Key stats
- Bournemouth scored two goals in the first 33 minutes against Liverpool, that's more goals than they managed against in their previous six Premier League home games against the Red combined (one)
- No Premier League player has scored more goals from outside the box in all comps this season than Dominik Szoboszlai (five, level with Phil Foden)
- Liverpool have failed to win any of their previous 15 Premier League away games when behind at half time (D7 L8)
Highlights
Analysis
Liverpool found themselves two goals behind for the fourth time in a Premier League game this season, as many occasions as in the previous two seasons combined (2 in 2023-24 and 2 in 2024-25).
Match report
Liverpool’s 3-0 win over Olympique de Marseille in midweek had provided a welcome respite from their run of league draws, yet there was little in the early stages to suggest the domestic stalemates wouldn’t continue.
Mohamed Salah’s curling effort sailed high and wide, and was the only shot for either side until James Hill hooked a half-chance over Alisson’s crossbar 18 minutes in.
Bournemouth had seldom looked like extending their run of taking the lead in all their matches in 2026, but in the 26th minute, a ball over the top from Marcos Senesi was misjudged by Virgil van Dijk, allowing Alex Scott to get to the byline and pull the ball back for Evanilson to power past Alisson.
Seven minutes later, The Cherries’ evening got better when Van Dijk played Álex Jiménez onside, allowing him to latch onto a Hill through pass and roll the ball between the goalkeeper’s legs.
The defending champions’ fightback saw a low Florian Wirtz drive go narrowly wide and a tame Salah volley saved by Đorđe Petrović, before Van Dijk atoned for his errors by getting across his marker at the near post to head home a Dominik Szoboszlai corner on the stroke of HT.
Possession was almost exclusively Liverpool’s early in the second half, but whether it was Alexis Mac Allister, Jeremie Frimpong, or Cody Gakpo taking aim, there was always a Bournemouth player in position to provide a frustrating block.
And when Ryan Gravenberch’s powerful 20-yard strike evaded the hosts’ defence midway through the half, it whistled just past the post. Jiménez missed the chance to restore the two-goal lead from a long throw when the ball fell to him amid havoc in the Liverpool box, but Alisson clutched his strike.
That proved costly for Andoni Iraola’s side, as 10 minutes from time Liverpool scored the equaliser they had been threatening, as Salah rolled a free-kick back for Szoboszlai to curl around the wall and past Petrović.
A frantic few minutes following the restart saw Wirtz and Evanilson spurn golden chances, but with seconds to play, it was Bournemouth who won it when another long throw caused another goalmouth scramble, allowing Amine Adli to force the ball over the line. That goal sent the Vitality Stadium wild and ultimately ended a six-match H2H losing run.
Flashscore Man of the Match: James Hill (AFC Bournemouth)
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Post-match comments
Liverpool manager Arne Slot told BBC Sport: "It is a cruel game if you lose in extra time after coming back from 2-0 down at half-time.
"I think it was only 5-10 minutes in the first half where we didn't have total control. We played through them nicely a few times, but we conceded twice, and we went down to 10 men, so that doesn't help.
"It felt to me that if we were able to make up the 2-1, we would have been back in the game. We were, a lot of the time, in promising positions, but we were 2-0 down, and it did feel to me that we were going to score and get back in the game.
"It is fair to say that in the last 10-minutes it was more open, but I could see that my players were tired because we only had two days in between each game."
Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk said conceding in the last minute of the game "is very tough to take".
"I am very disappointed. We worked very hard in the second half to get back in the game and to concede that late is disappointing," he told Sky Sports.
"The first goal was a difficult one to judge, the wind was very tricky so it was difficult. To concede that was isn't an issue but it's not good. To concede two goals in a short period is not good at all. The goal for us a half-time was really important for momentum in the second-half.
"In the end, that throw in cost us."
Match-winner Amine Adli said "we play football for moments like this".
The Bournemouth striker told BBC MOTD: "To see all the happiness in everybody, the members of staff, all the people who are working for the club and the fans, it's for moments like this we play football.
"It's a crazy moment. Obviously it's the first time it's happened to me. The emotions are amazing, but overall it shows the character of the team.
"I think we played a very good game against a very tough opponent and this goal is showing all the work rate of the whole team and hopefully I score this one, for sure I'm even more happy. I'm just happy for the team."