. A win at Vitality Stadium will see the Reds stretch their lead at the top of the table to 56 points, nine points above second-placed Arsenal.
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Arne Slot made wholesale changes to Liverpool’s 3-2 loss to PSV Eindhoven in the Champions League on Wednesday night. The defeat meant nothing, having already progressed to the last 16 of the competition and still finished top of the Champions League table.
Bournemouth are on course to challenge for European qualification as they currently lie seventh in the table, just one point behind defending champions Manchester City. The Cherries thrashed in-form Nottingham Forest 5-0 last weekend.
Joe Gomez, Diogo Jota, and Darwin Nunez will train on Friday, however, it is unknown if they will be available for the game while Curtis Jones is set to miss the clash.
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Ahead of the Bournemouth clash, Arne Slot spoke to the media during his pre-match press conference.
“It’s a big one and this is probably going to sound strange [but] I knew this already when we played the second half against them in our home game. We were 3-0 up at half-time and I was expecting a second half where we could just control the game, have the ball a bit and maybe score the fourth one – but they just kept on going at us for 45 minutes and that showed me the character of the team.
“Since then they have been outstanding. They were before that game also. Because we were 3-0 up at half-time, we didn’t really match the first half, in my opinion, maybe we deserved to be up but not with three goals.
“And afterwards they have beaten …
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