LIVERPOOL 3-1 BOURNEMOUTH: Goals from Luis Diaz, Mohamed Salah and Diogo Jota help Jurgen Klopp’s side past the Cherries after Alexis Mac Allister was sent off for a high foot
Liverpool showed character to come from behind and beat Bournemouth relatively comfortably, despite Alexis Mac Allister’s second-half red card.
Liverpool started terribly and, after Jaidon Anthony had a comical opener ruled out in the first minute, they went behind in after three minutes. A sloppy touch from Trent Alexander-Arnold saw Bournemouth win the ball high up the pitch before Antoine Semenyo slammed into the bottom corner.
Virgil van Dijk struck the bar with a header before Luis Diaz equalised with a fantastic acrobatic finish at the near post. Liverpool were gifted a chance to make it 2-1 when Joe Rothwell tripped Dominic Szoboszlai in the area, and although Neto saved Mohamed Salah’s effort, the Egyptian gobbled up the rebound.
Things were made harder for Jurgen Klopp’s side when Mac Allister was shown a straight red card for a high foot on Ryan Christie, but Diogo Jota made it 3-1 just four minutes later when he followed in an effort from Szoboszlai and was given a simple rebound by Neto.