Bournemouth 0-4 Liverpool: Nunez & Jota's braces seal 5 successive wins for Reds

Diogo Jota and Darwin Nunez scored two goals each as Liverpool extended their lead at the top of the Premier League table to five points by brushing aside in-form Bournemouth 4-0 on their own patch.

Match Report

After a tense first half, which Bournemouth arguably shaded, Nunez netted his 100th career goal by finishing off a slick Liverpool move four minutes after half-time.

Jurgen Klopp then made another impactful substitution as Cody Gakpo came off the bench to set up Jota for the visitors' second goal on the break with 20 minutes to go, before the Portuguese winger scored a clinical third 10 minutes later.

Then, with Bournemouth down to 10 men due to injury, Nunez finished clinically from Joe Gomez's cross to round off the scoring - as Liverpool showed there is life without Mohamed Salah, currently out with a hamstring injury on Africa Cup of Nations duty with Egypt.

The only blot on the afternoon was a potentially worrying injury to Curtis Jones, who limped off in the latter stages just three days before Liverpool's Carabao Cup semi-final, second leg away at Fulham, live on Sky Sports.

But the manner of the result, with Bournemouth's Dominic Solanke kept quiet as well, was the latest example to prove why Liverpool - missing Salah, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Dominik Szoboszlai here - are capable of taking the Premier League title away from Manchester City this season.

What's next?

Bournemouth's next game is at home to Swansea in the FA Cup fourth round on Thursday January 25; kick-off 7.45pm.

The Cherries then travel to West Ham in the Premier League on Thursday February 1; kick-off 7.30pm.

Liverpool are next in action at Fulham in the second leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final, with Jurgen Klopp's side taking a 2-1 lead into the match on Wednesday January 24, live on Sky Sports; kick-off 8pm.

Liverpool then host Norwich in the FA Cup fourth round on Sunday January 28; kick-off 2.30pm.

Match Events

0' The match is about to start!

19' Mac Allister's long shot wide out

24' Nunez's long shot too straight

37' Nunez almost catches the vicious cross in box

49' GOAL! Bournemouth 0-1 Liverpool (Darwin Nunez)

53' Bradley's shot stopped

66' Yellow Card! Conor Bradley booked

70' GOAL! Bournemouth 0-2 Liverpool (Jota)

79' GOAL! Bournemouth 0-3 Liverpool (Jota)

93' GOAL! Bournemouth 0-4 Liverpool (Darwin Núñez)

Line-ups

Bournemouth XI: Neto, Ryan Christie, Solanke, Lewis Cook, Marcus Tavernier, Kluivert, Luis Sinisterra, Aarons, Mepham, James Hill, Ilya Zabarnyi

Subs: Emiliano Marcondes, Kieffer Moore, Billing, Brooks, Travers, Lloyd Kelly, Kilkenny, Alex Scott, Ben Greenwood

Liverpool XI: Alisson, Van Dijk, Joe Gomez, Jota, Konate, Mac Allister, Luis Díaz, Darwin Núñez, Curtis Jones, Elliott, Conor Bradley

Subs: Adrian, Kelleher, Cody Gakpo, Gravenberch, Owen Beck, Jarell Quansah, Kaide Gordon, Bobby Clark, James McConnell