Bournemouth is one of the surprises in the Premier League this season. They scored five goals in the previous match against Nottingham Forest, who are third in the points list. Earlier, the team defeated Manchester City and Manchester United in the league.
Liverpool’s test on Saturday night against such an opponent seemed difficult. Liverpool, however, was challenged at different times throughout the match. However, in the end, the challenge has gone down to the Arne Slot’s team. Liverpool won 2-0 against Bournemouth with two goals from Mohamed Salah.
Salah, who was in a great rhythm, scored the first goal in this match and wrote a great milestone. It was Salah’s 300th goal in all teams in Europe. At the end of this match, which is 301. And Salah’s goal in Liverpool’s jersey is now 236. With this, Salah’s goal number in the Premier League this season is now 21.
Salah scored 20 or more goals in the league in five seasons for Liverpool. Salah previously achieved the feat in 2017-18 (32), 2018-19 (22), 2020-21 (22) and 2021-22 (23). Apart from Salah, Alan Shearer (7 times), Sergio Aguero (6 times), Harry Kane (6 times) and Thierry Henry (5 times) have scored 20 or more goals in 5 or more seasons.
From the beginning of the match at Bournemouth, the two teams made the attack a bird’s eye. In the counter-attack, both teams try to create opportunities. Due to such an aggressive mentality of the two teams, the match was dynamic from the beginning. However, the two teams were failing again and again. In the end, Salah gave Liverpool the first goal from the penalty spot in the 30th minute of the match.
Then Bournemouth tried to return to the match but did not see the goal. After the break, both teams tried to play at the same pace. But this time Salah made a big difference between the two teams. In the 75th minute, the Egyptian star closed the way back to Bournemouth’s match with a great shot. With the victory of these two goals, the ‘All Reds’ finally left the field.
In the other match of the night, Brighton was flooded by Nottingham Forest. Chris Wood’s great hat-trick blew Nottingham 7-0 in Brighton. Everton won 4-0 against Leicester on the same night. Newcastle lost 2-1 to Fulham.
Liverpool has 56 points in 23 matches in the opponent’s field. On the other hand, Bournemouth is at number 7 with 40 points in 24 matches. Nottingham Forest have three wins against Brighton. They have 47 points in 24 matches. Arsenal is in second place with the same points as Nottingham in less than one match. The Gunners will face Manchester City tomorrow.