Liverpool great Jamie Carragher feels the victory in the season opener against Stoke City would have thoroughly pleased manager Brendan Rodgers.
The Reds snatched the 1-0 victory in the last minutes of the game, thanks to a superb goal from Phillippe Coutinho, which exacted revenge for the 6-1 defeat at the Britannia Stadium on the final day of last season
With the Reds facing tricky trips to Arsenal, Manchester United, Everton, Tottenham, Chelsea and Manchester City in their next seven away fixtures, Carragher says it was vital for the Merseysiders to get off to a perfect start.
"Of course it is a big result," said the Sky Sports football expert. "You look at those fixtures to come, and the results they got in them last season. Okay it is a different set of players, but the hand they were dealt in the fixture list - on the back of finishing the season poorly - and even Liverpool in great form it would be difficult to pick up many points in a lot of those away games.
"You are playing against big rivals, there are derby games in there, so a lot of the time in those games, if you pick up a point, you are pleased.
"So to get three points from the start is pleasing. If Liverpool had lost today - you'd expect them to beat Bournemouth - but it puts more pressure on the Arsenal game."
Liverpool will next face Bournemouth at Anfield on 17 August.