Liverpool opens the 2025-’26 English Premier League season with a bullseye on their backs as they kick off their title defense with a Friday matchup against AFC Bournemouth.

Premier League Opener PreviewAnfield is ready for a blockbuster start to the Premier League season as Liverpool host AFC Bournemouth on Friday night. The champions,

Here are four things we learnt from Liverpool’s 4-2 win over Bournemouth. Liverpool beat Newcastle United to the signing of Ekitike for an initial £69 million in July, and he has certainly gotten off to a good start.

Throughout this summer, the south coast side AFC Bournemouth have lost notable names in their squad as they undergo change following success last season.

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.

Bournemouth have been given a tough task to start the Premier League season, facing Liverpool at Anfield. However, how can they expose some of the Reds' new signings?.

The middle of February is the time for romance, and A.F.C Bournemouth was certainly feeling that way at the time. They'd lost just one of their last 15 matches, which was to champions-elect Liverpool.

Follow reaction as a dramatic win for the champions kicked off the 2025-26 campaign, with Antoine Semenyo reporting he was subject to racist abuse