{"id":2281,"date":"2025-08-16T11:05:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T11:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/2281\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T11:05:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T11:05:08","slug":"liverpool-fans-will-love-what-hugo-ekitike-said-after-their-4-2-win-v-bournemouth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/2281\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool fans will love what Hugo Ekitike said after their 4-2 win v Bournemouth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hugo Ekitike was once again one of Liverpool\u2019s best players as they managed to beat Bournemouth 4-2. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The Reds were rather lucky in their first Premier League<\/a> game of the season, as, even though for most of the clash they were on the back foot, they still beat Andoni Iraola\u2019s men by two goals<\/a>. <\/p>\n

As mentioned, Ekitike\u2019s performance was impressive, and although others, such as Florian Wirtz, may not have hit the mark on their Premier League debut<\/a>, there\u2019s still plenty of time for them to gel.<\/p>\n

\"FlorianPhoto by Liverpool FC\/Liverpool FC via Getty Images<\/p>\n

However, even though the former Eintracht Frankfurt man made a good name for himself, what he said after the game will likely get fans even more excited. <\/p>\n

Hugo Ekitike believes that he can still do better than how he\u2019s played his first two Liverpool games<\/p>\n

Alexander Isak has long been linked with an Anfield switch<\/a> but with the performances that Ekitike has put in so far, it doesn\u2019t really feel like the Reds need the Sweden international at the moment. <\/p>\n

Of course, his addition would be more than welcome and would help take Liverpool\u2019s attack to a whole different level but since he\u2019s an out-and-out striker, Arne Slot\u2019s<\/a> men would likely lose a lot of their creativity. <\/p>\n

Ekitike<\/a> is often seen dropping back from the front three to try and create something from nothing and thanks to this commitment, he even bagged himself an assist before he was taken off the pitch. <\/p>\n

And, while speaking to Sky Sports after the game, it feels like things could still be on the way up for the Frenchman at Anfield<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have so much things to do better, I think I will get better,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

\"HugoPhoto by Liverpool FC\/Liverpool FC via Getty ImagesHugo Ekitike admits he\u2019s changed his playing style for Liverpool<\/p>\n

Seeing as though Slot has a very specific way that he wants his team to play, a lot of his first-team squad have had to adapt their playing styles to fit into the Dutchman\u2019s plans. <\/p>\n

And others, such as Ryan Gravenberch, have managed to excel with the way Liverpool line-up<\/a> and have actually found themselves becoming one of the Reds\u2019 most important players. <\/p>\n

Ekitike is no different with the striker admitting that he\u2019s already \u201cchanged\u201d the way he plays despite only playing two games for the Anfield outfit. <\/p>\n

\u201cI changed my way of playing here, it\u2019s different football with more intensity. The defenders are stronger and there are tight spaces here,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

\u201cI had so much more space in Germany. That\u2019s why I try to come, link and go and run behind.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to find the way to succeed with the details. It\u2019s not good anymore. We just have to get better.\u201d<\/p>\n

Not only does this show how committed he is to making a career at Liverpool<\/a> but it also shows how adaptable he can be if push comes to shove. <\/p>\n

Of course, we\u2019re only one game into the Premier League season at the moment but if Ekitike believes he can improve the levels that he\u2019s already shown, that \u00a370m+ fee will feel like a bargain. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hugo Ekitike was once again one of Liverpool\u2019s best players as they managed to beat Bournemouth 4-2. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2282,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[9,10,18,13,14,6,2444,19,17,11,12,15,16,5,7,8],"class_list":{"0":"post-2281","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-breakingnews","10":"tag-eire","11":"tag-featured-news","12":"tag-featurednews","13":"tag-headlines","14":"tag-hugo-ekitike","15":"tag-ie","16":"tag-ireland","17":"tag-latest-news","18":"tag-latestnews","19":"tag-main-news","20":"tag-mainnews","21":"tag-news","22":"tag-top-stories","23":"tag-topstories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2281\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}