The Reds look to bounce back after a surprise Nottingham Forest defeat.
After a shocking defeat last time out in the EPL, Liverpool boss Arne Slot will be looking for a response from his side at Anfield today as they host Bournemouth.
The Reds suffered an early setback to their title challenge last Saturday as they slipped to a 0-1 loss at home to Nottingham Forest, taking the shine off what had been a bright start to the post-Jurgen Klopp era for the Merseysiders. Wednesday's impressive 1-3 victory away at AC Champions League nevertheless indicates that may have been a blip as Slot settles into the Liverpool hot seat.
They now face a Bournemouth side, which fell to a narrow 0-1 defeat at home to Chelsea in last Saturday's late kick-off. History suggests a reverse of that fixture today looks unlikely, with the Cherries having lost nine of their last 10 Premier League meetings with Liverpool.
Virgil Van Dijk was on target for Liverpool in midweek in their 1-3 UEFA Champions League victory away at AC Milan.
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No broadcaster has the rights to show this game live in the UK, due to the traditional Saturday 3 p.m. kickoff blackout, which prohibits matches being shown in the region at that time in order to protect attendances throughout the English football pyramid.
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Liverpool make four changes for today's Anfield encounter with AFC Bournemouth.
Caoimhin Kelleher replaces the injured Alisson Becker in goal, while Andy Robertson returns in defence.
Meanwhile, Luis Diaz and Darwin Nunez come into the Reds' XI, with Cody Gakpo, Diogo Jota and Kostas Tsimikas making way.
Federico Chiesa is named among the substitutes.
Subs: Jaros, Gomez, Chiesa, Jones, Gakpo, Jota, Tsimikas, Quansah, Bradley.
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Arne Slot and Alisson give their thoughts on the new UEFA Champions League format and the fixture congestion in the football calendar. (1:55)
The Brazil international has started each of Liverpool's four Premier League games this season, keeping three cleansheets and also featured in the Merseyside club's 3-1 win over AC Milan in the Champions League on Tuesday.
However, Slot clarified that Alisson's injury predates the midweek game at the San Siro.
"Alisson is still a doubt if he can train today. We have to wait and see," Slot said at a news conference on Friday.
"He has a slight issue with one of his muscles. We wonder if this game tomorrow is coming too early or not," he added.
"He didn't do it in the Milan game, he felt it before then he felt it more and more. Now we have to see if he's ready for the weekend."
In the build-up to their Champions League opener, Alisson had been critical of the increased workload footballers face, saying "nobody asks the players what they think about adding more games."
When Slot, who joined Liverpool from Feyenoord in the summer, was asked about the contrast between the football calendars in Netherlands and England, he said: "Until now I haven't seen anything different but Premier League has four extra games and the League Cup. From the start to now we've played just as many games as at Feyenoord -- that's not an issue to me.
"But [the] main difference with Premier League to Europe is we have to play at Christmas and New Year. The quality of the league, of [Nottingham] Forest and Bournemouth, is much much higher than if you play in Eredivisie against a team not challenging for the top six.
"We are thinking about what's to come, we are aware of the fact it's a long season. We need a lot of players so they also need once in a while playing time and we take that into account when making a line-up."
One player who has struggled for minutes at Liverpool this season is Darwin Núñez, who has yet to start or score for the club this season. However, Slot was encouraged by his showing off the bench against Milan and said he expects the goals to come for the Uruguay international.
"He needs the same as all the others, work really hard and the goals will come. that's what he did against Milan, he came in for the team and then as a result of that attackers have goals or assists. It happened with Cody [Gakpo] so if you play for a team like Livepool you'll get them," he said.
"For me it's the work you do without the ball. He will get his chance in the near future, we play a lot of games, he is fitter and fitter and understand day by day what we want from him. But he's in competition with Diogo [Jota] who has done well." A few Liverpool players including Mohamed Salah gave fans an early indication of how the Reds would line up against Bournemouth in the Premier League on Saturday.
While they are not allowed to engage in any form of betting, to fall in line with integrity regulations, players do have access to create their own Fantasy Premier League team, with many including their teammates in their side.
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According to FPL Focal, Mohamed Salah and Diogo Jota took Jota out of their teams ahead of the fixture, with Conor Bradley also eyeing Darwin Nunez to get his first start of the season.
The deadline for the game was at 11.00am on Saturday, and while this is aimed at making sure no team news can influence players’ decisions on their lineups, it appears the Reds inadvertently leaked who Arne Slot would field against the Cherries.
While it was announced earlier this week that Alisson Becker was set to miss the game, giving Caoimhin Kelleher his first flavour of first-team football this season, it was unlikely that Arne Slot would rotate the team too much.
However, as released by the club ahead of kickoff, Nunez was brought in for Jota, who made the substitutes bench, and Andy Robertson came back in for Kostas Tsimikas after Liverpool’s 3-0 Champions League win at AC Milan on Tuesday.
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Meanwhile there was a certain element of intrigue over Slot's midfield options with Curtis Jones the only option in that position on the bench with Tyler Morton and the out-of-favour Wataru Endo not in the matchday squad.
It was rumoured that Jota may opt to focus on the new release of FC25 as a known fan of online games outside of playing for Liverpool, but he was available to be called up if required.
Mo Salah, Diogo Jota and Conor Bradley LEAK Liverpool team news ahead of Bournemouth clash2 mins agoby Will Comish
Cody Gakpo REVEALS what he likes most about working under Arne Slot48 mins agoby Tom Barnes
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Liverpool vs Bournemouth – LIVE!
Liverpool host Bournemouth in the Premier League looking to bounce back after their surprise defeat to Nottingham Forest last time out. After a seamless start to the season, the Reds returned from the international break with a 1-0 defeat at home handing boss Arne Slot his first loss since taking charge.
Liverpool returned to winning ways with an impressive 3-1 win at AC Milan in the Champions League on Tuesday night as they recovered from conceding an early goal to come back and take all three points in the San Siro.
Bournemouth travel to Anfield after an unfortunate 1-0 defeat to Chelsea at home last weekend, but having produced an extraordinary fightback to secure a 3-2 victory at Everton at the end of August.
Andoni Iraola’s side will take hope from Forest’s victory that they can produce another stirring result on Merseyside. Follow all the action with Standard Sport’s dedicated LIVE match blog!
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The full-time whistle blows as Liverpool complete a 3-0 victory over Bournemouth at Anfield.
Two goals from Luis Diaz and another from Darwin Nunez are enough to see off the Cherries, who played well but just couldn’t find the net.
90+2 mins: Liverpool are heading for victory here and will go back to the top of the Premier League.
They have another home game in the EFL Cup against West Ham on Wednesday.
87 mins: Bournemouth will be unlucky to leave Anfield without scoring a goal if they can’t find the net in the final minutes here.
Scott’s latest effort for the visitors is too close to Kelleher.
84 mins: Jones sees his shot blocked for a corner after a great Liverpool counter.
82 mins: Sinisterra forces a great save from Kelleher after turning Alexander-Arnold in the box.
Bournemouth then see the ball come back off the bar after a scramble from the corner, but Liverpool clear.
80 mins: Kelleher scrambles the ball behind for a corner after Unes Enal’s free-kick nearly fell into the path of Sinisterra.
77 mins: Chiesa hits the post, but he was offside after starting his run too soon.
75 mins: Bournemouth bring on Enes Unal for Evanilson and while they are still plugging away they haven’t come close to scoring.
72 mins: Chiesa has gone down the middle as a central striker and gets an early chance but can’t connect fully with the volley.
70 mins: Somehow Liverpool don't find the net as Salah’s effort comes off Kepa with Nunez able to follow up.
That will be Nunez’s last involvement of the afternoon with new signing Chiesa coming on for him, with Gakpo also replacing Diaz.
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