Bournemouth 1-0 Liverpool: Cherries claim crucial win as Reds fall flat

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Philip Billing scores for Bournemouth against Liverpool successful the Premier League

Mohamed Salah's glaring punishment miss ensured Bournemouth climbed retired of the relegation portion aft an fantabulous triumph which damaged Liverpool's chances of qualifying for adjacent season's Champions League.

The Reds were brought backmost down to world aft past week's 7-0 thrashing of Manchester United arsenic the Cherries, who started the play bottom, did their endurance chances a powerfulness of good.

Liverpool were punished for mediocre defending erstwhile the unmarked Philip Billing struck from 8 yards retired for his sixth Premier League extremity of the play aft good enactment by Dango Ouattara.

Virgil van Dijk had a header cleared disconnected the enactment astatine 0-0 and substitute Diogo Jota was denied by Neto's good prevention earlier Liverpool won a punishment aft the Portugal forward's header was handled by Adam Smith.

But Salah, who became Liverpool's all-time apical Premier League scorer with 129 goals past week, blazed the punishment wide overmuch to the delight of Bournemouth's fans.

While the triumph catapulted Bournemouth to 16th earlier the 15:00 GMT kick-offs, Jurgen Klopp's broadside missed the accidental to spell 4th for the archetypal clip this play aft a lethargic display.

Having scored 7 times successful their past match, the Reds failed to registry a extremity against the worst defence successful the Premier League.

Liverpool person made strides successful caller weeks but this was a measurement backwards for a squad who look a mountainous task to enactment successful the Champions League erstwhile they spell to European champions Real Madrid connected Wednesday, looking to claw backmost a 5-2 deficit.

Their patchy distant signifier - conscionable 3 wins successful 13 league games connected the roadworthy - continues to clasp them back.

With adjacent week's location crippled with Fulham postponed owed to the London club's engagement successful the FA Cup followed by the archetypal planetary interruption of 2023, this was Liverpool's past crippled connected the Premier League signifier for 3 weeks.

They look back-to-back distant games astatine Manchester City (1 April) and Chelsea (4 April) erstwhile they return, followed by a location lucifer with leaders Arsenal (9 April).

Klopp volition anticipation his broadside person washed this decision retired of their strategy by then.

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AFC Bournemouth

Squad number13Player nameNeto
Squad number15Player nameA Smith
Squad number3Player nameStephens
Squad number25Player nameSenesi
Squad number5Player nameKelly
Squad number11Player nameOuattara
Squad number14Player nameRothwell
Squad number8Player nameLerma
Squad number32Player nameAnthony
Squad number29Player nameBilling
Squad number9Player nameSolanke

Squad number2Player nameFredericks
Squad number4Player nameL Cook
Squad number10Player nameChristie
Squad number18Player nameViña
Squad number24Player nameSemenyo

Liverpool

Squad number1Player nameAlisson
Squad number66Player nameAlexander-Arnold
Squad number5Player nameKonaté
Squad number4Player namevan Dijk
Squad number26Player nameRobertson
Squad number19Player nameElliott
Squad number3Player nameFabinho
Squad number43Player nameBajcetic
Squad number11Player nameMohamed Salah
Squad number18Player nameGakpo
Squad number27Player nameNúñez

Squad number7Player nameMilner
Squad number9Player nameRoberto Firmino
Squad number14Player nameHenderson
Squad number20Player nameDiogo Jota
Squad number28Player nameFábio Carvalho

Line-ups

Bournemouth

Formation 4-4-1-1

13Neto
15A SmithSubstituted forFredericksat 80'minutes
3Stephens
25Senesi
5Kelly
11Ouattara
14Rothwell
8LermaSubstituted forL Cookat 81'minutes
32AnthonyBooked astatine 51minsSubstituted forViñaat 88'minutes
29BillingBooked astatine 46minsSubstituted forChristieat 70'minutes
9SolankeSubstituted forSemenyoat 88'minutes

Substitutes

1Travers
2Fredericks
4L Cook
6Mepham
7Brooks
10Christie
18Viña
21Moore
24Semenyo

Liverpool

Formation 4-3-3

1Alisson
66Alexander-ArnoldSubstituted forMilnerat 65'minutes
5KonatéBooked astatine 75mins
4van Dijk
26Robertson
19ElliottSubstituted forJotaat 45'minutes
3FabinhoSubstituted forHendersonat 65'minutes
43BajceticSubstituted forCarvalhoat 88'minutes
11Salah
18Gakpo
27NúñezSubstituted forFirminoat 66'minutes

Substitutes

7Milner
9Firmino
13Adrián
14Henderson
20Jota
21Tsimikas
28Carvalho
29Arthur
32Matip

Referee:John Brooks

Attendance:10,536

Live Text

Match ends, Bournemouth 1, Liverpool 0.
Second Half ends, Bournemouth 1, Liverpool 0.
Attempt missed. Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) close footed changeable from a hard space connected the close is conscionable a spot excessively high.
Attempt missed. Antoine Semenyo (Bournemouth) near footed changeable from the near broadside of the container misses to the right.
Attempt missed. Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) close footed changeable from the near broadside of the container is close, but misses to the right.
Substitution, Bournemouth. Matías Viña replaces Jaidon Anthony.
Substitution, Bournemouth. Antoine Semenyo replaces Dominic Solanke.
Substitution, Liverpool. Fábio Carvalho replaces Stefan Bajcetic.
Foul by Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool).
Dominic Solanke (Bournemouth) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Attempt saved. Ryan Christie (Bournemouth) near footed changeable from the near broadside of the container is saved successful the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jaidon Anthony.
Substitution, Bournemouth. Lewis Cook replaces Jefferson Lerma.
Substitution, Bournemouth. Ryan Fredericks replaces Adam Smith due to the fact that of an injury.
Offside, Bournemouth. Dango Ouattara tries a done ball, but Jaidon Anthony is caught offside.
Delay over. They are acceptable to continue.
Delay successful lucifer due to the fact that of an wounded Adam Smith (Bournemouth).
Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool) is shown the yellowish paper for a atrocious foul.
Foul by Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool).
Dominic Solanke (Bournemouth) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Substitution, Bournemouth. Ryan Christie replaces Philip Billing.

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