{"id":235160,"date":"2022-08-27T23:39:48","date_gmt":"2022-08-27T23:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=235160"},"modified":"2022-08-28T09:59:03","modified_gmt":"2022-08-28T09:59:03","slug":"rampant-reds-tie-epl-record-in-thrashing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=235160","title":{"rendered":"Rampant Reds tie EPL record in thrashing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Liverpool<\/a> has equalled the biggest win in English Premier League<\/a> history after a 9-0 hammering of promoted Bournemouth overnight.<\/p>\n

Jurgen Klopp\u2019s side started the campaign slowly, with surprise draws against Fulham and Crystal Palace compounded by last week's loss to bitter rivals Manchester United<\/a>. But Liverpool's fearsome attack looked back to its best at Anfield as the team recorded its first league win and Roberto Firmino and Luis Diaz both grabbed two goals.<\/p>\n

It's only the fifth time a team scored nine goals in the Premier League, with Man United (twice) and Leicester the only previous teams to win 9-0. Liverpool also won 9-0 over Crystal Palace in 1989, before the top-flight changed its name.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe scored some wonderful goals from all areas and didn\u2019t stop,\u201d Klopp said. \u201cIt was 5-0 at halftime. How often does it happen that a team take their foot off the gas? We just wanted to have a 100 per cent satisfying experience we can use going from here.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Roberto<\/p>\n

Firmino, starting in place of suspended summer signing Darwin Nunez<\/a>, produced a stunning first-half display, which began with Diaz heading home his clipped cross within three minutes of the kickoff.<\/p>\n

Firmino then provided the assist for Harvey Elliott\u2019s first league goal \u2014 a fizzing strike from distance that would have been goal of the day were it not for the Trent Alexander-Arnold stunner that followed.<\/p>\n

The Brazil forward set up that goal and celebrated one of his own soon after when turning in a deflected cross – his first league goal at Anfield since December 2020.<\/p>\n

Virgil van Dijk powered home Liverpool\u2019s fifth on the stroke of halftime, while the onslaught continued just after the break in the form of Chris Mepham\u2019s own-goal.<\/p>\n

Firmino grabbed a second of the afternoon before leaving to a standing ovation.<\/p>\n

The goals did not stop there, though, as Fabio Carvalho scored his first for the club and Diaz grabbed his second.<\/p>\n

\"Erling<\/p>\n

Elsewhere in the overnight EPL action, Manchester City<\/a> also showed that it can never be counted out after the defending champion found itself trailing by two goals for the second straight game.<\/p>\n

Erling Haaland netted a second half hat trick as City rallied to beat Crystal Palace 4-2 at home \u2014 having managed to salvage only a 3-3 draw at Newcastle last weekend.<\/p>\n

Arsenal maintained its perfect start to the season by rallying for a 2-1 win over Fulham, while Manchester United and Chelsea also won on a good day for the traditional powers.<\/p>\n

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United made it back-to-back wins in the league for the first time since February by beating Southampton 1-0 away thanks to a second-half goal by Bruno Fernandes.<\/p>\n

Chelsea overcame the early sending off of Conor Gallagher to beat Leicester 2-1 at Stamford Bridge behind two goals from Raheem Sterling.<\/p>\n

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