Kop regain advantage
the team hotel last night because he was ill with everything you really don’t want to have just two days before a game.
“This morning, he said he had slept well and wanted to play.
“The doctor said he was still infectious and should stay away.
“So I was really concerned when he scored the goal and all the players went to hug him!
“It isn’t a big problem to us whether we are three, five or seven points in the lead.
“The character and mentality of these players is why we are where we are.
“We can win football games and we will win football games. How many? We will see, but we will try.”
Liverpool – coming off the back of two successive draws – went ahead when Sadio Mane scored with a downward header from an offside position.
Mane had also scored a dubious goal in the 1-1 stalemate at West Ham on Monday night.
But this time, Liverpool went on to secure a win which took them back to the top of the Premier League, thanks to Wijnaldum’s brilliant lob and Mo Salah’s (above) 20th goal of the season.
Understandably fustrated Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe said: “Mane was half a yard offside – and it was a massive turning point in the match.
“Until then, we were doing well. And the final result could have been very different.”