Liverpool ended their wait for a win in the Premier League this season in emphatic style, netting five goals in the first half as they thrashed Bournemouth 9-0 at Anfield on Saturday.
Monday’s defeat at Manchester United confirmed Liverpool’s worst start to a Premier League season in a decade but the rampant Reds swiftly put the record straight, matching United’s 9-0 victory over Ipswich in 1995 to kick-start their campaign.
Roberto Firmino set up Luis Diaz’s opener (3), Harvey Elliott’s drive (6), and Trent Alexander-Arnold’s thunderous effort (28) before getting on the scoresheet with Liverpool’s fourth (31).
Virgil van Dijk’s towering header (45) ensured there was no respite for the Cherries, who handed Liverpool their fifth when Chris Mepham put through his own net (46).
Firmino got his second goal in the 62nd minute for Liverpool’s seventh of the afternoon.
Fabio Carvalho came off the bench to score his first Liverpool goal (80), before Diaz rounded off the historic victory with his second and the hosts’ ninth (85) as Jurgen Klopp’s side claimed their first win of the campaign to climb to eighth in the table.
Scott Parker, while in charge of Fulham, was the last visiting manager to win at Anfield in the Premier League but there was to be no repeat as Liverpool raced out of the traps to banish their Old Trafford nightmare.
Roberto Firmino became the first Liverpool player to be directly involved in four goals in the first half of a single Premier League match (1 goal, 3 assists) and the first player overall since Harry Kane in February 2017 vs Stoke (3 goals, 1 assist).
Firmino also became the third Liverpool player to have a hand in five goals in a single Premier League game after Mohamed Salah vs Watford in March 2018 and Luis Suarez vs Norwich in December 2013.
