Liverpool Begin Title Defense with Dramatic 4-2 win

Reds survive Bournemouth scare to launch title defense in style.

Calvin Kaumba Chikenge Published August 15, 2025

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Liverpool opened their Premier League title defense in style, beating Bournemouth 4-2 in a Friday night thriller at Anfield.

New signing Hugo Ekitike marked his debut with a 37th-minute strike, before Cody Gakpo doubled the lead early in the second half.

Bournemouth hit back through Ghana’s Antoine Semenyo, who scored twice in 12 minutes to level the match at 2-2.

Federico Chiesa restored Liverpool’s lead in the 88th minute shortly after coming on as a substitute.

Mohamed Salah adds a fourth for Liverpool to draw level on 187 Premier League goals with Andrew Cole! ⏫ pic.twitter.com/2eN5WA0bEM
— Premier League (@premierleague) August 15, 2025

Mohamed Salah sealed the win in stoppage time to became the first player to score in ten consecutive Premier League openers and equaled Andrew Cole’s 187 league goals, moving joint fourth on the league’s all-time scorers list.

Calvin Kaumba Chikenge August 15, 2025

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Calvin Kaumba Chikenge is an award-winning Zambian multimedia sports journalist well known for his exclusive stories and feature writing. He was voted 2023/24 MTN/FAZ Super League journalist of the year. In addition to reporting on sports for Spring TV, he interned for the Zambia Daily Mail newspaper. He is the current Ballon d'Or juror and has contributed to numerous international publications, including the Guardian in the UK, and is the editor of BolaNews.