Analysis from Beth Lindop after Liverpool beat Bournemouth 3-0 in the Premier League at Anfield
If anyone were in doubt of the Liverpool fans’ sentiments towards Darwin Nunez , the actions of the Anfield crowd on Saturday afternoon surely put paid to that. There was half an hour on the clock when supporters in all corners of the stadium rose to their feet to applaud the Uruguayan. The inspiration behind their show of adulation, though, was not a goal but a block, with Nunez having raced to charge down an opponent and send the ball cannoning out for a throw-in.
But as the hosts grew into the game, so too did their No.9. After an early scare which saw the lively - and, more crucially, offside - Antoine Semenyo bundle the ball into the back of the Liverpool net, Slot’s side played with the sort of red-hot intensity that was sorely lacking against Nottingham Forest last weekend and deservedly took the lead after Luis Diaz beat Kepa to a long ball, finishing expertly into an empty net.
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