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Liverpool are three wins away from the championship (Part 2)
Bournemouth are 18th and grappling with relegation. But after the opening goal, they made the homeowners confused clearly, and had two more chances to eat the table in the 13th and 14th minutes. Fraser hung the ball from the right to enter, but Stanislas headed the ball missed. Next, Bournemouth almost doubled the gap when Fraser corner kick, let Ake head stretch, but goalkeeper Adrian chose the right position to push the ball, save.
However, Liverpool quickly regained their spirit, almost equalizing in the 17th minute. Alexander-Arnold passed a long pass to Firmino to overcome Steve Cook’s block and then shot into the near corner. Only thanks to the timely reflex of goalkeeper Ramsdale, Bournemouth has not lost the advantage. But they also could not hold out long.
Center-back Cook was sore, and his replacement, Simpson, made a decisive mistake, leading to a goal in the 27th minute. Mane stole the ball from Simpson and passed it into the 16m50 area. Blocked by a guest defender, but Salah still managed to find a convenient position and the necessary space, to twist the shot into the near corner, defeating Ramsdale.
The atmosphere was blown back, Liverpool continued to bombard the visitors, and was rewarded with a goal to make the score 2-1 at 33 minutes. In a dispute in the middle of the pitch, Van Dijk had a ball and a long pass. up above, for Mane to open up the speed, beat goalkeeper Ramsdale in no tutoring position.
Bournemouth almost know how to stand after it. Liverpool regularly control the ball at over 70%, sometimes up to 80%. Opportunities also follow, but their strikers lack a bit of feeling to concretize, widen the gap. The most unfortunate phase of eating for the home team in the remaining time came in the 74th minute, when Mane shot the ball away from the touch point between the vertical column and the crossbar.
Win 2-1, Liverpool extended the unbeaten circuit at home in the Premier League to 55 games, including 45 victories and 10 draws. Calculated in the last 22 Premier League matches played at Anfield, Liverpool won, thereby setting a new record of the highest league in English football on the winning circuit at home.