Review ShowLiverpool 4-2 Bournemouth analysis: 'Clever' Chiesa and Salah's incredible desire
Federico Chiesa and Mohamed Salah were singled out by Neil Mellor during his in-depth review of Liverpool's 4-2 win over AFC Bournemouth.
Chiesa restored the Reds' lead in the 88th minute of last Friday's Premier League opener at Anfield, volleying home at the Kop end after a Salah cross was only half-cleared.
With that strike putting the hosts 3-2 ahead, Opta have declared it the club's latest winner in the first game of a Premier League campaign.
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Speaking on LFCTV's Review Show, ex-Red Mellor said: "It's a wonderful finish. What I like about this is the ball's up in the air, [Ibrahima] Konate's challenging, three Bournemouth defenders are challenging.
"Chiesa goes, 'I'm not getting involved in that. I'll just stay here in the space and hope for that second ball. Let them have that battle.'
"That's clever from Chiesa because he doesn't need to get involved in that, and that's where the ball falls to him really nicely. What a finish, what a nice moment."
Salah then wrapped up the three points for the defending champions by netting their fourth goal in stoppage time.
The Egyptian's individual effort saw him extend his record as the competition's most prolific scorer on the opening weekend.
"What you have to say is he makes a hopeful ball into his own ball," Mellor analysed. "He's on the right wing and then he ends up on the left wing. Bournemouth are thinking, 'There's no way he can get there.'
"He has support, look at the Liverpool shirts, four inside the area. But he's got one thing in his mind, 'Get a bit of space and fire the ball towards goal.' What a goal with his right foot.
"From the right wing to the left wing, he sprinted 37 metres to get there ahead of the defender. That is really impressive, the desire to get there ahead of the defender."
