Bournemouth thought they had made the perfect start at Anfield when Antoine Semenyo slid home Justin Kluivert's low cross with only five minutes on the clock, only for their celebrations to be cut short by the video assistant referee.

During the week Arne Slot took charge of this first European match as Liverpool manager and defeated AC Milan at the San Siro in a confidence-building comeback victory. The Reds will now be hoping to take that form into today’s encounter with the Cherries and move themselves up the Premier League table.

After a shock defeat last time out in the EPL, Liverpool boss Arne Slot will be looking for a response from his side at Anfield today as they host Bournemouth.  The Reds suffered an early setback to their title challenge last Saturday as they slipped to a 0-1 loss at home to Nottingham Forest,