Mohamed Salah scored a hat trick as Liverpool moved top of the Premier League with a comprehensive 4-0 victory at AFC Bournemouth.
The Egyptian struck in both halves of Saturday’s match at the Vitality Stadium to extend the Reds’ unbeaten start to the top-flight season to 16 games and take them above Manchester City – at least temporarily, with Pep Guardiola’s team meeting Chelsea later in the day.
An own goal by Bournemouth captain Steve Cook made it 3-0 to the visitors with 22 minutes remaining before Salah’s audaciously cool solo effort rounded off the scoring in a consummate away performance by Jürgen Klopp’s side.
