At 22 o'clock in the evening of September 21, Beijing time, in the 5th round of the 2024-25 English Premier League, Liverpool will face Bournemouth at Anfield Stadium. In the first half, Luis Díaz scored two goals in two minutes, and Nunez scored his first goal of the season; In the second half, neither side scored again. In the end, Liverpool beat Bournemouth 3-0.
In the fourth minute, Bournemouth's Junior Kluivert dribbled to the right side of the penalty area, and then shot to the far end of the box, and Semeno at the back post outflanked the goal. However, the referee looked at the VAR and found that Semeno was in an offside position when Kluivert Jr. passed the ball and the goal was invalidated.
In the eighth minute, Dias cut inside from the left with the ball and came to the top of the arc with a right-footed volley, which goalkeeper Kepa Kepa flew to save. In the 21st minute, Dias dribbled the ball past three opponents on the left side in a row, came to the bottom line on the left side of the penalty area and stabbed at a small angle, and the ball was blocked by Kepa.
In the 26th minute, Ibraham Konate sent a long ball from the back, Dias ran sideways, grabbed the ball with his back to stop the ball with his knee before the attacking Kepa, then turned and brushed past Kepa and fired into the far corner from a tight angle, giving Liverpool a 1-0 lead over Bournemouth.
In the 28th minute, Alexander-Arnold drove straight into the right side of the back field with the ball, came to the left side of the penalty area, Szobosloy in the middle leaked the ball, and Dias at the back point received the ball and pushed the goal from close range, Liverpool led Bournemouth 2-0.
In the 37th minute, Liverpool played a counterattack, Nunez cut inside from the right side with the ball, and the defender shot with his left foot, the ball hit the far post and went into the net, Liverpool led Bournemouth 3-0, and Nunez scored his first goal of the new season. At the end of the first half, Liverpool led Bournemouth 3-0.
In the second half, Alexander-Arnold played a pass on the left side of the penalty area and hit the arm of the opponent's defender, and the referee did not award a penalty. In the 69th minute, Liverpool brought on Chiesa Jr. and Gakpo. In the 71st minute, Szobosloy swept down the middle in front of the bottom line on the right side of the penalty area, and goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga touched the ball and saved the ball on Nunez, who stopped the ball and volleyed the ball away from a defender standing on the goal line.
In the 78th minute, after a long pass from the Liverpool midfielder, Chiesa Jr. stopped the ball and did it back, Gakpo took the ball and passed it back to Chiesa, who fired a low left-footed shot, the ball bounced off the long-range post, and the goalkeeper fell to the ground and held the ball.
In the 85th minute, Gakpo dribbled the ball into the penalty area from the left side, facing the defender to push the middle, Curtis Jones pushed with his right foot, and the ball was blocked by the defender out of the bottom line. In the 88th minute, Bournemouth's corner kick from the left side was driven into the penalty area, and the front point shook his head on the crossbar, and the ball bounced off Alexander-Arnold and almost owned, but goalkeeper Kelleher made a save to block the ball.
In the end, the game ended at full-time with Liverpool winning 3-0 at home to Bournemouth.