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GINI WIJNALDUM admits it was squeaky bum time at Anfield – but it had nothing to do with title race nerves.

The Dutch midfielder revived Sir Alex Ferguson’s famous phrase about close title battles after Liverpool saw off Bournemouth.

But in Wijnaldum’s case it was all down to a dodgy stomach.

It forced the midfield star into quarantine from his team-mates 24 hours before the game and caused an emergency dash to the toilets at half-time, not long after he had scored Liverpool’s second with a perfectly-timed lob. “I was vomiting and everyone was a little bit scared,” he said.

“I didn’t train on Friday and I didn’t sleep at the team hotel.

“The manager called me and said, ‘Do you think you can play?’ On Saturday morning I was still weak and had diarrhoea.

“After my goal, at half-time I had to run off to get to the toilet. I was like, ‘Oh no’ but I managed to control it!” His control and finish