Liverpool F.C. 9–0 AFC Bournemouth

Liverpool made one change to the starting line-up that lost their previous match away at Manchester United; Brazilian holding-midfielder Fabinho was preferred to veteran James Milner. Centre-back Virgil van Dijk and midfielder Jordan Henderson made their 200th and 400th Premier League appearances respectively.[10][11]

Bournemouth made three changes to the team who lost 3–0 at home to then league leaders Arsenal with Lewis Cook, Ryan Christie and Jaidon Anthony all coming into the starting XI.

In the 9th minute of the match, with Liverpool leading 2–0, a minute's applause commenced, to pay tribute to Olivia Pratt-Korbel, a nine-year-old girl from Liverpool who was murdered by a trespasser in her own home. This was the first fixture played by Liverpool since the shooting. Two days prior to the match in a press conference, manager Klopp had described the killing as "such a tragedy" before saying "If we can help, we will".[12] On the day of the match, Klopp wrote in his programme notes: “Nine years old? How can this happen? How is it even possible? I cannot comprehend it and the more I think about it, the more difficult it becomes to understand. That it could happen in a city as special as this one where people look out for one another and stand together makes even less sense. I would like to pass on the sympathies of everyone at Liverpool to Olivia’s family. They are in my thoughts and prayers.”[13]

After the match, Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson removed his shirt with a vest underneath bearing the slogan: “RIP Olivia YNWA".[13] He then tweeted "That was for Olivia" later that evening.[14]

Liverpool raced into a 2–0 lead within the first six minutes through a Luis Díaz header and long-range effort from Harvey Elliott, the latter getting his first Premier League goal. Further strikes from Trent Alexander-Arnold and Roberto Firmino made it 4–0, before Virgil van Dijk headed in from a corner just before half-time.[15]

Bournemouth defender Chris Mepham scored an own goal within a minute of the second half starting, before Firmino poked in the seventh, in the process reaching 100 goals for the club. Fábio Carvalho volleyed in his first goal for Liverpool before Díaz headed in the ninth with five minutes left.[16]