A Double from Mohamed Salah earned Liverpool a hard-fought 2-0 win in AFC Bournemouth in the Premier League on Saturday afternoon.
2024/2025 Premier League
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Match Reports
A fine in the opening period and a stunning curly effort in the second was sufficient for the Reds to secure three points on the south coast.
The victory was at Vechtmode in the Vitality Stadium in the top of the top, with the loot deserved by seeing Liverpool for an advantage of nine points at the top of the rankings.
First half
Both teams exchanged early chances on the south coast when Antoine Semenyo saw a low shot saved by Alisson, before Luis Diaz had blocked a close effort for an Andy Robertson Corner Ball.
The two parties continued to fight for possession in the opening exits, Justin Kluivert was besides the reactions of Liverpool's no. 1, while Cody Gakpo reacted in the same way on the other side, forcing a strong stop by Kepa Arrizabalaga.
Semenyo threatened again and went closest to everyone in minute 20, rattled the pole with a well -beaten shot from the left side of the box.
The Reds, however, reacted again with an opportunity for their own chance, Gakpo fought in the attacking Dominik Szoboszlai, who saw his chance pushing away from the right.
Liverpool, however, did not have to be denied on half -timepiece and took the lead of the penalty spot via Mohamed Salah.
Gakpo ran along the left flank to lock Robertson's ball over the top and was deemed to have been cut in his attempt to do this through the receding Lewis Cook.
Salah stepped properly and shot low in the bottom corner to break the impasse and round the Reds in the front.
Prior to the interval, Bournemouth had the ball at the back of the net by David Brooks, although his shot was immediately sidelined from the edge of the box when Milos Kerkez wanded up too far before his cuts.
Second half
Bournemouth started the better of the two teams after the change in the ends and worked three chances in the opening minutes.
Dango Ouattara went wide from a Brooks Cross for the first time, before Kluisert saw a volley blocked by Ibrahima Konate and the low shot of Semenyo saved by Alisson, who was fed by a neatly reverse pass by Ryan Christie.
Liverpool passed the early edition and started playing again, with Alexis Mac Allister whistles a curly shot from a Salah -Pass from the right only a few centimeters past Kepa's Post.
The Reds were forced to fight for each ball as the game continued in almost the same way as the opening period, where both teams exchanged attacks.
Marcus Tavernier sent a warning to Liverpool, drove to the right, cut away from the inside and hit a immersion voltage of the upright.
Kluisert ran afterwards to meet the rebound, although he could only shoot the target wide with his chance.
With 15 minutes left, Salah, however, added a second sublime way to give Liverpool a pillow of two goals.
The No.11 took Jones's ball in the box, stood on his defender and produced an impressive curly effort in the far corner of the net to earn breathing space.
In the last minutes, Bournemouth continued to find a goal to withdraw into the game, but were kept at a distance by the Reds.
Semenyo went closest to the cherries and rode low along the pole of the edge of the area, although it was as close as they would come to get on the score sheet.
Line-ups
Bournemouth XI: Kepa, Ryan Christie, Lewis Cook, Brooks, Adams, Kluisert, Antoine Semenyo, Ilya Zabarnyi, Milos Kerkez, Dango Ouattara, Dean Huijsen
Subs: Marcus Tavernier, Will Dennis, Daniel Jebbison, Zain Silcott-Duberry, Matai Akinmboni, Ben Winterburn, Daniel Adu-Adjei, Max Kinsey, Remy Rees-Dottin
Liverpool XI: Alisson, Salah, Van Dijk, Robertson, Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Gakpo, Mac Allister, Szoboszlai, Luis Díaz, Gravenberch
Subs: Endo, Tsimikas, Jota, Kelleher, Nunez, Curtis Jones, Elliott, Quansah, Conor Bradley
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