A year ago
Liverpool were carried down to earth as they slipped to overcome at transfer undermined Bournemouth only six days on from their noteworthy triumph over Manchester United. Jurgen Klopp's side embarrassed their savage opponents with a 7-0 win at Anfield last Sunday however Philip Charging's 6th objective of the time was enough for the Cherries to get a 1-0 triumph to move off the foot of the Head Association.
Mohamed Salah stabbed a last part penalty wide to summarize an unfortunate presentation on a wet and blustery south-coast evening, with Liverpool passing up an opportunity to break into the main four in front of the second leg of their Bosses Association attach with Genuine Madrid. Bournemouth had been two objectives up at association pioneers Weapons store last week just to surrender to a stoppage-time champ yet their reaction here was praiseworthy.
Gary O'Neil's side were floated by the arrival of David Streams to a matchday crew without precedent for 525 days, the Grains midfielder having been determined to have stage two Hodgkin lymphoma in October 2021. Obviously, it was in-structure Liverpool who set out the primary freedom of the evening as Virgil van Dijk headed a corner goalwards just for the returning Jefferson Lerma to tidy up the line.
Bournemouth ought to have broken the halt as Dango Ouattara broke in behind to lock onto a Dominic Solanke pass prior to attempting to adjust Alisson, fixing the point as he could shoot into the side netting. Birthday kid Andrew Robertson constrained a brilliant stop out of Neto at the opposite end before Cody Gakpo turned home a Darwin Nunez cross just to be controlled offside.
Ouattara was causing the Liverpool protection a wide range of trouble and eventually it was the Burkina Faso winger who teed up Bournemouth's opener, disregarding a Van Dijk challenge prior to crossing for Charging to turn home. Van Dijk ought to have improved as Liverpool hoped to even out before the break however he was unable to connect on a profound Robertson free-kick.
Previous Liverpool striker Solanke terminated over as the Cherries pushed briefly, Liverpool's guard looking like their endeavors in the 5-2 Heroes Association rout by Genuine Madrid in the principal leg of their last-16 conflict as opposed to that which had kept five successive clean sheets in the association going to the Essentialness Arena. Klopp responded by conveying the guests ahead of schedule for the last part, as well as presenting Diogo Jota instead of Harvey Elliott.
Jota was straight into the activity, his shot turned behind by Neto, however the odds were not free-streaming for the Reds, with Klopp again going to his seat as Jordan Henderson, James Milner and Roberto Firmino all came on with 65 minutes on the clock. Milner was involved right away, his cross headed goalwards by Jota and striking the arm of Adam Smith, with arbitrator John Streams highlighting the spot in the wake of counseling his pitchside screen.
Salah, typically so dangerous from 12 yards, bursted his spot-kick wide of the post as Bournemouth's lead stayed in affability, substitute Ryan Christie stinging the palms of Alisson as the hosts hoped to broaden their benefit. Gakpo shot over in the perishing coals as Bournemouth hung on for only a second win from their last 11 association excursions to let some free from the tension on O'Neil, who was designated in the repercussions of Liverpool's 9-0 win.
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