Liverpool: Liverpool fans were treated to the start of the seasonal roller coaster while the late goals from Mo Salah and Federico Chiesa sealed a 4-2 victory against Bournemouth on Anfield on Friday.
During a gentleman with a bit of emotion after the death in July of Liverpool Diogo Jota striker, the newcomer Hugo Ekitike won a goal during his beginnings as a champion
But Antoine Semenyo, who was the target of racist abuses in the first half which led to a break in the game, withdrew one for the visitors in the 64th minute and finished a double 12 minutes later to make rock Liverpool and shock the fans of the house.
However, the replacement Chiesa sent the loyal Liverpool happy with a strike from the 88th minute after the goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic failed a bullet in the box by Salah, who marked deeply in additional time to conclude the three points.
Salah continued the ball in front of the defense before cutting inside and pulling in the lower corner with a goal that put an Egyptian international joint quarter with Andy Cole on the first league scorer list with 187.
An emotional Salah showed the sky and beat two hands to imitate the celebration of Jota’s shark objectives.
He headed for Kop’s stand after the final whistle and wiped tears while applauding the fans who sang Jota’s song to “Bad Moon Rising”.
The night started with emotional silence for Jota and his brother Andre Silva, who died in a car accident. The fans pushed tears when they sang “you will never walk alone”.
Ekitike, who joined Eintracht Frankfurt, was the most impressive signatures of the lock season of Manager Arne Slot in a wave of expenses exceeding 300 million pounds (406.53 million dollars).
“Obviously, I think it was a good performance, I could do better,” said Ekitike – who raised two fingers in one hand, and was zero with the other in tribute to Jota de Liverpool, who wore the number 20 – after his goal.
“But the most important thing was to win, the mentality we have shown. Obviously, we wanted to win tonight for the people who came and for Diogo,” added the 23 -year -old striker.
The match was interrupted for several minutes after the Ghana International Semenyo in Bournemouth reported racist abuses.
“It’s completely unacceptable,” said Bournemouth captain Adam Smith. “A little in shock to be honest that it happened. Nowadays, this should not happen.
“I don’t know how Ant has played to be honest and find these goals … Something must be done. We will support him in there and I hope he will be fine. ”
