Liverpool falls to Bournemouth in EPL thriller

The 25-year-old, who was a free-transfer arrival from Schalke in the summer, has been a revelation for Jurgen Klopp this season and the defender has never been on the losing side so far this season.

“They’ll be thinking ‘if we can go to Liverpool and get a result…'”.

Bournemouth beat Liverpool for the first time in a sensational Premier League game. That’s what I’m most concerned about, more than transfer rumours, I’m prepared for January.

But instead it was their defence, with Lucas Leiva used as an emergency centre-back because of an injury to Joel Matip, that proved the problem and highlighted weaknesses in Klopp’s squad.

For Bournemouth, this was a first victory over Liverpool in their history, and took the Cherries into the top half of the standings. “To perform in five consecutive matches against hard opposition, I am so happy with the individual performances”.

Do you really regret joining Arsenal? “I was, not surprisingly, not happy about the penalty decision”, he said. Second half we wanted to come out and improve.

But from there complacency appeared to creep in for Jurgen Klopp’s men, who have looked like real title contenders over their 11-game unbeaten run in the league. They are a strong side, They could have had a penalty. Eddie Howe is doing a fantastic job there.

“It’s something we’ve tried to protect from our promotion from the Championship”.

Liverpool boss Juergen Klopp said they had given the game away, although he praised Bournemouth for their “fight” and spirit.

The return from injury of Adam Lallana could not have come at a better time for the Reds with news that playmaker Philippe Coutinho is set for a lengthy spell on the sidelines with an ankle problem.

Howe announced this week that midfielder Andrew Surman has suffered a setback in his recovery. He felt some discomfort in his hamstring so he won’t be available.

“You’ve got to give credit to Bournemouth, they kept going right until the end but we’ve got to learn from it quickly, move on and make sure we’re right at it in the next game”. “After that we had more opportunities, so we did well”.

This is a milestone match for Howe as he takes charge of Bournemouth for 300th time, a spell that has him sitting second on the Premier League list of longest-serving managers behind Arsenal’s Arsene Wenger.