Liverpool claims comeback 3-1 win over Bournemouth despite Mac Allister red card

Football
Published 19.08.2023
Liverpool claims comeback 3-1 win over Bournemouth despite Mac Allister red card

Ten-man Liverpool got here from behind to beat Bournemouth 3-1 as targets from Luis Diaz, Mohamed Salah and Diogo Jota helped it get well from Antoine Semenyo’s early opener of their Premier League conflict at Anfield on Saturday.

The Reds, who drew 1-1 at Chelsea of their opener, had been shocked by Bournemouth within the third minute when Trent Alexander-Arnold misplaced possession in a harmful space earlier than Semenyo fired the south-coast membership in entrance.

Following the dismal begin, Liverpool grew into the competition and Diaz obtained the breakthrough with an acrobatic volley within the twenty eighth minute. Salah then hammered residence a follow-up shot after his spot-kick was saved to make it 2-1 within the thirty sixth.

Liverpool saved up the strain within the second half and scored its third objective by means of Jota, regardless of having gone all the way down to 10 males simply earlier than the hour mark when Alexis Mac Allister was proven a straight purple card for a excessive deal with on Joe Rothwell.