JWSport Jacek Waszak – Sport journalist
Liverpool celebrated the English championship in early May 1990. Kenny Dalglish’s athletes were nine points better than Aston Villa.
In 1990 it didn’t occur to the Dalglish players that they would wait so long for the next Premier League English Championship.
The meeting on Anfield started sensational, although it shouldn’t, because Callum Wilson, who hit an empty goal after playing Jefferson Lerma, had previously flipped Joe Gomez. Judge Paul Tierney didn’t catch it, and he recognized the goal.
In 25 minutes Salah scored his 70th league goal in his 100th game for Liverpool. Mane captured the ball from Bournemouth’s defender and running into the penalty area sees Salah go right to him, and this dribbling deceived the defender and shoots a strong right hand corner at the very post giving it a 1:1 match.
In the 33rd minute two players from Liverpool have very good action to lead the goal. Van Dajk intercepted a pass in the middle of the field and passed the first ball to his friend Mane, who was running to attack, and before the three defenders wanted to catch up with him, but without hesitation, he himself raided the goal and Alisson Becker had no chance to defend that goal.
In the 61st minute it seemed Ryan Fraser’s lob seemed to make his fans happy, but although Alisson’s goalkeeper didn’t have a chance to make it, James Milner knocked it out just before the goal line.
“He will never compare himself” to Liverpool’s former manager, Bill Shankly, after his side beat Bournemouth to take another big step towards a first league title in 30 years. The BBC Sport interviewed Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp
“The team remains in the drop zone, level on points with Watford and West Ham, but with a worse goal difference than their closest rivals downstairs. ” BBC Sport interviewed Bournemouth coach Eddie Howe’s
Liverpool took a modest 2:1 to the last whistle and broke after three consecutive losses when he didn’t score even one goal. Juergen Klopp’s charges already have a 25 point advantage over Manchester City.
Liverpool FC – AFC Bournemouth 2:1
Goals: AFC Bournemouth Callum Wilson 9′, Liverpool FC: Mohamed Salah 25′, Sadio Mane 33
Yellow card: Callum Wilson (AFC Bournemouth).
Spectators: 53,323
Liverpool FC: Adrian – Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joe Gomez, Virgil van Dijk, James Milner, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (84′ Adam Lallana), Fabinho, Georginio Wijnaldum, Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino (90+3′ Divock Origi), Sadio Mane.
AFC Bournemouth: Aaron Ramsdale – Jack Stacey, Steve Cook (19′ Jack Simpson), Nathan Ake, Adam Smith, Jefferson Lerma (80′ Dan Gosling), Ryan Fraser, Philip Billing, Lewis Cook, Junior Stanislas (68′ Dominic Solanke), Callum Wilson.
