PL: Liverpool play at Bournemouth and widen the gap at the top of the table

A great response to Arsenal. This Sunday, Liverpool traveled to Bournemouth for the 21st day of the Premier League. Leader of the English championship with 45 points on the clock, the Mersey club was obliged to win to outdistance its pursuers at the top of the ranking. A task far from easy for the Reds diminished by the absence of several executives (Salah, Alexander-Arnold and Szoboszlai) who presented themselves against the vengeful Cherries after a frustrating defeat at Tottenham at the weekend. last. As usual since the start of the season, Jürgen Klopp’s men set the tone from the first minutes without really worrying their opponents, lacking precision in certain sequences. Once pushed around by the visitors, Andoni Iraola’s men tried to take over the game on their own by creating a few dangerous situations like this opportunity from Solanke before the break (45th).

Then, Liverpool had a perfect start to the second half thanks to Nunez. Launched by Jota in the center, the Uruguayan did his best to deceive Neto and give the Reds the advantage (0-1, 49th). A decisive passer, the Portuguese turned into a double scorer, first in the 70th minute of play on a service from Gakpo (0-2), then 9 minutes later on a high recovery from van Dijk which he perfectly concluded (0-3, 79th). Letting go at the end of the game, Liverpool offered Brooks an opportunity to save the honor but the Welshman came out losing his duel with Alisson (90th). Quite the opposite of Nunez, on the lookout for a cross from Gomez to score a second goal in added time (0-4, 90th+3). Thus, it is a new success gleaned with the manner which allows the Reds to consolidate their leadership and temporarily take 5 points on Manchester City, who have a meeting with Burnley on January 31. In full swing in recent weeks, Bournemouth is stalling and has to settle for 12th place.