Reds look to bounce back from shock Forest loss

Liverpool will look to get back to winning ways in the Premier League on Saturday when they host Bournemouth at Anfield.

Last time out in the league, the Reds suffered their first loss under Arne Slot as Nottingham Forest ran out surprise winners in Merseyside.

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Liverpool Recent Form

Up until that loss against Forest, Liverpool won all three of their opening games of the season against Ipswich, Brentford and Man Utd.

They have already bounced back from the defeat, albeit in Europe, as they won 3-1 against Milan in the Champions League on Tuesday.

Liverpool Injury News

Slot only has one injury issue to contend with and that is regarding Harvey Elliott, who remains absent due to a fractured foot.

Federico Chiesa is in line to make his first start for the club after making a cameo appearance off the bench against Milan at San Siro. Andy Robertson and Luis Diaz could return in place of Kostas Tsimikas and Cody Gakpo.

Last Liverpool Lineup

Here’s how Liverpool lined up against Milan.

Bournemouth Recent Form

Bournemouth have made a solid enough start to the new campaign as they have lost just one game in the league and that came last time out versus Chelsea.

Prior to that, they earned two 1-1 draws against Nottingham Forest and Newcastle before dramatically coming from two behind to defeat Everton 3-2 at Goodison Park.

They were knocked out of the League Cup by West Ham.

Bournemouth Injury News

Kepa Arrizabalaga is available again after he couldn’t feature against parent club Chelsea in the last game.

Tyler Adams and Dango Ouattara are the only injuries for the Cherries.

Last Bournemouth Lineup

Here’s how Bournemouth lined up against Chelsea.

Liverpool vs Bournemouth – who is the referee and VAR?

Referee: Tony Harrington

Assistants: Marc Perry, Derek Eaton

Fourth official: Bobby Madley

VAR: Graham Scott

Assistant VAR: Sian Massey-Ellis

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Author : [email protected] (Martin Macdonald)

Publish date : 2024-09-19 14:23:20

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