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Liverpool got themselves off to an excellent start in the Community Shield on Sunday, with a goal inside four minutes.

The Reds headed into the game as strong favourites to win the traditional curtain-raiser for a 17th time.

Palace, by contrast, were making their first ever appearance in the Community Shield having won the first piece of silverware in their history in May.

Less than five minutes in, and supporters must have been wishing they hadn’t bothered.

Hugo Ekitike, making his official debut for Liverpool, bent home a brilliant effort from outside the box.

While much of the pre-game hype had surrounded a first outing for Florian Wirtz, it was Ekitike who stood up and delivered early doors.

It was a wonderful goal from the Frenchman, with a ‘chattering hands’ celebration following.

Given the somewhat bizarre way of celebrating a first goal for his new club, BBC Sport pundit Glenn Murray put forward a theory on why Ekitike did what he did.

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What a way for Ekitike to introduce himself to English football.

It wasn’t just that the 23-year-old scored, it was the manner of the goal.

After a little interchange with Wirtz, Ekitike bent it home beautifully along the pitch and past Dean Henderson.

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It was a goal reminiscent of his goal against Tottenham in the Europa League last season and is clearly something we could be about to see a lot of this season.

The celebration caught the eye of Murray, though, with the former Palace striker claiming it may have been a message about the ‘noise’ surrounding Liverpool’s potential signing of Alexander Isak.

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“It is the two new men.

There has been a lot of noise about Alexander Isak but Ekitike is blocking out the noise and is saying ‘I’m here.'”

It was not only Ekitike who scored on his first ever appearance for Liverpool on Sunday.

Jeremie Frimpong also found the net with a fluke effort.

Frimpong’s goal poignantly came in the 20th minute, just as Reds supporters were sounding their tribute to Diogo Jota.

And according to statistician Michael Reid, Frimpong’s goal meant Liverpool had done something for the first time since 2006 at Wembley.

“In Hugo Ekitike and Jeremie Frimpong, this is the first time two players have scored on their LFC debut in the same game since August 2006 – Craig Bellamy and Mark Gonzalez v Maccabi Haifa,” said Reid.

All we need now is for Wirtz and Milos Kerkez to complete the set.
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