Liverpool Suffers Damaging Loss In Top-Four Race
- Beaten 1-0 by relegation-threatened Bournemouth
Liverpool missed the chance to boost their Champions League qualification hopes after a miserable performance at the Vitality Stadium on Saturday.
Woefully failing to build on their impressive 7-0 walloping of Manchester United less than a week ago, Jurgen KIopp’s side blew the chance to move into the Premier League top four losing 1-0 by relegation-threatened Bournemouth.
Philip Billing’s first-half goal gave the Cherries, who started the weekend bottom of the table, a priceless victory, the midfielder slotting home Dango Outtara’s low cross after 29 minutes.
Mohamed Salah missed a glorious chance to equalise after the break for Liverpool, firing a penalty off target after Adam Smith had been penalised for handball, as the Reds slumped to their eighth league defeat of an infuriating campaign.
Until Liverpool were awarded a 68th-minute penalty, Salah was on the periphery of things blazing the resultant spot kick off target proved that the day was definitely not his to shine.
On his part, Dutch international defender, Virgil van Dijk was also a shadow of himself and sluggish for Liverpool as Bournemouth opened the scoring less than half an hour into the encounter. He also missed two good headed chances in the first half.
