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Liverpool kicked off the 2025-26 Premier League season in style by beating Bournemouth 4-2. While the Reds showed their quality in the final third, a few defensive concerns were raised.

Hugo Ekitike certainly impressed during his first Premier League outing, producing a goal and an assist on his Anfield debut.

After being two goals down, Bournemouth battled valiantly to get back into the game and a brace from Antoine Semenyo brought the game back to 2-2.

With the game firmly in the balance, Liverpool threw the kitchen sink at Andoni Iraola’s side and goals from Federico Chiesa and Mohamed Salah wrapped up the game for the Reds.

While there were certainly lots of positives to take from the game from a Liverpool perspective, Bournemouth did highlight some of their defensive vulnerabilities.

“It was a superb game and Bournemouth more than played their part,” former Liverpool defender Stephen Warnock told BBC Radio 5 Live.

“They put Liverpool on the ropes for large parts of this game and showed their vulnerabilities. They are susceptible on the counter attack.

“When Federico Chiesa got that goal the Anfield crowd lifted the team, they had to, then Mohamed Salah wrapped it up.

“Not the most impressive performance tonight from Liverpool, good in patches, but they will have to be better to retain their title.”

After the dust has settled on the season opener, we’ve gathered seven brilliant and concerning stats from Liverpool’s 4-2 triumph over Bournemouth.