Bournemouth 4-3 Liverpool: Premier League as it happened
Jurgen Klopp's side can move within a point of Chelsea with victory.
Kick off: 1:30pm
- Bournemouth come from 3-1 down to secure huge win.
- Liverpool miss the chance to climb back into second place.
- Jurgen Klopp's side defeated for the first time in 15 games.
- Joel Matip left out today after picking up ankle injury.
- Adam Lallana returns to the bench after missing last three games with groin injury.
Bournemouth have come from two behind to take the lead! Steve Cook is again involved, drilling a vicious effort on goal from out on the left. Karius makes an awful mess of it, spilling the ball into Nathan Ake who anticipated the error brilliantly. The Dtuchman has the time to take a touch and slot home; sublime from Eddie Howe's side.
That's an extraordinary finish from Divock Origi! Bournemouth are again sleeping at the back and Origi rushes onto a through ball from Henderson with just two defenders back. Boruc rushes out to try and deal with the danger, but the Belgian rounds him easily. From an impossible angle, the Liverpool striker finds the far corner from a good 25 yards out.
What a chance for Liverpool to take the lead! Play is spread wide to Clyne out on the right who slides a terrific pass across the box where Origi is breaking clear form his man at the far post. Its's an easy tap in, right? Nope. The Belgium international gets himself in a right mess and side foots it wide.
After Chelsea came from a goal behind to beat Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday, Antonio Conte's side have moved to the summit of the Premier League. Arsenal meanwhile moved into second after their crushing victory over West Ham United, but Liverpool can move back into second spot just a point behind the leaders with victory today.
Bournemouth are four points off the relegation zone and will stay in 12th place if they lose today. A win however will see them climb above Watford into 10th place.
Divock Origi comes into replace the injured Philippe Coutinho but the big news this afternoon for Liverpool is that Joel Matip misses out due to an ankle injury. Lucas and Dejan Lovren start at centre-half.
Adam Lallana has missed his side's last three games with a groin injury but is fit enough to return to the bench. Roberto Firmino meanwhile has recovered from the calf problem suffered in the EFL Cup win over Leeds and starts up front.
Eddie Howe makes just two changes to the Bournemouth side that lost to Arsenal. As expected, Jack Wilshere returns in midfield having been ineligible to face his parent club. Artur Boruc is also back in the side having passed a late fitness test but Charlie Daniels doesn't make it.
Jordon Ibe and Brad Smith, both who left Liverpool for the south coast last summer, are on the bench against their former club.
Team news: Liverpool
Roberto Firmino meanwhile missed Tuesday's EFL Cup quarter-final after taking a kick to the calf against Sunderland last Saturday. He also returned to training this week, however.
Roberto trained yesterday, too. That's important. There's still a little bit of pain – it's painful but not that serious. When you can deal with the pain, then everything is fine. He is quite a tough guy, so he came through the session yesterday. Again, we have to see how he reacts and that's it.
Team news: Bournemouth
Charlie Daniels had been ever-present in Eddie Howe's side this season, playing every minute of every league match before missing last weekend's defeat at Arsenal. Bournemouth will make a late decision on the left-back, with Eddie Howe telling a press conference:
Charlie missed the Arsenal game so we're going to have to make a late decision on him. We have a couple of selection issues but with the strength of the squad there are opportunities there
Team news: Liverpool
Adam Lallana has not played since limping out of England's friendly with Spain in November. The former Southampton star is back in contention this afternoon, however. Jurgen Klopp said of the midfielder:
I'm happy about each player that is back in training. Adam has been training since Thursday; yesterday was the first session and he looked good. We need to see how he reacts to the intensity of the training yesterday – it was quite intense for him, I think, but all good. Having him back is cool.
Team news: Liverpool
Over the next month and a half we will see if Liverpool operate just as sweetly when Philippe Coutinho isn't in the side. The Brazil international was stretchered off with an ankle injury suffered in the win over Sunderland last Saturday. Daniel Sturridge is also expected to be out with the calf injury that saw him miss the win over the Black Cats.
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