Liverpool’s 13-game unbeaten end has come to a stunning halt after conceding a 95th-minute goal against Bournemouth in a 3-2 loss.
Amine Adli’s late strike secured the win for the 13th-placed Bournemouth.
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Goals from Evanilson and Alex Jimenez put the home side in a commanding position but Liverpool hit back through Virgil van Dijk and Dominik Szoboszlai to level.
However, Bournemouth won for just the second time in 15 matches after Adli fired in with virtually the last kick of the game.
Defeat will intensify the scrutiny on Liverpool boss Arne Slot with the Reds likely to fall outside of the Premier League’stop four after Sunday’s fixtures.
Slot, who guided Liverpool to Premier League glory last season, had steadied the ship after a run of nine defeats in 12 games earlier in the campaign.
But the Dutchman has attracted criticism for Liverpool’s uninspiring performances, even during their unbeaten run, and theyare now winless in five league games.
The Reds put in a commanding performance to beat Marseille 3-0 and close in on the Champions League last 16 in midweek.
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But they again struggled when faced with the rigours of breaking down a Premier League defence after gifting the Cherries a 2-0 lead.
The visitors dominated the ball throughout, but were made to pay for two defensive lapses in seven first-half minutes.
Van Dijk was too casual as he tried to flick Marcos Senesi’s ball over the top behind for a corner and Alex Scott pouncedto cross for Evanilson to hammer home.
In trying to prevent the goal, Joe Gomez picked up an injury to further deplete Liverpool’s already threadbare options atcentre-back.
The visitors were down to 10 men as Wataru Endo waited to replace Gomez when Bournemouth doubled their lead.
Milos Kerkez was caught sleeping on his return to the Vitality Stadium to allow Jimenez to sneak in behind and slot in his first Bournemouth goal.
Van Dijk atoned for his previous error to begin the Liverpool fightback when he headed in Szoboszlai’s corner.
Andy Robertson replaced Kerkez at halftime despite being linked with a move to Tottenham before the transfer window closes in just over a week’s time.
Liverpool had little to show for their domination of the ball in the second period until Szoboszlai’s strike sparked a wild finale.
The Hungarian slotted a free-kick under the Marseille wall on Wednesday and this time used a flick from Cody Gakpo to work an angle to blast into the far corner.
Almost straight from kick-off, Liverpool needed Alisson Becker to produce a brilliant save from Ryan Christie to prevent Bournemouthretaking the lead.
Evanilson then wasted a glorious chance to win the game when the Brazilian slotted wide with just Alisson to beat.
Bournemouth could also have lost it when goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic made a fine save to prevent Florian Wirtz from finding the bottom corner.
But Andoni Iraola’s men were rewarded for going for the win when Adli smashed in from a narrow angle after Liverpool failed to clear a long throw.
Victory lifts Bournemouth up to 13th and 10 points clear of the relegation zone.
SPURS MANAGER FEELING THE HEAT
Thomas Frank faced fresh calls for his dismissal from angry Tottenham fans after a dispiriting 2-2 draw at Premier League strugglers Burnley on Saturday as Bournemouth ended Liverpool’s long unbeaten run.
Elsewhere, Manchester City beat bottom club Wolves 2-0 to close to within four points of leaders Arsenal, who host Manchester United on Sunday.
Spurs boss Frank is under intense pressure just months into his reign at the London club, seemingly powerless to halt a slidedown the table.
The Dane breathed a sigh of relief after a 2-0 midweek win against Borussia Dortmund kept his team flying high in the Champions League but they are floundering domestically.
Captain Cristian Romero’s flying last-minute header salvaged a point for the visitors at Turf Moor but it was not enough toplacate frustrated fans.
Tottenham had taken the lead courtesy of Micky van de Ven’s strike before goals from Axel Tuanzebe and substitute Lyle Fosterturned the match on its head.
A large section of the travelling fans made it clear they had run out of patience with Frank, who insisted the team were working “very hard”.
Tottenham’s winless league run in 2026 is now five matches and they sit 14th in the table, eight points above the bottom three.
“I’m sure they can recognise and acknowledge, especially the first half, the improvement there,” said former Brentford boss Frank.
“We could and should have been out of sight.
“But also they acknowledge the willpower and character of the team that keep running, keep fighting to the end.
“We just need to keep going. We do so many things right, but there’s no doubt, it’s not dropping so easy for us.”
CITY HANDLE BUSINESS
Earlier, Pep Guardiola’s City went into their match against bottom side smarting after an embarrassing 3-1 Champions League defeat at Norwegian side Bodo/Glimt.
Erling Haaland was left on the bench after a lean spell and centre-back Marc Guehi made his debut after his move from Crystal Palace, easing City’s crippling defensive crisis that has claimed John Stones, Ruben Dias and Josko Gvardiol.
Egypt forward Omar Marmoush put the home side ahead early, finishing crisply from a Matheus Nunes cross for his first Premier League goal of the season.
City made it 2-0 shortly before halftime when Antoine Semenyo scored his third goal for the club in all competitions sincearriving at the Etihad from Bournemouth earlier this month.
The win lifts City to 46 points — four behind Arsenal.
Fulham came back from a goal down to beat Brighton 2-1 at Craven Cottage, with Harry Wilson grabbing a winner in stoppagetime.
West Ham blew Sunderland away 3-1 to make it two wins out of two and climb to within two points of Premier League safety.
The home side effectively had the game sewn up by halftime after Crysencio Summerville’s opener, Jarrod Bowen’s penalty anda long-range rocket from Mateus Fernandes.
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