The start in the Premier League on Saturday at 3 p.m. did some dramatic actions when the Fiihrer Liverpool traveled to the south coast.
Everton welcomed the relegation rival Leicester to Goodison Park, while St. James’ Park organized a fiery affair between Newcastle and Fulham.
Another big collision on the ground was on the cards when Ipswich had Southampton host.
And according to Nottingham Forests 7-0 storming of Brighton in the early game, expectations in England’s top flight were high.
Read on to see how the campaign took place this afternoon.
Bournemouth 0-2 Liverpool
Get Innn !!! 👊 pic.twitter.com/6imxnmvx2w
– Liverpool FC (@LFC) February 1, 2025
Liverpool expanded her lead at the head of the Premier League with a 2-0 victory over Bournemouth in the vitality stage to nine points and ended the hosts’ 11-game run.
Mohamed Salah was the star of the show and scored both goals to increase his season to 21.
The Egyptian opened the gate in the 30th minute from the penalty point after Cody Gakpo was fouled by Lewis Cook. Salah’s strike in the lower right corner left Kepa behind without chance.
Bournemouth believed that they had balanced shortly afterwards when David Brooks shot home, but Var excluded the goal for a sidelines in the line -up with Milos Kerkez.
In the second half, Bournemouth created opportunities to use the score. James Tavernier hit the position with a curly effort, and Justin Kluivert wasted the rebound with the goal. ##
Liverpool used this missed chance just five minutes later. Salah found a quick counterattack initiated by Curtis Jones’ Interception and Assist. Salah cut into his left foot and rolled a trademark that went beyond a helpless kepa to double the lead.
Everton 4-0 Leicester
A deserved goal for Ili to limit a nice afternoon. 👏💙 pic.twitter.com/wnpwd0s6df
– Everton (@everton) February 1, 2025
Everton provided a command event to achieve an important 4-0 win over Leicester in Goodison Park and to present nine points before the relegation zone.
The Toffees wasted no time to say their dominance, with Abdoulaye Doucore opened the rating just ten seconds after the kick -off. Jordan Pickford’s long pass used Doucore and broke shaky defense through Leicester’s shaky defense to take home conflicting.
Everton doubled its advantage within six minutes when James Tarkowski’s precise Pass Beto found the lower corner looked cool.
Beto continued its good shape and used his second shortly before half -time. An excellent ball from James Garner separated Leicester’s defense so that the striker could easily convert.
Leicester under Ruud van Nistelrooy offered little in response, only led a shot to the finish and registered an XG of 0.39.
Her fights were tightened in the second half when Iliman Ndiaye used the bad defense to add Everton’s fourth and seal a dominant victory.
Ipswich 1-2 Southampton
Enter! 🙌 pic.twitter.com/t83dc1v1tr
– Southampton FC (@Southamptonfc) February 1, 2025
Southampton secured an important 2-1 win over Ipswich in the Portman Road and marked her first victory of the Premier League since November.
The result broke a frustrating run of six defeats in a row and 13 games without profit.
The match started with Ipswich on the front foot. Although they formed several chances in the first half, including nine shots, they could not find the breakthrough.
In the 21st minute, Joe Aribo fell to a distracted cross to shoot Southampton into a 1-0 lead.
Ipswich reacted strongly and equalized shortly after half an hour. Liam Delap played a clever passport for strike partner Nathan Broadhead, whose delivery for a clinical finish over Aaron Ramsdale was over, which made it 1-1.
Ipswich dominated the second half, but her efforts were thwarted by Southampton’s keeper Ramsdale, who made important parades to refuse the hosts.
Ipswich’s frustration grew because they could not convert their 15 shots into targets. Although they were largely under pressure, visitors found their match winner in the 87th minute.
Paul Onuachu reacted quickly to a rebound after Sulemana’s shot was saved, and knocked in to give Southampton the lead.
Newcastle 1-2 Fulham
Three points Howay from home. 💜#Newful pic.twitter.com/vvi5gpjsMZ
– Fulham Football Club (@Fulhamfc) February 1, 2025
Fulham scored a remarkable 2-1 win in St. James’ Park, breathtaking Newcastle with a comeback in the second half.
The Magpies had checked the first half and took a deserved tour of Jacob Murphy’s melee finish in the 37th minute.
Newcastle could have expanded its advantage, and Sandro Tonali met the CrossHel and Tino Livramento, as he saved his shot from Bernd Leno.
Fulham had trouble breaking through in the first half and only had 0.16.
However, Marco Silva’s team was created after the break. Raul Jimenez scored the score in the 61st minute and lay down on a brilliant pass from Antonee Robinson.
Jimenez ‘shot distracted Murphy, the wrong goalkeeper Martin Dubravka and made it 1-1. Fulham’s dominance continued, and in the 82nd minute a teasing free kick by Andreas Pereira was hit by the replacement of Rodrigo Muniz, whose clever finish on the front post Gymnasted.
Newcastle had her moments in the second half when Alexander Isak met the crossbar and Joe Willock missed a reason, but they couldn’t benefit.
Fulham’s performance in the second half was enough to secure her first victory at Tyneside for 16 years.
