Bournemouth 1-0 Liverpool LIVE: Philip Billing gives the relegation-threatened hosts a shock lead with a cool finish after mistake from Liverpool defence in early blow to Klopp’s hopes
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Nunez puts a cross into the area, but with no one on the other side, it goes out for a goal kick. Liverpool seem to be losing the midfield battle.
Ouattara almost finds Solanke, but Alisson is on it like a flash and safely gathers.
Ouattara’s puts in a low cross and Billing steers it past Alisson!
Terrible defending from Liverpool and the hosts take the lead.
Can the Reds respond?
One or two signs Bournemouth are coming back into this. Konaté does really well to hold off Solanke.
Moments later Ouattara goes through again, but Van Dijk makes the crucial tackle.
The flag goes up, but was it offside?
Liverpool win three corners. with Alexander-Arnold at the back post hitting the side-netting. Good pressure.
Gakpo scores but within seconds it’s flagged as offside. A great knock-down by Nunez though.
It comes just after Andy Robertson’s powerful effort is saved by Neto.
It’s a massive chance for the Cherries! Ouattara finds space behind Liverpool’s defence, goes around keeper Alisson, but fires the ball into the side-netting.
Pressure from Liverpool builds as Gakpo wins a throwing
Van Dijk goes close as it’s headed off the line from a corner by Lerma. It’s all the Reds in the early exchanges as the defender almost opens the scoring.
Salah has the first sniff at goal as he tries to hit it first time. It’s a half chance, but fantastic build-up play from Nunez and Gakpo.
Finally the teams come out of the tunnel and we are off at the Vitality Stadium!
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Gary O’Neil reacts to Bournemouth’s 3-2 defeat at Arsenal by making three changes.
Lloyd Kelly, Jefferson Lerma and Jaidon Anthony all return as Chris Mepham, Antoine Semenyo and Jordan Zemura dropped out.
Bournemouth line-up: Neto, Smith, Stephens, Senesi, Kelly, Ouattara, Lerma, Billing, Anthony, Rothwell, Solanke.
Subs: Travers, Fredericks, Cook, Mepham, Brooks, Christie, Vina, Moore, Semenyo.
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🔺 Brooks back in squad
🔺 Kelly returns to line up
🔺 Lerma also in from the off
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Jurgen Klopp makes one change to the Liverpool team that beat Manchester United 7-0, with Jordan Henderson dropping to the bench and Stefan Bajcetic taking his place.
Liverpool line-up: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; Fabinho, Elliott, Bajcetic; Salah, Gakpo, Nunez.
Subs: Adrian, Milner, Firmino, Henderson, Jota, Tsimikas, Carvalho, Arthur, Matip.
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Here's how we line up to take up on AFC Bournemouth today!
Liverpool, fifth in the league with 42 points, travel to the Vitality Stadium to take on bottom club Bournemouth.
The Cherries were beaten 9-0 by Jurgen Klopp’s men in the reverse fixture.
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