Bournemouth spooked on Merseyside but couldn’t keep Liverpool at bay.
Luis Diaz tied the game. PDO
Liverpool opened their winning account of the season by beating Bournemouth 3–1.
The head coach Jurgen Klopp couldn’t be entirely satisfied with what he saw. Alakerta of the red shirts gifted the opening goal to the visiting team during Bournemouth’s quick attack. Got the ball at his feet Antoine Semenyo silenced Anfield in the third minute.
Liverpool found saviors. The team’s renewed attacking trio wreaked havoc. First, in the 28th minute, the left wing Luis Diaz acrobatically finished the equalizer and after eight minutes the right wing often shined Mo Salah shot a hard return ball into the bag.
Played in the middle of the trio Diogo Jota scored the last goal after being the first Bournemouth keeper Net in a spitting ball.
The most telling situation of the game was Liverpool’s by Alexis Mac Allister driving out The world champion, who was bought to Liverpool for a large sum, thought he would be the first to hit the freely moving ball, but hit the ball with his pieces after touching it Ryan Christie foot. After the VAR review, the referee gave a straight red card.
The nature of the game was not changed much by the run out. Jota scored an important 3–1 goal just moments later.
Red was also seen in other afternoon matches. Fulham suffered a dull 0-3 defeat against Brentford. Defender Tim Ream received two yellow cards in the match.
Wolverhampton, which was also undermanned, was manacled when Brighton won 4–1. Midfield Matheus Nunes got himself a red card in the final moments of the match.
Two more Premier League matches will be played in the evening. Tottenham will test Manchester United’s mood. Manchester City and Newcastle will meet in the match starting at 10 p.m.