BOURNEMOUTH 3-2 LIVERPOOL: The Reds have been crushed within the final minute on the south coast but it surely was a defeat that was all of their very own making
Liverpool’s hopes of retaining their Premier League title have lengthy since sailed away, however their shipwreck of a season hit new turbulence at Bournemouth.
After a dreadful first half which noticed them fall 2-0 down inside 35 minutes to strikes from Evanilson and Alex Jimenez, Virgil van Dijk’s header and Dominik Szoboszlai’s free-kick seemed to have earned a fifth straight league draw.
However a failure to cope with James Hill’s lengthy throw in stoppage time ended with Amine Adli bundling house a scarcely plausible winner to sentence the Reds to a seventh league lack of the season.
In opening exchanges that have been performed in torrential rain and driving wind, Liverpool have been the faster to search out their groove and established what they’d thought was a degree of management.
Mo Salah, on his first Premier League begin for 2 months, drove an effort over the bar from distance, earlier than the Egyptian’s hyperlink up with Florian Wirtz ended with Hill blocking a Szoboszlai shot.
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Hill was then concerned in Bournemouth’s first threatening second when he fired excessive, however that didn’t hassle Liverpool and there was little to herald the chaos that was about to unfold within the visiting defence.
Marcos Senesi’s lengthy ball ahead had nothing however a innocent menace to Van Dijk, however the Liverpool captain watched on and appeared to suppose it was dropping harmlessly out of play.
Alex Scott didn’t although, and the Bournemouth man nipped in to search out Evanilson who fired house, with Alisson crashing into Joe Gomez within the course of.
Cue some seven minutes of inexplicable dallying because the Reds failed to interchange the stricken Gomez with Wataru Endo, who stood on the sidelines as Arne Slot urged his gamers, most notably goalkeeper Alisson, to kick the ball out.
For some cause they didn’t, and the spectacular Hill had the time and area to play in Jimenez, who ran off the again of ex-Cherries man Milos Kerkez and fired in.
Stumbling round in a large number of their very own making, Liverpool have been surprised however had no different possibility however to attempt to set out on the lengthy highway again.
Wirtz fired large earlier than a spell of stress late within the first half would see the deficit halved as Szoboszlai’s nook was flicked throughout purpose by Van Dijk and dropped into the web on the far submit.
Given a lifeline by their captain’s purpose, and with Andy Robertson launched for Kerkez at half-time regardless of discussions over an impending transfer to Tottenham, Liverpool started the second half by dominating possession however doing little or no with it.
Ryan Gravenberch got here closest with an effort which whistled previous Djordje Petrovic’s submit, and after Slot had shuffled his pack by bringing on all 5 substitutes, Szoboszlai’s pinpoint free-kick made it 2-2 with 10 minutes remaining.
But when that was purported to herald a ultimate push from the quickly to be deposed champions then it didn’t arrive, and as an alternative Bournemouth have been left cursing when Evanilson fired large when it seemed simpler to attain.
To not fear for the Cherries although, Liverpool at all times provide you with one other probability.
Hill’s lengthy throw into the visiting field within the 94th minute precipitated chaos, and Adli was there to bundle house the winner and ship the house crowd wild.
Liverpool, but once more, have been sunk.
