Premier League champions elect Liverpool to bounce back this weekend when they face Bournemouth at Anfield.
The Reds have been superb all season but have suffered a difficult fate since their winter break.
They have lost three of their last five games in all competitions and have just won against Norwich and West Ham, threatened with relegation.
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Liverpool face Bournemouth at Anfield this weekend
Jurgen Klopp’s team is still leaking with the league crown, but will want an answer on Saturday noon.
They welcome a Bournemouth team that is in the bottom three and in desperate need of points.
They lost at home to Liverpool 3-0 in December, but Eddie Howe and his teammates are heading to Merseyside in hopes of catching the Reds cold and prolonging their poor race.
TalkSPORT’s GameDay special launches at Anfield before another busy day of high-flying action.
Liverpool vs Bournemouth: How to listen
The Premier League shock will begin at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 7.
Anfield’s full commentary will be exclusively live on talkSPORT, with our coverage starting at 11am.
Reshmin Chowdhury will bring you all the preparation before handing over to Sam Matterface and Stuart Pearce for our live and exclusive commentary.
To connect, click here for live broadcast or click on the radio player below.
You can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio or on MW 1053 or 1089.
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Gary Neville comes out of champagne to celebrate the end of Liverpool’s undefeated run
Liverpool vs Bournemouth: Team News
Liverpool skipper Jordan Henderson remains uninjured at the hamstring, but is expected to return before the end of the month.
Xherdan Shaqiri has been absent for a long time, but Naby Keita is in the running to return after a hip problem.
Players like Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino started on the bench in Tuesday’s FA Cup defeat to Chelsea and will return to the starting line-up.
Bournemouth’s injury problems are improving, but they are still without Chris Mepham, Charlie Daniels, David Brooks and Arnaut Danjuma.
Lewis Cook is in doubt as Harry Wilson is not eligible to face his parent club.
Jefferson Lerma is a yellow card from a two-game suspension.
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Liverpool defeated Bournemouth 3-0 in December
Liverpool vs Bournemouth: What has been said?
Liverpool striker Sadio Mane said: “We have another important game against Bournemouth and then Wednesday (against Atletico), so we will be ready and we will come back.
“It can happen in football and we are used to it. We just have to keep working hard and keep going if we are to be great champions. “
Jurgen Klopp said: “There may be times when I get mad at the players, but I haven’t gotten mad at the players this week.
“From a common sense point of view, if I go to a meeting and yell at them like they’ve lost the last 10 games in a row because of a bad attitude, it would be really strange.
“I am not interested in the fact that after the meeting I feel better. I’m interested in boys getting the right information and it can be more emotional – I wouldn’t say angry – or less emotional.
“If you need to analyze, you analyze and the analysis is not really emotional. He’s looking at the facts and we just weren’t good enough. It’s the easy answer. “
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Eddie Howe’s Bournemouth faces Liverpool this weekend
Liverpool vs bournemouth: match statistics
- Liverpool have won their last five Premier League games against Bournemouth by a total score of 17-0.
All competitions combined, Bournemouth has won only one of its 16 matches against Liverpool (D3 L12), 4-3 victory in December 2016 at Vitality Stadium. - Each of Liverpool’s last five Premier League victories against Bournemouth has been by at least three goals – the only high-flying team in history to have won by more than 3 goals in six consecutive games against an opponent is Man City against the Wolves between 1902 and 1905.
- Liverpool have scored their last 17 goals in this Premier League game – the only side where Liverpool have scored more consecutive unanswered goals is West Bromwich Albion (26 between 2002 and 2011).
- Bournemouth is winless in all eight Premier League games over Merseyside against Everton and Liverpool (D1 L7); the only team to have played more times without winning is Hull City (10 games).
- Liverpool are undefeated in their last 54 home matches in the Premier League (W44 D10), the Reds winning their last 21 games in a row. The victory here will set a new all-time record for most consecutive home wins in the history of the English elite.
- Bournemouth has lost eight of its last nine away games in the Premier League, winning the other 1-0 at Chelsea in December. Indeed, 60% of the total Bournemouth points won on the road this season (6/10) occurred during their first three away games (W2 D0 L1).
- Liverpool’s 44-game unbeaten streak ended at Watford the last time; the Reds have not lost consecutive league games since September 2015 under Brendan Rodgers. Liverpool have conceded as many goals in their last two Premier League matches as in their previous 14 matches (5).
- Mohamed Salah of Liverpool scored in his five Premier League games against Bournemouth, scoring seven goals in total. The only other player in Premier League history to score 100% of their matches against an opponent (min. 5 games) is Chris Wood against West Ham.
- 87% of Mohamed Salah’s Premier League goals this season have been scored at home (13/15), the highest ratio of all players scoring at least 10 this season.
