A fast-fire double from Luis Díaz set Liverpool on track for a complete 3-0 Premier League dwelling win towards Bournemouth on Saturday as Arne Slot’s facet bounced again from final week’s surprising 1-0 loss to Nottingham Forest.
Diaz was electrical within the first half, papering over Liverpool’s defensive frailties with a superb attacking show from the left wing that overpowered the guests, with the sport successfully over as a contest by halftime.
Liverpool had the VAR to thank for chalking off an early Bournemouth objective from Antoine Semenyo as a consequence of offside, with the groans of the house followers who feared one other shock defeat turning to whoops of pleasure because the objective was overturned.
The electrical Diaz then went to work, forcing goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga right into a advantageous save within the eighth minute, and he threatened a number of extra instances earlier than lastly beating Kepa to an extended ball and rattling it dwelling within the twenty sixth minute.
Lower than three minutes later Diaz had his second objective as Bournemouth had been sliced open by a five-on-four break, the Colombia ahead utilizing his left foot to drive the ball between the legs of the advancing Kepa for his fifth objective in 5 league video games.
Darwin Núñez then added a superb third, attacking down the suitable and slowing down earlier than all of a sudden accelerating once more to chop inside and curl dwelling a left-foot shot to make it 3-0.
With the sport out of the guests’ attain, there was little of be aware within the second half save for the Premier League debut of Liverpool’s Federico Chiesa, who got here off the bench and offered a glimpse of the expertise that prompted them to pay Juventus £10 million ($13.32m) for him.
Regardless of their offensive dominance, Liverpool nonetheless regarded sometimes weak on the again and goalkeeper Caoimhín Kelleher needed to claw away the ball after it hit the bar from a late nook, however Bournemouth couldn’t discover a means again into the sport and the hosts ran out simple winners.
