Liverpool struck twice in the final minutes through Federico Chiesa (88th minute) and Mohamed Salah (90+4th min) to overcome a battling Bournemouth 4-2 in a thrilling, yet, emotional start to their English Premier League campaign on Friday.

Antoine Semenyo looked to have rescued a point for the Cherries by scoring twice (64th and 76th min), after he had reported an incident of racial abuse from a fan, to cancel out Hugo Ekitike (37th min) and Cody Gakpo’s (49th min) strikes for the defending champions.

But on a night where Anfield paid tribute to Diogo Jota, Chiesa was the unlikely hero as the injury-hit Italian fired the home side back in front before Salah rounded off the scoring and then burst into a flood of tears after the final whistle as Jota’s name was chanted by the Anfield faithful.