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Liverpool extended their unbeaten run on the opening day of a league season to 13 games (W10 D3); only Chelsea have had a longer run without defeat on MD1 in the competition’s history (18 from 1999-00 to 2016-17).
Mohamed Salah is now both the top scorer (10) and has the most combined goals and assists (15) of any player on MD1 in Premier League history.
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Highlights.
MOTM: Hugo Ekitike.
Mohamed Salah has now scored 12 or more Premier League goals against three different sides:
- 13 vs. Man Utd
- 12 vs. Tottenham
- 12 vs. Bournemouth
He’s scored more Premier League goals against the Cherries than any other player.
Antoine Semenyo is the first visiting player to score a brace at Anfield in the Premier League since September 2022 (Leandro Trossard’s hat-trick for Brighton).
Aged 23 years and 56 days, Hugo Ekitike is the youngest player to score on his first Premier League start for Liverpool since Victor Moses vs. Swansea in Sep 2013 (22y 278d). He’s also the first French player to record a goal and assist on his Premier League debut
Hugo Ekitiké is only the second player to both score and assist a goal on his Premier League debut for Liverpool, after Darwin Núñez against Fulham in August 2022.
Virgil van Dijk made 17 clearances against Bournemouth, 13 of which were headed clearances; both were his most in a single Premier League game for Liverpool, on what was his 235th such appearance.
With his first Premier League goal, Federico Chiesa scored Liverpool’s latest ever MD1 winning goal in the competition (87:46), while it was the latest by any side in their opener in the English top-flight since Diego Costa for Chelsea v West Ham in 2016-17 (88:43).
Cody Gakpo has now scored or assisted in 10 consecutive Premier League starts at Anfield!
Sources: Skysport, Opta, Squawka, Scorebat
