Player ratings for Bournemouth 0-4 Liverpool: Nunez & Jota propel Reds to triumphant win

A depleted Liverpool side deservedly battled out a 4-0 victory away to Bournemouth on Sunday afternoon.

Jurgen Klopp was missing a cadre of stars, including Mohamed Salah and Trent Alexander-Arnold, but Darwin Nunez and Diogo Jota filled the void impressively, sharing four second-half goals between them.

Liverpool's impressive victory sends the Reds five points clear of Manchester City at the Premier League summit.

Each set of players was buffeted around by the blustering wind crashing over the English south coast on Sunday as much as the fearsome press employed by both teams in a cagey and even first half. It took 19 minutes for either side to register a shot.

The wind never settled but Liverpool established a stranglehold of the match after the break.

Ultimately, Bournemouth's eagerness to press that proved their undoing. Within four minutes of the restart, one hurried ball from Ibrahima Konate soared over the top of all the red and black stripes that had swarmed forward. Curtis Jones had oceans of room between the lines to find Jota, who quickly squared for Nunez. After being unfavourably compared to Andy Carroll before the break, Nunez silenced the home fans by coolly picking out the bottom corner.

Liverpool turned their hosts around with another direct ball in the 70th minute. Nunez shrugged off Illia Zabarnyi, holding the ball up for Cody Gakpo to stroke into Jota's stride. With a desperately narrow slip of goal to aim at, Jota fizzed the ball in off Neto's near post.

Jota's ruthless reputation took a dent when he wildly swung at Conor Bradley's cutback. The Portuguese forward connected with thin air but was first to the loose ball, rapidly restoring his standing with another crisp drive beyond Neto.

Nunez completed his brace in stoppage time. Bournemouth had been reduced to ten men when Max Aarons limped off injured with all five subs already on the pitch. The right-back had scarcely hampered Nunez before he was hobbled and left space for the Uruguayan to steal in at the back post, controlling a brilliant half-volley inside the far post with an uncharacteristic layer of composure.