Ruthless Liverpool join Premier League nine-goal club despite Mo Salah failing to join the Anfield party

Liverpool 9-0 v Bournemouth

Liverpool bounced back from their defeat to Manchester United by routing Bournemouth 9-0 on Saturday to equal the Premier League’s record win.

Roberto Firmino scored two and made three, with a brace too for Luis Diaz. Harvey Elliott’s first Premier League goal, Fabio Carvalho, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Virgil van Dijk and a Chris Mepham own goal completed the scoring.

It was a remarkable performance from Jurgen Klopp’s men, who were utterly ruthless throughout. However, Scott Parker will be stunned at how easy Bournemouth collapsed on Merseyside.

Indeed, they only really started to fly into tackles and show some pride when nine goals were on the board and they were desperate to avoid becoming the first Premier League side to concede 10.

We look at the four previous occasions when teams have scored nine goals in a Premier League game…

Manchester United 9 Southampton 0, February 2021

Alexandre Jankewitz’s red card within 90 seconds of his first senior start left Saints with uphill battle from the outset. Anthony Martial netted twice while Saints defender Roman Bednarek scored an own goal and was also sent off. Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Marcus Rashford, Edinson Cavani, Scott McTominay, Bruno Fernandes and Daniel James were the other scorers.

Southampton 0 Leicester 9, October 2019

Southampton had Ryan Bertrand sent off for a studs-up challenge on Ayoze Perez in the build-up to the opening goal, setting the tone for the night. Ben Chilwell got that goal in the 10th minute and Perez went on to complete a hat-trick. Jamie Vardy also got a treble – wrapping it up with a spot-kick in added time. Youri Tielemans and James Maddison also found the target.

Tottenham 9 Wigan 1, November 2009

Striker Jermain Defoe scored five times and Aaron Lennon, Peter Crouch, David Bentley and Niko Kranjcar were also on target, with Paul Scharner replying for the visitors.

Manchester United 9 Ipswich 0, March 1995

Andy Cole led the way with five goals, with Mark Hughes (two), Paul Ince and Roy Keane also netting for United against an Ipswich team who finished bottom at the end of the season.