Despite scoring early, Bournemouth failed to pose any immediate threats, which meant Liverpool had the upper hand and dominated most parts of the field for the remainder of the game.
Luis Diaz has been in fine form not only since the start of the season when he opened his account through a beautifully-taken goal against Chelsea last weekend but he's been showing his true credentials during the pre-season matches.
It took Liverpool about 20 minutes or so to respond to the early goal by Bournemouth through a sumptuous goal by Diaz after he controlled it effortlessly and fired in a half-volley, courtesy of a Diogo Jota assist.
Diaz missed a huge portion of matches last season after he suffered an injury, which ruled him out of many key fixtures leading to Liverpool's desire to stay in Europe. Liverpool missed out on a top-four finish last season, which meant they will compete in the Europa League instead of the Champions League.
But who cares, honestly? We have won the Champions League six times, the most for a top-flight English club! To those in the tournament, good luck catching up.
Salah, who has scored in all the first games of the new season since he became a Liverpool player, had a rather disappointing start to the campaign last week after he failed to score. His frustration became more expressive after he was subbed off for Harvey Elliott in the 77th minute of the game.
That was not the case this week as he finally found the net on the rebound after missing a penalty in the 36th minute. Liverpool won the penalty after Szoboszlai, their new midfielder, was brought down just inside the box.
Szoboszlai deservingly won the Man of the Match award after a scintillating performance throughout the 90 minutes. After having sold Henderson, Fabinho, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Naby Keita and a few more in this transfer window, Jurgen Klopp stacked up the midfield with a couple of influential midfielders, including Szoboszlai and Alexis McAlister from Brighton.
While Szoboszlai had a tremendous 90 minutes on the field, McAlister couldn't complement because he was sent off just after the 58th minute for a so-called dangerous tackle on Christie. Both players went for the ball and it was unfair to show the red card just because Christie was first to reach the ball.
Although a man was down, Liverpool refused to rest on their laurels and went on to put the icing on the cake as Jota made it 3-1 after Szoboszlai's shot, which was deflected off a defender and blocked by the goalkeeper, fell kindly on the feet of the Portuguese.
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| Enzo's penalty saved. |
Meanwhile, Pochetinno's wait for a first win in the new season as Chelsea's new head coach continues after the Blues suffered a shocking 3-1 defeat at the hands of David Moyes's West Ham United.
It was a night to forget for Chelsea's 100 million midfielders - Enzo Fernandez for missing a penalty and Caicedo who committed a foul and gave away a penalty, which allowed West Ham to seal the night with a win.
