29/08/2022, 03:47 PM
Liverpool matched their biggest-ever Premier League thrashing by nine goals to nil at Anfield against AFC Bournemouth to take the first three points of the competition in emphatic fashion. Jürgen Klopp's side also gave the German manager another record, taking his tally to 800 goals for the Reds.
Luis Diaz and Harvey Elliot opened the scoring after three and six minutes respectively, then Trent Alexander-Arnold scored the third just before the half-hour mark with a long-range effort into the top corner before Firmino netted the fourth after a deflected cross.
Virgil van Dijk headed over from a corner before the break and Chris Mepham turned Alexander-Arnold's cross into his own net seconds after the restart. When Jürgen Klopp's side increased their lead. Firmino got his second goal, capitalising on Mark Travers' failure to stop Andy Robertson's shot. Fabio Carvalho also scored his first goal for the club when he volleyed home from Kostas Tsimikas, and Diaz headed Liverpool's ninth and final goal before the to equal the division's all-time winning record.
Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino and the recently departed Sadio Mane are Liverpool's top three goalscorers from Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool career. Mohamed Salah is the first of these players, with 120 Premier League goals and 159 for Liverpool in all competitions.
While Roberto Firmino has just reached 100 goals in his time on Merseyside after his brace at Anfield at the weekend, while Mane left the club with 120 goals scored, 90 of them in the Premier League alone, which earned him the golden boot alongside Salah in 2018-2019.
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