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Follow all the action as the Premier League season gets started with Liverpool hosting Bournemouth, live on talkSPORT. 

The reigning champions are kicking off the new top-flight campaign as their title defence begins at Anfield.

Arne Slot heads into his second season in charge and he will be hoping his flurry of summer spending leads to further success. 

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For Bournemouth, Andoni Iraola is looking to build on what was an impressive 2024/25 campaign, but he has to deal with the loss of multiple key men in what has been a tough transfer window.

Live commentary: talkSPORT live stream HERE, app HERE.Liverpool XI: Alisson, Frimpong, Konate, Van Dijk, Kerkez, Mac Allister, Szoboszlai, Wirtz, Salah, Gakpo, Ekitike.Subs: Mamardashvili, Gomez, Endo, Chiesa, Jones, Elliott, Robertson, Nyoni, Ngumoha.Bournemouth XI: Petrovic, Smith, Diakite, Senesi, Truffert, Scott, Adams, Tavernier, Brooks, Semenyo, Evanilson.Subs: Dennis, Araujo, Hill, Soler, Winterburn, Traore, Kroupi Jr., Rees-Dottin.talkSPORT BET Super Boost: Salah to score anytime - was 31/40 NOW 7/4

You can follow all of the action in our live blog below...

a minute agoBy Jack Johnson

54' Mohamed Salah and Adam Smith clash.

The pair tangle on the goalline as a corner is about to be taken, and they push eachother angrily.

Joe Shennan live on talkSPORT: "Liverpool are turning on the style."

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5 minutes agoBy Jack Johnson

48' ANOTHER FOR LIVERPOOL!

Bournemouth have been clever on how they've targeted that."

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17 minutes agoBy Jack Johnson

Hugo Ekitike has made the perfect start to life in the Premier League, giving Liverpool the lead.

Aged 23 years and 56 days, Ekitike is now the youngest player to score on his first top-flight start for Liverpool since Victor Moses.

Moses netted against Swansea in September 2013, aged 22.

That goal could be incredibly important for the Reds too.

They haven't lost any of their last 155 Premier League games at Anfield in which they've led at half time (W141 D14).

Their last defeat came against Arsenal in December 2009.

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24 minutes agoBy Jack Johnson

That'll do us for the first 45 of the new season.

Kerkez appears to have picked up a knock in the process, but he gets up and manages to carry on.

Dean Ashton live on talkSPORT: "He just had to realise he wasn't getting there."

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31 minutes agoBy Jack Johnson

42' Bournemouth now have to fight back.

They're dominating the ball at the moment.

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34 minutes agoBy Jack Johnson

36' LIVERPOOL ARE IN FRONT!

The card came after just 14 minutes, which is the second-earliest time-wasting caution in the Premier League in 2025.

The fastest was Will Smallbone's 10th-minute booking against Bournemouth in February.

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51 minutes agoBy Jack Johnson

21' Anfield rose to its feet in the 20th minute.
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