In what were far from seaside conditions, with a blustery wind sweeping through the Vitality Stadium, Liverpool cruised to a 4-0 win, against Bournemouth.
The win takes Liverpool to the top of the table, leap-frogging Manchester City, although for Liverpool to stay there it’ll need Chelsea, later this afternoon, to get a result against unbeaten, in the Premier League, Manchester City.
Liverpool’s triumph this lunch-time came courtesy of a hat-trick from Mo Salah and an own-goal from the Bournemouth centre-back, Steve Cook.
The big win also increases Liverpool’s goal difference to a very healthy +38, ten more than Manchester City.
The clean-sheet means that Liverpool, when it comes to the Premier League, have conceded just six goals.
The Red Machine is purring nicely as we head towards a crucial midweek Champions League game against Napoli, a game Liverpool must win by at least two goals to reach the last 16 of the competition.
Vitality Stadium
Premier League
8/12/2018 12:30 pm
Attendance: 10752
Referee: Lee Mason
| Bournemouth | Liverpool | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salah (25, 48, 77) S. Cook (68) | |||||||
| Begovic | Alisson | ||||||
| Francis | Milner | ||||||
| Cook S | Matip | ||||||
| Ake | van Dijk | ||||||
| Daniels | 83 | Robertson | |||||
| Brooks | 65 | Shaqiri | 65 | ||||
| Lerma | Wijnaldum | ||||||
| Surman | Fabinho | ||||||
| Stanislas | 83 | Keito | 85 | ||||
| Fraser | Salah | ||||||
| King | Roberto Firmino | ||||||
Substitutes |
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| Boruc | Mane | 65 | |||||
| Pugh | Henderson | ||||||
| Mousset | 65 | Sturridge | |||||
| Ibe | Lallana | 85 | |||||
| Defoe | Mignolet | ||||||
| Rico | 83 | Origi | |||||
| Mings | 83 | Alexander-Arnold | |||||
Game Statistics |
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| 8 | Goal attempts | 10 |
| 2 | On Target | 4 |
| 6 | Corners | 6 |
| 9 | Fouls | 11 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 40 | % | 60 |