An away clash at Bournemouth might not have been underlined as a major obstacle in Liverpool's pursuit of the Premier League title but Saturday's clash on the south coast suddenly looks anything but a relaxed trip to the seaside.

Arsenal was second after winning at Wolverhampton 1-0, but third-placed Nottingham Forest was stunned by Bournemouth 5-0 on the south coast. Fourth-placed Newcastle came back from a goal down to beat Southampton 3-1, with Alexander Isak scoring twice.

Only becoming frequent foes after Bournemouth's first-ever promotion to the Premier League, Liverpool have faced the Cherries just 23 times down the years and have unsurprisingly built up quite the streak of head-to-head dominance.

Liverpool head to Bournemouth this weekend with Arne Slot able to rest a number of key stars ahead of the trip down south. With a place in the knockout stages of the Champions League already sealed, the Reds made the trip to PSV Eindhoven midweek without Alisson,

Simon: With Everton getting a result against Brighton, February could be a crucial month. If Wolves sell Cunha it may well turn into a dogfight between Ipswich and Wolves for survival given the games each team plays. I feel if Town can stay up then they will go on to improve next season.

Justin Kluivert (£5.5m) scored his second hat-trick of the season this week, registering a massive 22-point haul. He has been great value and now has 10 goals and three assists for the season. He is also Bournemouth’s first-choice penalty taker and, at his price, should be easy to acquire.

A contest between two of the Premier League’s scoring leaders is set when Mohamed Salah (first) and Liverpool FC take on AFC Bournemouth and Justin Kluivert (seventh) on Saturday, February

Tyler Adams says Bournemouth believe “anything is possible” after moving to within one point of the Champions League places following Saturday’s win over in-form Newcastle United. Bournemouth won 4-1 at St James’ Park following a Justin Kluivert hat-trick and stoppage-time goal from Milos Kerkez to extend their unbeaten run in the Premier League to 10 matches.

Liverpool have Ibrahima Konate fit to start against Ipswich in the Premier League today. Konate was slight doubt to start for the Reds after a suffering a knock to his knee. However, the Frenchman has shaken that off to return to the starting lineup at the expense of Jarell Quansah.

Liverpool kept up its charge towards the Premier League title by thrashing Ipswich 4-1 and staying ... placed Nottingham Forest was stunned by Bournemouth 5-0 on the south coast.

Liverpool has kept up its charge towards the Premier League title by thrashing Ipswich 4-1 and staying six points clear at the top. Mohamed Salah scored his 100th league goal at Anfield and his 23rd overall this season on Saturday.

Paul Merson insists Liverpool are ‘favourites’ to win the Premier League but says their title push could start to falter if Virgil van Dijk was to pick up an injury. Arne Slot’s side have moved six points clear at the top of the Premier League and have a game in hand over title rivals Arsenal.