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Liverpool s first round of Premier League season "picking peaches" and Villa Magpie ends in a boring game

8:00pm, 17 August 2025【Football】

Liverpool's new forward Agent Ekitic (first from left) took the lead in his first Premier League game, helping the team to get a good start to the Premier League this season 4-2.

Last season's Premier League champion Liverpool won the "Cherry" Bournemouth 4-2 at home in the opening game of the new Premier League season in the early morning of Saturday (August 16); Aston Villa and "Magpie" Newcastle shook hands 0-0 in the early game of the same night.

Reds fans sentimental mourning the Portuguese striker Jota who died in a car accident before the game. They sang "You Will Never Walk Alone" affectionately, and many fans couldn't help but shed tears while silence for Jota. The stadium was surrounded by words such as "Rest in peace, Diogo Jota and Andre Silva (Jota's younger brother), you will never walk alone", and the atmosphere on the scene was tear-jerking.

Red Army new aid Ekitik won the first Premier League goal

Red Army fans' sadness quickly turned into joy, because the team's French striker Ekitike won his first goal at Liverpool in the 37th minute, while wing forward Gakpo expanded the score in the 49th minute.

However, Semenyo, who suffered racial abuse in the first half, scored two goals in the 64th and 76th minutes, helping Bournemouth equalize the score. After

, Chiesa, who came on the bench, and chief forward Salah scored goals in the 88th and injury time in the fourth minute, respectively, helping Liverpool get a good start 4-2.

Although Liverpool has another defensive loophole in this game, coach Slot is satisfied with the team's reaction after conceding the ball.

He said: "In general, you may complain that our players did not try their best to chase back, but they did this time."

Magpie lost a good game in several threatening shots in this battle by Villa's new goalkeeper Bizot (right). In the early game on Saturday night, the Magpie lost a good game and played a blank game with Villa away with the number of players.

Although the runaway Magpies Isak was still absent from work, they were still the team with strong attack power. They had eight attacks in the first half, two of which were directed, while Villa did not even have one shot.

The Magpie's two most threatening shots came in the third and 16th minutes, but both excellent opportunities were resolved by Villa's new goalkeeper Bizot.

Villa's chief goalkeeper Martinez could only watch from the wall because he was "dyeed red" in the last league game last season.

Villa, who was weak in the first half, had a significant improvement in the second half, but they were fined 10 players in the 66th minute.

defender Konsa was directly sent off by Red Card for pulling Gordon in a single attack. The Magpies got a good free kick opportunity, but failed to grasp it.

The Magpie tried to use the advantage of numbers to break the deadlock, but she never made any achievements and could only surrender to a 0-0 game