Liverpool returned to winning ways in the Premier League by beating Bournemouth 3-0, with the performance at Anfield widely lauded.
The Reds got off a sluggish start on Saturday afternoon, but it wasn’t long before their superiority shone through.
Luis Diaz scored twice to continue his eye-catching early-season form, while Darwin Nunez scored a superb goal for his first since early April.
HENRY: It’s fair to say I felt 100 times better at 5pm than I did last Saturday, which is an immediate positive!
Liverpool weren’t always perfect, but this was an ideal response to that horror show a week ago, and aspects of the first half were outstanding.
The fact that Gravenberch appears to now be peak Vieira is hugely exciting – he was exceptional, bossing the midfield.
Diaz is also proving me wrong by the game – I wouldn’t have been gutted to see him leave in the summer, so more fool me! – and his two goals reminded me so much of Sadio.
The Anfield crowd also seemed more up for it, even though it wasn’t exactly Barca in 2019.
A word of praise for Kelleher, too, whose one save on the goalline was frankly ludicrous. He may be the second-best goalkeeper in the world!
MATT: The whole midfield was superb for me and they seem to be really well balanced, understanding their roles together well now.
I actually had Mac Allister as my man of the match. This midfield system suits him far more than spending most of last season as the No.6.
Kelleher’s save was outstanding. We’d embed a video of it but Sky Sports and co haven’t bothered to clip it up.
I’m not so sure the atmosphere was that much improved, but a 3-0 win is always going to be better received than a 1-0 defeat! The atmosphere debate hasn’t been helped by having three pretty unglamorous games to begin the season – we actually needed a big game early on under Slot really to get everyone going.
Good to see Chiesa get more minutes ahead of presumably starting on Wednesday. I’d said before I can see him playing a fair bit as No.9, I’m not so sure Slot sees it purely as him being Salah’s backup!
