Razeen Gutta
A 9-0 thumping of Bournemouth at Anfield by the Reds on Saturday afternoon was the joint biggest win in the Premier League era.
It is almost as if that defeat at Old Trafford earlier this week did not happen for Jürgen Klopp’s side as Liverpool took just two and a half minutes to open the scoring in front of the home fans.
Luis Diaz struck off a Roberto Firmino assist before Harvey Elliott scored a stunner to register his first ever Premier League goal.
Firmino was the creator again just before the half hour mark when Trent Alexander-Arnold scored another cracker for the Reds; and the Brazilian got on the scoresheet himself just moments later to make it four.
On the brink of half time Virgil Van Dijk headed home to send the hosts 5-0 up at the break for the first time in over 60 years.
It was more of the same in the second period when Chris Mepham put the ball in his own net before Firmino got his brace in the 62nd minute to make it seven.
Fabio Carvalho got his first Liverpool goal off the bench as the game entered its final phase and with five minutes to go Diaz got his second as well.
Last season’s top scorer Mohamed Salah was lively throughout and despite his side scoring nine, the Egyptian still has not overtaken Steven Gerrard as the club’s outright Premier League top scorer.
The result was, however, a win by the highest ever margin in the Premier League era, equalling Leicester City and Manchester United’s 9-0 wins over Southampton as well as the Red Devils’ 1995 win over Ipswich.
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