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TUESDAY, MAY 30, 2023
Liverpool ride early jolt to return to winning ways

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Reuters
07 March, 2020, 10:50 pm
Last modified: 07 March, 2020, 10:55 pm

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Liverpool ride early jolt to return to winning ways

After Liverpool’s 44-match unbeaten league run ended in shocking fashion at Watford last week, victory restored their 25-point lead over Manchester City who have two games in hand.

Reuters
07 March, 2020, 10:50 pm
Last modified: 07 March, 2020, 10:55 pm
Liverpool's James Milner celebrates after the match REUTERS/Phil Noble
Liverpool's James Milner celebrates after the match REUTERS/Phil Noble

Runaway Premier League leaders Liverpool resumed normal service with an unconvincing 2-1 victory over relegation-threatened Bournemouth on Saturday but they had to recover from an early jolt at Anfield.

Goals in quick succession by Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane before halftime calmed the jitters after Callum Wilson had given Bournemouth a surprise ninth-minute lead.

It was far from vintage Liverpool, however, and they struggled to finish off a Bournemouth side who almost grabbed a late equaliser through Wilson.

After Liverpool's 44-match unbeaten league run ended in shocking fashion at Watford last week, victory restored their 25-point lead over Manchester City who have two games in hand.

Three defeats in their last four matches in all competitions had given Liverpool a reality check, even if only serial pessimists among their fans truly believed they might blow their first title for 30 years.

It is still a matter of when, not if, Juergen Klopp's men seal the deal and Saturday's win, their 22nd in succession at home in the Premier League, restored their 25-point lead.

Three more wins and they will be crowned champions.

They want to finish in style, though, and that was missing initially against a Bournemouth side who are scrapping for their top-flight survival.

"We have said before, confidence is not something that you get, put in your pocket and keep for the rest of your life. It comes and goes," Klopp said of his team who will try to overturn a 1-0 deficit against Atletico Madrid next week to keep alive their hopes of retaining the Champions League.

"But we have 82 points now, which is really nice. We have to carry on fighting."

Bournemouth's goal left Klopp apoplectic. Wilson appeared to nudge Joe Gomez off the ball before passing to Philip Billing whose well-timed pass released Jefferson Lerma.

Wilson, who had continued his run, met Lerma's low cross with a simple tap-in.

Liverpool were clearly rattled and Nathan Ake almost made it 2-0 with a thumping header from a corner that was well saved by keeper Adrian, in for the injured Alisson.

Bournemouth's problem all season has been an inability to avoid conceding needless goals and it was from a dreadful mistake that Liverpool equalised in the 25th minute.

Youngster Jack Simpson had only been on the pitch a few minutes to replace injured skipper Steve Cook when he took a heavy touch and was robbed by Mane.

Mane's ball to Salah was not the best but the Egyptian cut inside Lerma and drove home a low left-foot shot that beat Aaron Ramsdale at his near post.

A wild-eyed Klopp celebrated like a man possessed, still seething at what he felt was a poor decision to allow Bournemouth's goal.

Mini-crisis over, Liverpool went ahead eight minutes later when Bournemouth again lost possession and Virgil van Dijk released Mane who ran through unopposed to score with ease.

Liverpool lacked their usual zip and almost paid the price when Ake and Wilson had the chance to equalise after a scramble in the dying minutes.

Bournemouth will rue an opportunity lost against an off-key Liverpool and remain third-bottom on 27 points, the same as West Ham United and Watford who have a superior goal difference.

"We made a mistake for the first goal, and the second was similar — we had the ball, seconds later we are conceding. We gave everything to it but came away with nothing," Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe said.

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