Softening up White's pawn majority and freeing the d5-square for the knight.
Preventing ...b5-b4, but also leaving the queenside structure in a bad shape.
After some consolidating moves Black is ready to fight for the initiative by ...Nbd5 or ...Nc4.
1...exf5 2.exf5 g5 3.Bg3 +/-
1...e5 2.Ne6! Nxe6 3.fxe6 Rxe6 4.Nd5 , followed by Bg4, leads to an even bigger advantage
1...e5 2.Ne6! Nxe6 3.fxe6 Rxe6 4.Nd5 , followed by Bg4, leads to an even bigger advantage
Now Black will never be able to recover the pawn; but after 4...Nxe4 5.Nxe4 Bxe4 6.Qh6! White would have a strong attack.