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Liverpool 3-0 Bournemouth: Five things we learned as the machine gathers momentum

By Russell Hughes

BOURNEMOUTH, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 07: Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain of Liverpool celebrates after scoring his team's first goal during the Premier League match between AFC Bournemouth and Liverpool FC at Vitality Stadium on December 07, 2019 in Bournemouth, United Kingdom. (Photo by Michael Steele/Getty Images)
BOURNEMOUTH, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 07: Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain of Liverpool celebrates after scoring his team's first goal during the Premier League match between AFC Bournemouth and Liverpool FC at Vitality Stadium on December 07, 2019 in Bournemouth, United Kingdom. (Photo by Michael Steele/Getty Images) /
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Liverpool 3-0 Bournemouth Dejan Lovren
BOURNEMOUTH, ENGLAND – DECEMBER 07: Jurgen Klopp manager of Liverpool with an injured Dejan Lovren of Liverpool during the Premier League match between AFC Bournemouth and Liverpool FC at Vitality Stadium on December 07, 2019 in Bournemouth, United Kingdom. (Photo by Catherine Ivill/Getty Images) /

Injuries will start to take their toll

We all knew this period of fixtures would test the limbs of all the players, but the several breakdowns the squad have experienced since December ticked around has revealed the danger of the festive period.

Georginio Wijnaldum and Adam Lallana, who started the game against Everton, were unable to take part on Saturday because of niggles they picked up. Fabinho is out until 2021 because of his ankle strain, while Dejan Lovren came off before half time with a hamstring strain.

Klopp is clearly keen to get on top of this and has made several changes to the two teams he sent out this week. With Salzburg on Tuesday, we can expect another round of rotation as the German will want to keep legs fresh.

With City dropping points the main challenge for the title looks set to come from Leicester City. They are in a tremendous run of form and the German won’t want anything to derail his campaign to lift the Premier League after all those years of hurt.

Andy Robertson and Alexander-Arnold will need to be protected in the coming weeks and we should expect to see Milner or Gomez continue to deputise for those two full-backs.

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