Bournemouth thought they had made the perfect start at Anfield when Antoine Semenyo slid home Justin Kluivert's low cross with only five minutes on the clock, only for their celebrations to be cut short by the video assistant referee.

Liverpool manager Arne Slot praised his side's aggression as they bounced back from an embarrassing Premier League defeat to Nottingham Forest a week ago by blasting three goals past Bournemouth in the opening 45 minutes on Saturday.

Liverpool moved to the top of the Premier League as a first-half blitz helped them beat Bournemouth 3-0 at Anfield.Two goals in two minutes from Luis Diaz and a wonderful Darwin Nunez strike helped