Liverpool opened a lead of nine points in the race for the title of the Premier League while Mohamed Salah continued his sensational season with the two goals in a 2-0 victory in Bournemouth on Saturday.
Arne Slot’s team has sometimes been lucky against an undefeated team in 11 league games, but Salah once again proven the difference when he brought his league total to 21 this season.
Salah folded a penalty at home after half an hour, then curled up at the house for a second second in the 75th minute.
Bournemouth, which remains seventh, struck the woodwork twice – via Antoine Semenyo when he was 0-0, then Marcus Tavernier shortly before Salah unravels the points.
Liverpool has 56 points in 23 games, with Arsenal and Nottingham Forest, second, 47. The host of Arsenal Manchester City, fourth with 41 on Sunday.
Bournemouth d’Andoni Iraola had beaten the other three members of the first four at home this season and we expected a lot to slow down the Liverpool walk.
But the side of the location has shown the clinical edge which allows them to continue to accumulate points even when they are not high speed and with 15 games to play, they seem indestructible.
Salah’s second goal, a nonchalant left foot curl on the right side of the penalty area, noted the Egyptian international in sixth place on the score list of the Premier League of all time with 178 goals, ahead of ‘former Chelsea Frank Lampard midfielder.
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It was a cruel blow to Bournemouth which, a few moments earlier, had seen the noise of the foot of the Tavernier substitute against the post with Justin Kluivert pulling the wide rebound of a gaping goal.
Bournemouth had started full of energy and that the goalkeeper on visit Alisson was called after 15 seconds to save a shot by the dangerous Semenyo.
Semenyo then beat an effort from the tight angle against the frame of the goal with Alisson beaten for the rhythm.
But Liverpool, with Captain Virgil Van Dijk his usual soothing influence in defense, gradually started to exert a certain authority and went forward when Lewis Cook of Bournemouth inadvertently cut Cody Gakpo in a sprint inside The region and Salah sent its penalty ruthlessly.
Bournemouth thought they had leveled in the 37th minute while Semenyo played in the Milos Kerkez on the bottom of the left and that his cross found David Brooks at home.
However, Var confirmed that Kerkez had been fractionally offside before help.
Bournemouth has always been a danger when it was 1-0, but Salah has sentenced them to a first defeat in the league since the end of November.
