The champions started with a win but the night was overshadowed by Antoine Semenyo reporting he was subject to racist abuse

After watching a two-goal lead slip away to Bournemouth, Federico Chiesa restored order, scoring to give Liverpool the win in a 4-2 victory over Bournemouth on Friday to kick off the Premier League season.

The 2025-26 Premier League season started with a six-goal thriller between Liverpool and Bournemouth on Friday, but was quickly overshadowed

Liverpool (0-0-0) open defense of their Premier League title Friday when they take to the pitch against Bournemouth (0-0-0). The Reds finished first last season with 84 points, while Bournemouth ended 28 points behind Liverpool with 56 points in ninth.

Liverpool launched the Premier League with a dramatic 4-2 win over Bournemouth at Anfield on Friday in an emotionally charged match.

The defending English Premier League champions look to start the new season on the right foot, as Liverpool gets set to play host to Bournemouth to kick off the 2025-26 campaign.

A 47-year-old Liverpool fan who was last seen in a wheelchair was arrested Saturday after allegedly shouting racial slurs at Bournemouth’s Antoine Semenyo in a stunning scene that led to Friday’s Premier League opener in England being delayed for several minutes.

Justin Kluivert and Ryan Christie will miss Bournemouth’s season opener at defending champion Liverpool. Cherries manager Andoni Iraola has ruled them out.

Liverpool's Premier League season-opening match against Bournemouth was briefly halted on Friday after visiting forward Antoine Semenyo reported getting racist abuse from the crowd.

The ugly incident of a fan racially abusing Antoine Semenyo during Liverpool's 4-2 victory over Bournemouth has resulted in an arrest. In the 30th minute of play, Semenyo reported racist abuse from the stands and the match was stopped by referee Anthony Taylor before being resumed while an anti-discrimination message was delivered to the crowd.

Ben Doak’s imminent move to Bournemouth comes after Liverpool are said to have discussed a buy-back clause prior to reaching an agreement. Speaking on the new edition of Football Insider’s Inside Track podcast, former England goalkeeper Paul Robinson said that he’d only value Doak at £20million as the Cherries close in on the winger’s signature.