Liverpool began their season in devastating fashion with a 9-0 thrashing of Bournemouth at Anfield, matching the Premier League’s highest victory record.
Liverpool’s Premier League season got off to its worst start in ten years on Monday when it lost at Manchester United, but the raging Reds quickly set the record straight by matching United’s 9-0 triumph against Ipswich in 1995 to begin their campaign.
Roberto Firmino set up Luis Diaz’s opener, Harvey Elliott’s drive and Trent Alexander-Arnold’s thunderous effort before getting on the scoresheet with Liverpool’s fourth.
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Virgil van Dijk’s towering header ensured there was no respite for the Cherries, who handed Liverpool their fifth when Chris Mepham put through his own net. Firmino got his second goal in the 62nd minute for Liverpool’s seventh of the afternoon.
Fabio Carvalho came off the bench to score his first Liverpool goal, before Diaz rounded off the historic victory with his second and the hosts’ ninth as Jurgen Klopp’s side claimed their first win of the campaign to climb to eighth in the table.
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What Did Klopp Say?
Klopp was satisfied with the reaction of his players to their terrible start to the season.
“Very good. We wanted to show a reaction. Be ourselves. Getting to be the best version of ourselves. We play a specific way.
“We scored wonderful goals. The game settled and we kept scoring. It was about keep going. Not to humiliate Bournemouth, we couldn’t respect them more.
“It’s about putting the opponent under pressure. I could bring on the kids, they deserve it so much. Everything was perfect pretty much.”
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