The Reds suffered an enormous setback on the south coast.
Liverpool noticed their 13-game unbeaten run led to dramatic style as Amine Adli’s Ninety fifth-minute winner gave Bournemouth a 3-2 victory on the Vitality Stadium.
Arne Slot’s responded to dropping factors towards Burnley final weekend by beating Marseille comprehensively 3-0 within the Champions League.
Nonetheless, the struggles which have outlined their failing title defence had been shortly uncovered as Bournemouth scored twice within the house of seven minutes to take command by Evanilson and Alex Jimenez.
Virgil van Dijk, at fault for each of these objectives, pulled one again earlier than half-time, and Liverpool would have been assured of turning the sport on its head when the as soon as once more spectacular Dominik Szoboszlai levelled with one other effective free-kick 10 minutes from the tip of regular time.
But Bournemouth didn’t sit again in an effort to accept a share of the spoils and, after a James Hill lengthy throw prompted chaos within the Liverpool field, Adli stabbed house on the second try to condemn the champions to a dangerous defeat within the race for a spot within the Premier League prime 4.
Liverpool stay fourth, however might be leapfrogged by Manchester United, Chelsea and Newcastle United on Sunday. United face leaders Arsenal, Chelsea go to Crystal Palace and Newcastle host Aston Villa.
Bournemouth’s seven-minute blitz
Liverpool dictated the early going with fluent attacking play, however they had been punished for an absence of innovative as Bournemouth twice made the many of the Reds’ defensive frailties.
Van Dijk’s lack of ability to correctly take care of a protracted ball ahead from Marcos Senesi allowed Alex Scott to tug again for Evanilson to show house a Twenty sixth-minute opener, with centre-back Joe Gomez injured as he collided with Allison amid his efforts to forestall the objective.
Liverpool had been nonetheless ready to exchange Gomez when Bournemouth made it 2-0.
Jimenez was then performed onside by Van Dijk as he latched onto James Hill’s wonderful throughball, the Spaniard making no mistake with a effective end.
Florian Wirtz drove narrowly vast as Liverpool sought to discover a route again into the competition, they usually got one when Van Dijk flicked house Szoboszlai’s nook on the close to put up.
Late present stuns Liverpool
Regardless of dominating possession, Liverpool struggled to style clear-cut probabilities for an equaliser, however it arrived by extra set-piece brilliance from Szoboszlai, who repeated the trick after scoring with a low free-kick towards Marseille, this time going across the wall and discovering the bottom-right nook after Mohamed Salah backheeled the ball into his path.
Bournemouth responded fantastically, Ryan Christie seeing a curling effort tipped over by Alisson and Evanilson in some way firing narrowly vast of the close to put up after being performed in by Christie.
Djordje Petrovic produced a fingertip save to show a Wirtz effort across the put up, however that was the final time the Bournemouth objective was really threatened, as their attacking ambition was rewarded with a scrappy however decisive objective that despatched them 10 factors away from the underside three and can, within the coming days, enhance the scrutiny on Liverpool boss Slot.
