Chiesa's 88th-Minute Breakthrough Unleashes Liverpool's Avalanche

Incontournable Score Futmetrix: 100/100. Six goals, three lead changes, and a late-game collapse of defensive structure turned this into a chaotic masterclass in attacking football.

When Substitutes Rewrite the Script

For 87 minutes, Bournemouth refused to fold. Antoine Semenyo dragged the visitors level at 2-2 in the 76th minute, forcing parity after Liverpool had dominated the opening hour. The Balance shifted violently—three lead changes in 90 minutes meant neither side could establish control. Then came the Stakes-defining moment: Endo's introduction at the 60th minute began to tilt the midfield, and when Frederico Chiesa burst off the bench in the 82nd minute, the match entered a different dimension.

Chiesa needed just six minutes. His 88th-minute finish broke Bournemouth's resistance and triggered a Intensity spike that obliterated the away side's structure. Mohamed Salah sealed it in the 90th minute, but the real story wasn't the scoreline—it was the tempo collapse. Bournemouth had 39% possession and 10 total shots, yet created enough chaos to stay competitive until the final whistle. Liverpool's 61% control masked a sluggish first 70 minutes; only the substitutes' injection of pace transformed this from a grinding affair into a goal-fest.

The Balance metrics tell the tale: three lead changes, a tied scoreline at 2-2, then four unanswered goals in 14 minutes. H. Ekitike opened the scoring at 37 minutes, Cody Gakpo doubled the lead at 49, but Semenyo's brace (64', 76') kept Bournemouth's Stakes alive in a relegation-threatening campaign. The flurry of 29 combined shots and 13 on target created a shooting gallery, yet both keepers made critical saves (Liverpool's keeper with 1, Bournemouth's with 6). This wasn't precision; it was controlled chaos.