Egyptian Talisman Salah Fires Liverpool Past Bournemouth
Egyptian International and Liverpool winger, Mohamed Salah, scored twice to secure a 2-0 victory against Bournemouth that put them nine points clear at the top of the Premier League table, at the Vitality Stadium in Bournemouth, England.
Liverpool under Arne Slot have quickly acquired the habit of winning even when not completely at their fluent best and in Salah they have a weapon of lethal efficiency.
The Egyptian converted a penalty on the half-hour and then curled home his second goal in the 75th minute to secure the points and end Bournemouth’s 11-match unbeaten league run.
Salah now has 21 Premier League goals this season and 178 in his career, taking him sixth on the all-time list ahead of Chelsea great Frank Lampard.
Liverpool have 56 points from 23 games with Arsenal, who host fourth-placed Manchester City on Sunday and Nottingham Forest level on 47 points, though the Midlands side have played a game more.
Mohamed Salah’s brace extends @LFC‘s lead at the top to NINE points! pic.twitter.com/sBxmAJgs6i
— Premier League (@premierleague) February 1, 2025
“It’s a great result that we have here away from home,” Liverpool skipper Virgil van Dijk said. “We showed great desire, mentality and great quality to finish the situations that we created.”
“Bournemouth are really intense. If you look to the data, they are top of the table for running, intensity — the way they play, they’re aggressive.”
Newcastle United missed the chance to move fourth though as they surrendered the lead in a 2-1 home defeat by Fulham.
Bottom club Southampton enjoyed some rare joy as they beat Ipswich Town 2-1 away from home, courtesy of goals from Nigerians Joe Aribo. and Paul Onuachu. It was only their second league win of what has been a thoroughly gloomy campaign.
Saturday’s Premier League results
Nottingham forest 7-0 Brighton
Bournemouth 0-2 Liverpool
Everton 4-0 Leicester
Ipswich Town 1-2 Southampton
Newcastle 1-2 Fulham
Wolves 2-0 Aston Villa.
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