Bournemouth has been a bit cemetery this season. Many of the big boys have moved to the south coast only to return to the north expired in white and blue after being demolished by the effervescent and effervescent equipment, war dogs and relentless of Andoni Iraola.
Then, the fact that Liverpool came here, combined the cherries for the fight against the spirit, stood up when the multifaceted attack of the local team threw everything and risked with a prolific nature, should not be underestimated.
Help, of course, when you have the best league player like your talisman. Mohamed Salah, that is, scoring another orthopedic device to fire Liverpool, a great nine points of the arsenal in second place in the race for the title.
It remains to be seen if there is an increase in the way for the Merseyside Club, but it seems that the narration throughout the season has been discussing when this power will slip. In any case, they are only improving.
They were not perfect here, in any way. On another day, Bournemouth could have easily grabbed a point, if not more, and Iraola's men hit the carpentry twice. The local crowd was also in what they perceived as a poor arbitration performance.
But slot men seem to be able to win points in all conditions. They have all the characteristics of the champions and, although the champagne is not yet on the ice, a brave man would be needed to bet against them with the championship in May.
Liverpool beat Bournemouth in the Vitality Stadium to extend his leadership at the top of the table
Mohamed Salah scored an orthopedic device against cherries to take his league account to 21
Salah opened the score in the half -hour mark after Lewis Cook knocked Cody Gakpo
Bournemouth woke up on Saturday morning as the division form team and, although Nottingham Forest won 7-0 at the beginning early to slightly tarnish that label, the cherries entered this match full of confidence that they could take a leather Almighty scalp.
And they were almost ahead with a matter of seconds on the clock. Trent Alexander-Arnold was neglected in possession and stolen by Antoine Semenyo, who cut inside and called Alisson to an early action. The Brazilian goalkeeper also denied Justin Kluivert in the first Knockings.
Semenyo, an innovative star of the season in the Premier League, shook the post after 20 minutes, again maneuvering an opportunity to shoot after a dazzled defense.
It would be too far to say that the league leaders were under the Cosh, but Bournemouth was certainly causing anguish.
Dominik Szoboszlai, Cody Gakpo and Salah had forced simple stops of Kepa Arrizabalaga at the other end, but the local side was facing well. Andoni Iraola's strikers have been praised to the handle this season, but Dean Huijsen and Illia Zabarnyi also deserve a mountain of credit.
However, his hard work was undone after 30 minutes after a doubtful penalty call. Regardless of the decision, Bournemouth was open too easily after a long ball by Andy Robertson took Gakpo while curving his career to get behind Lewis Cook.
Salah took a step forward and, well, the rest is necessary to say it. The Egyptian confidently placed its penalty beyond Kepa to take its league account to 20 for a fifth separate campaign.
In the same breath, Salah level Frank Lampard at the Board-Sixth on the Premier League score list of all time.
Alisson was called to an early action when he denied Antoine Semenyo and Justin Kluivert
Salah curved a beautiful shot by 2-0 to confirm the points for Liverpool
Arne Slot's team is now nine points from Arsenal in second place after his last victory
Liverpool level decreased slightly in the minutes just after the part -time interval and both central midfielders were warned by faults when Bournemouth threatened counterattack. Slot ladled his troops to calm down and asked them to regain control.
The cherries continued to attack and had a golden opportunity to level the procedure when the substitute Marcus Tavernier snuggled a long -range effort beyond Alisson. Fortunately for Liverpool, the shot cut inside the post and Justin Kluivert placed the rebound.
At this point, it seemed that the pressure was starting to ride in the men of Slot. It is right now, then, that star men need to step forward. That is what happened when Salah snuggled a beautiful shot beyond Kepa by 2-0 to confirm the points after a zapping team movement.