Isak hits winner as Liverpool win on Iraola's first Bournemouth return

[p]Encouraging midweek victories for both sides promised to make [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/iraola-andoni/xpALVpwq/"]Iraola[/a]’s return to the south coast a memorable one, but goalmouth action proved few and far between in the first half.[/p][p]Buoyed by a 2-1 victory at Real Sociedad in their first-ever European match, the hosts went closest when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tavernier-marcus/jFqXIRZj/"]Marcus Tavernier[/a]’s low ball was flicked towards the near post by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/evanilson/lUqxFifa/"]Evanilson[/a], but [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/alisson/UZrQ3bwP/"]Alisson Becker[/a] got down in a flash to palm it away from the bottom corner. [/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/liverpool/lId4TMwf/"]Liverpool[/a] also had spells of promise, but aside from a pair of off-target free kicks from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/szoboszlai-dominik/dERKtqoo/"]Dominik Szoboszlai[/a], their only chance came when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/barcola-bradley/lhGD3RgS/"]Bradley Barcola[/a]’s right-footed effort was saved comfortably by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/petrovic-dorde/2F8I5Zyo/"]Dorde Petrovic[/a].[/p][p]Starting the second half well, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bournemouth/OtpNdwrc/"]Bournemouth[/a] twice went close through [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/christie-ryan/hWTaBxeh/"]Ryan Christie[/a], who couldn’t hit the target from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rayan/CSiH3dM4/"]Rayan[/a]’s cross or from the edge of the area.[/p][image alt="Match stats" id="3151ce6d-d16e-4e02-82ac-60c865f1fcd1" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="defe34ee-bb69-4c61-ac6a-53203080d833" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p]But the Vitality Stadium faithful were left shocked when Liverpool instead opened the scoring with just under an hour played.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gakpo-cody/pWyuBud0/"]Cody Gakpo[/a]’s cross from the right hit a combination of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/wirtz-florian/0Q5gjImi/"]Florian Wirtz[/a] and a defender at the near post and popped up perfectly for an arriving [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/isak-alexander/p41IV42c/"]Alexander Isak[/a], who fired in from close range.[/p][embed guid="bbf83b74-1916-49ef-a58a-55415c17b075" url="https://x.com/LFC/status/2101678154913812801" social-type="twitter" /][p]Struggling to respond, the home side’s final ball was repeatedly off the mark, and they instead stumbled to a 15th defeat in 19 PL meetings with the Reds.[/p][p]It’s just a third win in 10 away matches for Liverpool, but two of those have come under Iraola, who also remains unbeaten on the road since his arrival.[/p][p]Contrastingly, Bournemouth end a remarkable run at this venue, where they were previously undefeated since losing to Arsenal here at the beginning of January.[/p][p][b]Flashscore Man of the Match: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mac-allister-alexis/fDPhMB8M/"]Alexis Mac Allister[/a] (Liverpool)[/b][/p][image alt="POTM" id="7be98453-0c45-4914-aa18-55ace33807e4" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="56c1cfc5-51ca-4974-a606-422d54bc6276" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][h2][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/bournemouth-OtpNdwrc/liverpool-lId4TMwf/summary/stats/?mid=joCde00k"]Catch up on the match stats with Flashscore[/a][/h2][infobox id="0e8bad0a-7630-46a8-afe3-fa090b228a06" /]