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Reds’ Victory Vital at the Vitality Stadium

A team that plaaaaayyyysss the Liverpool way……..and wins a chhhhammmmpionship in May! It rang round The Vitality for large parts of this game, which helped bring the dream one step closer to reality. There were some bits to really like, there were times we were right under the cosh and there’s hopefully not too worrying news over another. Liverpool are now nine points clear at the tip of the league and a message was sent out to anyone claiming to be a contender. We look at the lessons learned from another 2-0 Saturday at 3pm game.

Salah The Difference

Mo Salah has scored the 300th goal of his European club career in all competitions, and 235 of them have come for Liverpool. These two were really needed and you could tell he’d heard about Chris Wood’s hat-trick in the golden boot race. He’s also now on 21 goals for the season and 42 goal contributions in all completions. It’s February for Christ sake. The penalty was finished with aplomb, but the second showed why we have to keep him at all costs. The curler into the top corner was simply special and like Nunez’s Brentford goals, feel like they could be decisive.

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Win Not Playing Brilliantly

The xG and certain stats may tell one story, but this was no vintage performance from Liverpool. Bournemouth signalled their intent from the off and maybe shaded the opening parts before the penalty and we took over the first half. However, we didn’t seem to come out the changing room for the second half and we’re indebted to Alisson, who on any other day wins the man of the match award. Bournemouth upped it and we struggled to cope, yet their heads went down when Kluivert missed that sitter to equalise. Win and not play brilliantly is the sign of champions.

Best Of The Rest

It was a penalty despite what any Arsenal and Bournemouth fans were saying. It was also telling that Lewis Cook didn’t appeal. We’re praying that rents injury isn’t too bad and maybe two cup games back to back come at a good time, although you wouldn’t be confident for him starting the derby. The Mac Allister sub was a wise one as he looked a walking red card the longer it went. Plus after the Hazard interview, that’s two assists to Salah in a row for Curtis Jones, who it’s great to see back from injury. Nunez made a useful, hard-working cameo and did I mention were nine points clear at the top of the league.