Mo Salah became the first Liverpool player since Ian Rush to score 40 goals in a season as Jurgen Klopp’s side preserved the Premier League’s only unbeaten home record this season.
Sadio Mane got the Champions League semi-finalists off to a perfect start with an early opening goal before Salah set all kinds of milestones with a brilliant header to seal the points after 69 minutes. Roberto Firmino capped Liverpool’s fine week with a late third.
Salah’s effort was the Egyptian’s 30th Premier League goal of the campaign and his overall tally puts him in an exclusive 40-club at Anfield with Roger Hunt and Rush, who achieved the feat most recently in 1987.
Liverpool (4-3-3): Karius 6.5; Alexander-Arnold 8, Lovren 6 (Klaven 83), Van Dijk 6.5, Robertson 7; Henderson 6.5; Oxlade-Chamberlain 6, Wijnaldum 6.5; Salah 7, Firmino 6.5 (Solanke 90), Mane 7 (Milner 77 6)
Subs: Mignolet (Gk), Moreno, Ings, Woodburn
Goal: Mane 7, Salah 69, Firmino 90
Booked: Oxlade-Chamberlain
Bournemouth (5-4-1): Begovic 6.5; Fraser 6.5, Francis 6, S Cook 7, Ake 7.5, Daniels 6; Defoe 5.5 (Wilson 70 6), L Cook 6 (Surman 73 6), Gosling 6, Ibe 6 (Mousset 58 5.5); King 6
Subs: Boruc (Gk), Pugh, Smith, Simpson
Booking: Ake
Referee: Chris Kavanagh 7
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