Liverpool coped despite Alexis Mac Allister’s second-half red card to beat Bournemouth 3-1 and get their season fully up and running.
Antoine Semenyo had given the Cherries a shock lead on three minutes but Jurgen Klopp’s side found their groove with goals from Luis Diaz and Mohamed Salah – scoring after his penalty was saved – handing them a first half advantage.
Things could have become tricky when Mac Allister, making his Anfield debut, was dismissed for a high challenge on Joe Rothwell on 58 minutes but if anything Liverpool went up another gear with 10-men.
Diogo Jota took advantage of some poor goalkeeping from Neto to make it 3-1 as Klopp found a way to hand a debut to new signing Wataru Endo off the bench, who joined in a deal worth £16.2m.
