last updated on .From the section Premier LeagueLiverpool 2-1 Bournemouth: Jurgen Klopp says ‘clear foul’ in build up to Bournemouth goal Jurgen Klopp said he will “ never compare ” himself to former Liverpool director Bill Shankly after his side beat Bournemouth to take another major footprint towards a beginning league title in 30 years. The victory was Liverpool ‘s 22nd consecutive Premier League winnings at Anfield, breaking the english top-flight record set by Shankly ‘s team in 1972.

“ We did n’t think about that number before the game, but after we can, ” said Klopp. “ It ‘s nice, it ‘s particular, but today is a very dear example that we have to fight. ” The hosts fell behind in controversial circumstances, Callum Wilson slotting home Jefferson Lerma ‘s humble cross after appearing to shove Joe Gomez in the build-up to the goal. Liverpool soon hit their stride, however, and Mohamed Salah – making his hundredth league appearance for the club – restored parity with a moo complete after Sadio Mane dispossessed Jack Simpson trench inside the Cherries ‘ half. Mane latched on to Virgil van Dijk ‘s absolutely weighted through-ball to complete the reversal, but Liverpool needed a bright goal-line clearance from James Milner to prevent Ryan Fraser from hauling Bournemouth back on level terms in a edgy second gear one-half. “ We ‘re not geniuses, but we can very fight and that ‘s all we have to do until the end of the season, ” said Klopp, who confirmed captain Jordan Henderson – missing with a hamstring injury – is probably to resume broad aim on Sunday before the Champions League last-16 second leg at home to Atletico Madrid. “ I think he will train tomorrow. If that looks full, I have to make a decision. ” The win means Liverpool could be champions by the time they play Everton in the league on 16 March – if Manchester City lose their next three games against Manchester United, Arsenal and Burnley. Eddie Howe ‘s Bournemouth side stay in the relegation zone, level on points with Watford and West Ham but with a worse finish difference than their nearest rivals at the bottomland .

Reds back to winning ways – just

Klopp spoke before the game about “ getting back on traverse immediately ” after watching his side slip to straight defeats in the league and FA Cup. They made the worst possible start, however, as Bournemouth capitalised on the Reds ‘ early nerves to take a shock lead – albeit in controversial fashion. Wilson finished off a neat move involving Lerma and Philip Billing, but Liverpool felt the finish should have been disallowed for the striker ‘s push on Gomez. The television assistant referee saw no misdemeanor and the goal was given. Things could have got worse for Liverpool when Nathan Ake ‘s herculean heading was unconvincingly shovelled on to the top of the crossbar by stand-in goalkeeper Adrian, although they continued to create chances and deservedly restored parity through Salah ‘s low end – his 70th league goal for the clubhouse. If Bournemouth fans could have been forgiven for fearing the worst when Mane scored with a delightful dink over Aaron Ramsdale 12 minutes before half-time, Liverpool failed to carry that momentum into the second half. Chances were few and far between until Ryan Fraser spotted Adrian off his trace, with the retreating Milner producing an great clearance, while Mane ‘s 25-yard come to cannoned back off the bar .

Individual errors cost Bournemouth

Liverpool 2-1 Bournemouth: Eddie Howe devastated for his players Having seen his side taken a deserve early run, Howe will be piercingly disappointed with the manner of Liverpool ‘s two first-half goals. Simpson, who replaced the injure Steve Cook after 19 minutes, was easily dispossessed by Mane in the build-up to Salah ‘s equalizer, before another sloppy pass allowed Van Dijk to tee up the Senegal forward for Liverpool ‘s second. There were positives for Bournemouth, who caused Liverpool problems and were only denied a share of the spoils by Milner ‘s superb headroom from Fraser ‘s looping feat. Ake spurned an opportunity to equalise in the 90th hour when he opted to pass to the offside Wilson with merely hadrian to beat. however, Bournemouth will need to cut out individual mistakes if they are to prolong their five-year persist in the Premier League. “ The two goals come from us having possession and they punished us on the transition, ” Howe said. “ It was a pitiless crippled for us today because I do n’t think we did much amiss. ” With games against Wolves, Manchester United, Tottenham and Leicester coming up, Bournemouth will be desperate to claim maximum points at home to Crystal Palace in their following league pit .

Man of the match – Sadio Mane (Liverpool)

Sadio Mane, LiverpoolMade the difference for Liverpool with a goal and an assist, and nearly added a late third with a ferocious drive which struck the crossbar

Reds stretch unbeaten Anfield run – the stats

  • Liverpool are unbeaten in their past 55 league matches at Anfield ( W45 D10 ). only Chelsea between 2004-2008 ( 86 games ) have had a longer unbeaten move at home in Premier League history .
  • Since the begin of last season, Bournemouth have lost more Premier League away games than any other side ( 24 ) .
  • Bournemouth have lost all eight of their Premier League matches against teams starting the day in first place by an aggregate score of 27-4 .
  • Mohamed Salah is the beginning Liverpool player to score 20 goals in all competitions in three consecutive seasons since Michael Owen in 2000-01 and 2002-03 .
  • Salah has scored 70 goals in 100 Premier League appearances for Liverpool, seven more than any other player in their first 100 for the club ( Fernando Torres 63 ). entirely Alan Shearer with Blackburn ( 79 ) has scored more goals in his first 100 Premier League appearances for a club in the competition ‘s history .
  • Liverpool ‘s Sadio Mane has had a hand in six goals in his past four Premier League starts against Bournemouth ( 4 goals, 2 assists ) .
  • Callum Wilson ‘s opener was the inaugural Premier League goal Bournemouth have scored against Liverpool since April 2017 ( Josh King ), ending a range of 17 consecutive goals scored by the Reds in this repair .

‘We have to give everyone a proper fight’ – what the managers said

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp, speaking to BBC Sport: “ I know what the boys are able to do, but I am not the one that is playing – they are. We have said before, confidence is not something that you get, put in your scoop and keep for the rest of your liveliness. It comes and goes. You need that feeling where things work out. “ You have to fight difficult – that ‘s constantly the main thing to do – but we have 82 points now, which is truly nice. We have to carry on fight, give everyone a proper battle – and that ‘s what we did today. ” Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe, speaking to BBC Sport: “ We gave it a go. We started truly well and looked a terror on the counter-attack. Their two goals came from the transition. They punished us when it counted. “ We made a error for the first finish, and the moment was exchangeable – we had the ball, seconds late we are conceding. We gave everything to it but came away with nothing. “ Losing Steve Cook was a big moment, and Phil [ Billing ] could n’t truly move at the end. We could n’t have a full assault at them. ”

What’s next?

Liverpool server Atletico Madrid in the second stage of their Champions League last-16 affiliation on Wednesday ( 20:00 GMT ) before travelling to Everton in the Merseyside bowler hat on 16 March ( 20:00 ). Bournemouth welcome Crystal Palace to the Vitality Stadium in their next league equal on 14 March ( 15:00 ) .

  • Line-ups
  • Match Stats
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Line-ups

Liverpool

formation 4-3-3

13

Adrián

66

Alexander-Arnold

12

Gomez

4

van Dijk

7

Milner

15

Oxlade-Chamberlain

3

Fabinho

5

Wijnaldum

11

Salah

9

Firmino

10

Mané

  • 13

    Adrián

  • 66

    Alexander-Arnold

  • 12

    Gomez

  • 4

    van Dijk

  • 7

    Milner

  • 15

    Oxlade-Chamberlain

    Substituted for

    Lallana

    at

    84′

    minutes

  • 3

    Fabinho

  • 5

    Wijnaldum

  • 11

    Salah

  • 9

    Firmino

    Substituted for

    Origi

    at

    90+2′

    minutes

  • 10

    Mané

Substitutes

  • 8

    Keita

  • 18

    Minamino

  • 20

    Lallana

  • 22

    Lonergan

  • 27

    Origi

  • 32

    Matip

  • 76

    N Williams

Bournemouth

formation 4-1-4-1

12

Ramsdale

17

Stacey

3

S Cook

5

Aké

15

A Smith

8

Lerma

24

Fraser

29

Billing

16

L Cook

19

Stanislas

13

Wilson

  • 12

    Ramsdale

  • 17

    Stacey

  • 3

    S Cook

    Substituted for

    Simpson

    at

    19′

    minutes

  • 5

    Aké

  • 15

    A Smith

  • 8

    Lerma

    Substituted for

    Gosling

    at

    80′

    minutes

  • 24

    Fraser

  • 29

    Billing

  • 16

    L Cook

  • 19

    Stanislas

    Substituted for

    Solanke

    at

    68′

    minutes

  • 13

    Wilson

    Booked at 90mins

Substitutes

  • 1

    Boruc

  • 4

    Gosling

  • 6

    Surman

  • 9

    Solanke

  • 21

    Rico

  • 25

    Simpson

  • 44

    Surridge

Referee:
Paul Tierney
Attendance:
53,323

Match Stats

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    Match ends, Liverpool 2, Bournemouth 1 .

  2. Full Time

    second Half ends, Liverpool 2, Bournemouth 1 .

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    James Milner ( Liverpool ) wins a unblock kick on the forget flank .

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    Foul by Jack Stacey ( Bournemouth ) .

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    Sadio Mané ( Liverpool ) wins a barren kick on the leave fender .

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    Foul by Adam Smith ( Bournemouth ) .

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    Foul by Mohamed Salah ( Liverpool ) .

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    Adam Smith ( Bournemouth ) wins a free complain in the defensive half .

  9. Substitution

    substitution, Liverpool. Divock Origi replaces Roberto Firmino .

  10. Booking

    Callum Wilson ( Bournemouth ) is shown the yellow wag for a bad filthy .

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    James Milner ( Liverpool ) wins a barren kick back in the defensive one-half .

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    Foul by Callum Wilson ( Bournemouth ) .

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    undertake missed. Roberto Firmino ( Liverpool ) right footed shoot from the center of the box is besides high gear. Assisted by Mohamed Salah following a flying separate .

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    Offside, Bournemouth. Lewis Cook tries a through ball, but Nathan Aké is caught offside .

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    Foul by James Milner ( Liverpool ) .

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    Jack Stacey ( Bournemouth ) wins a barren complain on the correct wing .

  17. Substitution

    substitution, Liverpool. Adam Lallana replaces Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain .

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    attempt missed. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain ( Liverpool ) right footed shoot from outside the box misses to the exit. Assisted by Georginio Wijnaldum .

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    Foul by Sadio Mané ( Liverpool ) .

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    Adam Smith ( Bournemouth ) wins a release kick in the defensive half .

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