MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Liverpool matched the record for the biggest ever Premier League win with a 9-0 thrashing of Bournemouth on Saturday while Erling Haaland got his first Manchester City hat-trick and Manchester United ended a run of seven straight away league defeats.
But Arsenal remain the only team with a 100 percent record as they came from a goal down to beat Fulham 2-1 thanks to a late winner by Gabriel that kept the Gunners top of the table.
Liverpool had failed to win in their opening three games, including Monday’s 2-1 defeat at United, but talk of a sluggish start to the season was soon forgotten as they took a 2-0 lead within six minutes and added three more before the break.
Six different Liverpool players were on the scoresheet but remarkably Egyptian striker Mohamed Salah was not one of them.
Luis Diaz and Roberto Firmino scored twice as Liverpool became the fourth Premier League team to win by a 9-0 margin.
Full-back Trent Alexander-Arnold said the win was cathartic after the poor performance against their rivals at Old Trafford.
“That’s what we needed to do after Monday. Our aim was to come out of the blocks. We played on the atmosphere here today. We were on the front foot from the first kick. It was an outstanding game, an exceptional performance,” he said.
“It wasn’t the start to the season we hoped for. Three disappointing results. We had a point to prove. We needed to win and we did in a special way,” he added as the Reds moved up to ninth with five points from four games.