<p>After losing 9-0 at Liverpool earlier this season, Bournemouth got some payback in the Premier League on Saturday.</p>.<p>Bournemouth halted Liverpool's recent momentum with a 1-0 home win to boost their hopes of staving off relegation and deal a blow to the visitors' hopes of earning a top-four spot.</p>.<p>Philip Billing scored the only goal in the 28th minute after being teed up in the box by Dango Ouattara and Bournemouth managed to contain a Liverpool attack that had looked rampant in a stunning <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/football/lethal-liverpool-smash-manchester-united-for-seven-in-record-win-1197561.html" target="_blank">7-0 win over Manchester United </a>last weekend.</p>.<p>Mohamed Salah missed a penalty for Liverpool in the 70th, sending his effort wide of the goal, while Virgil van Dijk had an early header cleared off the line. But it was a surprisingly tame performance from a Liverpool team that had looked like they were finally getting back to their best after four wins and a draw in its last five games.</p>.<p>That run that had seen Jurgen Klopp's team move up to fifth place in the standings after a dismal first half of the season, and a win over Bournemouth would have put Liverpool above fourth-place Tottenham on goal difference ahead of Spurs' game at Nottingham Forest later.</p>.<p>Bournemouth started the day in last place but the win lifted them provisionally up to 16th in the tight battle against relegation. The team was coming off a 3-2 loss at leader Arsenal last weekend, when they led 2-0 but conceded the last goal in the seventh minute of stoppage time, but seemed to have shaken off both that defeat and the 9-0 drubbing at Anfield in August — which equalled the biggest winning margin in Premier League history.</p>.<p>Liverpool forward Cody Gakpo had the team's last chance for an equalizer in stoppage time but missed the target after a long ball into the box from goalkeeper Alisson.</p>.<p>It was only Bournemouth's second league win in their last 10 games.</p>
<p>After losing 9-0 at Liverpool earlier this season, Bournemouth got some payback in the Premier League on Saturday.</p>.<p>Bournemouth halted Liverpool's recent momentum with a 1-0 home win to boost their hopes of staving off relegation and deal a blow to the visitors' hopes of earning a top-four spot.</p>.<p>Philip Billing scored the only goal in the 28th minute after being teed up in the box by Dango Ouattara and Bournemouth managed to contain a Liverpool attack that had looked rampant in a stunning <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/football/lethal-liverpool-smash-manchester-united-for-seven-in-record-win-1197561.html" target="_blank">7-0 win over Manchester United </a>last weekend.</p>.<p>Mohamed Salah missed a penalty for Liverpool in the 70th, sending his effort wide of the goal, while Virgil van Dijk had an early header cleared off the line. But it was a surprisingly tame performance from a Liverpool team that had looked like they were finally getting back to their best after four wins and a draw in its last five games.</p>.<p>That run that had seen Jurgen Klopp's team move up to fifth place in the standings after a dismal first half of the season, and a win over Bournemouth would have put Liverpool above fourth-place Tottenham on goal difference ahead of Spurs' game at Nottingham Forest later.</p>.<p>Bournemouth started the day in last place but the win lifted them provisionally up to 16th in the tight battle against relegation. The team was coming off a 3-2 loss at leader Arsenal last weekend, when they led 2-0 but conceded the last goal in the seventh minute of stoppage time, but seemed to have shaken off both that defeat and the 9-0 drubbing at Anfield in August — which equalled the biggest winning margin in Premier League history.</p>.<p>Liverpool forward Cody Gakpo had the team's last chance for an equalizer in stoppage time but missed the target after a long ball into the box from goalkeeper Alisson.</p>.<p>It was only Bournemouth's second league win in their last 10 games.</p>