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While Liverpool took attacker Hugo Ekitike, Senesi seemed to push the ball away with his fingers.
If he hadn’t made that touch, Ekitike seemed ready to take possession and without racing on goal without opposition.
Despite loud protests by Liverpool manager Arne Slot, his players and the home crowd in Anfield, referee Anthony Taylor stood by his decision and Bournemouth brought a free kick for a separate error.
Shortly thereafter, the Premier League competition center published a statement in which it was clarified why Taylor’s ruling could be.
“The call from the referee from No Red Card to Senesi was checked and confirmed by VAR – with the action that was not considered a clear handball attack or denial of a goalscores (Dogso) because of the distance from the goal,” said the Premier League.
But talking on Talksport, one -off England international Ashton believed that Senesi got away with one.
“Well, I think there was panic that was submitted for Senesi,” said Ashton.
“He is under pressure from Ekitike. He tries to get a small claw on it. He just throws it away and I think it’s just his fingertips.
“That can be enough. That is all that is needed, the fingertips, to take it away from Ekitike. I think it does.
“He absolutely got away with that because Ekitike is probably on goal.”
Ashton doubled in his attitude and was inamental Bournemouth should have fallen to ten men.
“I’m sorry, but that feels as much as if it’s the first game of the season and we don’t want to ruin it,” said Ashton.
“We don’t want a man to be sent away so early in the first game of the season and that is why we have not made the right decision.
“Senesi takes a wipe to the ball in his panic and the fingertips takes enough to take it away from Ekitike. He would have experienced the goal.
“It’s a red card and they just didn’t make the decision they should have.”
Despite the earlier intervention of Marcos Senesi, Hugo Ekitike could not be loved from the score sheet for long.
In the 37th minute, the French striker opened the Premier League season 2025/26 with a brilliant goal, in which the ball was sliding between the legs of Senesi and was face-to-face with Bournemouth keeper Djordje Petrovic. Ekitike sent Petrovic calmly in the wrong way before he ended up with calmness.
After scoring Ekitike raised his fingers to form the song ’20’ – a sincere tribute to Diogo Jota, who tragically lost his life in a car accident next to his brother Andre Silva in July.
Liverpool extended their lead early in the second half when Cody Gakpo struck only four minutes after the restart.
Their advantage with two goals, however, quickly disappeared when Bournemouth-Vleugel player Antoine Semenyo supplied twice in a 12-minute burst, which turned the tide of the game.
The Brace of Semenyo wore a deeper meaning, which came after he was subjected to a disgusting racial blemish of a Liverpool fan earlier in the game – a moment that was quickly reported to referee Anthony Taylor.
But the home crowd would have the last word. In the 88th minute, replacement Federico Chiesa delivered a stunning volley to restore Liverpool’s lead, and Mohamed Salah sealed the victory in stopping time with a fourth goal.
After the last whistle, Salah was visibly moved when the Anfield believers sang the name of Jota in a moving tribute.
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