Liverpool vs Bournemouth LIVE: Premier League score and goal ...
Liverpool take on Bournemouth hoping to build some momentum in the Premier League following a shock defeat to Nottingham Forest in their previous league game.
During the week Arne Slot took charge of this first European match as Liverpool manager and defeated AC Milan at the San Siro in a confidence-building comeback victory. The Reds will now be hoping to take that form into today’s encounter with the Cherries and move themselves up the Premier League table.
For their part, Bournemouth have been playing well. Five points from their opening four games puts them 11th in the table, just behind Manchester United. Although they lost 1-0 to Chelsea in their last match they performed strongly and Andoni Iraola will be hoping for something similar at Anfield.
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Liverpool are unbeaten in their last 140 Premier League matches when leading at half-time (127 wins) dating back to a 4-3 loss to Bournemoth on December 4, 2016.
Cook’s inswinging corner is left at the near post by Kerkez, with Van Dijk able to sort his feet out and clear it away to foil another Bournemouth set-piece.
Salah is a bit too unselfish at the key moment, reading the bounce of Gravenberch’s pass perfectly to get to the ball ahead of Kerkez, before playing it across the face of goal for the marked Nunez. Zabarnyi manages to step across and clear it away at the last possible second, with the Egypt international perhaps thinking he could have hit it himself.
Substitution Dominik Szoboszlai Curtis Julian Jones
Mac Allister somehow manages to chip an inch-perfect pass into the penalty area for Salah, who brings it down with class before having his close-range shot denied by Kepa. The Egypt international manages to regather possession and dance around the goalkeeper before passing his effort into an empty net, but Kerkez manages to take up a good position on the line to deny Liverpool a fourth.
Yellow Card Ibrahima Konaté
Ouattara manages to win just enough space ahead of Alexander-Arnold to dig out a cross near the byline, but Kelleher takes a step to his near post before making a routine catch.
Gravenberch hits a speculative strike from 30 yards out, looking to test the goalkeeper, but Kepa is equal to it, palming the ball down with two hands to take the sting out before making the grab at the second attempt.
Semenyo manages to cut inside from the right 18 yards from goal, somehow dribbling past Diaz, Nunez and Mac Allister before hitting a low, left-footed shot that provides an easy save for Kelleher.
Bournemouth have lost nine of their 10 away games against Liverpool in all competitions, with the exception being a 2-2 draw in the Premier League in April 2017.
