Liverpool claimed their biggest ever Premier League win as Roberto Firmino and Luis Díaz both scored twice in a 9-0 rout of Bournemouth
were abject and perfect fodder for a team needing a first win of the campaign. But in terms of intensity, penetration and pure enjoyment of the ball Liverpool could not have delivered a finer show to banish doubt and signal their self-belief remains intact. And of course their quality.
Liverpool were rampant from the off, five goals ahead by half-time –for the first time in a league game at Anfield since 1958 – and equalled their record league win – against Crystal Palace in 1989 – with something to spare. And Mohamed Salah didn’t score. The hosts started the destruction after 151 seconds. An opening goal had been coming even then. Firmino, having broken through the wafer-thin resistance in Bournemouth’s midfield, bent a delightful cross into the area for the soaring Díaz to head beyond Mark Travers. An exhausting and humiliating afternoon for the keeper had just begun.
The midfielder excelled for the 45 minutes he was on the pitch, his touch and movement far superior to anything in the visiting ranks, but he was replaced as a precaution at the interval by a fellow 19-year-old, Fabio Carvalho. The fine strike was not the only reason for his father’s elation.
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