Man United concedes late penalty, draws 1-1 at Everton
The Cherries had trailed 2-0 and 3-1, but fought back to complete an astonishing victory courtesy of Nathan Ake’s stoppage-time victor.
The main challenge for Bournemouth will be finding some scoring, as they have only managed to score three goals in their last five games. We can go as far as saying, they were better than decent.
“First of all I have to say [it was] a deserved win for Bournemouth”, he told Sky Sports.
“We want to finish in the top half this year and these sort of results are definitely going to help that”.
Centre-back Steve Cook got Bournemouth level when he controlled Fraser’s cross, swivelled and volleyed home.It looked like the drama was over until the third minute of injury time when Loris Karius spilled Cook’s shot and Ake tapped home into an empty net.
“Our group knows not to give up”, Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe said.
But Bournemouth rallied as Callum Wilson pulled one back from the spot and, although Emre Can soon re-established Liverpool’s two-goal advantage, a frenetic final 14 minutes saw the hosts snatch their first win over Liverpool.
Jamie Redknapp doesn’t think Liverpool’s defence is good enough to win the Premier League title unless they strengthen their backline in January.
“I’m not angry”, he said.
But Bournemouth, who had lost seven of their previous nine meetings with Liverpool in all competitions, sprung an unlikely comeback and snatched a victor in the 93rd minute after Loris Karius spilled the ball into Ake’s path.
The Reds disintegrated on the south coast after leading 2-0 and 3-1, to lose their 15-game unbeaten run and miss the chance to close the gap at the top to a point.
The appointments of Ronald Koeman and Jose Mourinho brought an injection of excitement to these Premier League clubs, yet both approached Monday’s (NZ time) clash at Goodison Park needing to kick-start their Premier League campaign.
“The seven or eight games he has played, he hasn’t done anything yet in those games to impress me”.
Despite that, the 25-year-old was more pleased with Ake’s victor – as the on-loan Chelsea man did his parent club a huge favour with his late heroics.
Klopp said: “Look, I’m sure people criticised Jamie Carragher in his career”.
The Reds remain among the frontrunners at present, but threw away three points in dramatic fashion over the weekend to slip four off the pace. It was a right contrast of emotions. For this club and everyone involved it s make for a very special day.