-long distance. Brooks inserted at high speed on the left and rushed to the edge of the penalty area and passed it across the middle with his left foot. Semeno, who followed up in the back row, threw away Van Dijk and Robertson who were returning to defense, and scored a shot at the front of the small penalty area. Bournemouth scored a goal 1:2. In the 75th minute, Bournemouth intercepted the ball in the backcourt and counterattacked again. Treola, who had just appeared on the bench, intercepted the ball and sent it forward. Semenho followed up and took the ball to show it. He ran from the backcourt to the top of the penalty area in the frontcourt with an emergency stop. Van Dijk and Connate were stunned, and his left foot calmly pushed the ball and scored twice. Bournemouth equalized the score 2:2. Leading 2 goals until he was tied, Liverpool also made substitution adjustments. Chiesa made a substitute to replace Wilz, who did not perform well in his debut. This substitution really came true immediately. Chiesa seized the opportunity in just 5 minutes on the court. Liverpool pressed the whole line. Goalkeeper Allison pressed to the center circle and sent a long pass to the right. Sobosloy removed the ball from the side of the penalty area. Salah supported the pass in front of the goal, and Jones shot to the point and made a turmoil in front of the goal. In the chaos, Chiesa scored a volley at the penalty point. The ball entered the net. This was Chiesa's first goal in the Premier League. Liverpool defeated Bournemouth 3:2. In stoppage time, Bournemouth pressed the ball across the line, Liverpool intercepted the ball in the backcourt to counterattack, Japanese players cleared the ball and kicked forward, Salah inserted at high speed, removed the ball from the front on the left side of the penalty area, then Salah dribbled the ball into the penalty area, shook the ball away and double-teamed the right foot and calmly pushed the ball into the dead corner of the far end of the goal, Liverpool locked the victory 4:2. In terms of the

standings, as the defending champion, Liverpool achieved a good start in the first game of the season, which also took a steady first step towards defending the title. They are now temporarily ranked first. Arsenal, Manchester City, Chelsea and other teams will also launch an attack on Liverpool. The three newly promoted Leeds United, Burnley and Sunderland may have to be relegated first this season. After all, all three newly promoted teams were relegated last season. In terms of the scorer list, Semenho scored twice in the first round and led by 2 goals. Liverpool has blossomed in full swing, with Salah, Ekitic, Chiesa and Jakpo each scoring one goal on the list.