Philippe Coutinho is capable of elite magic, and he conjured up some fantasy on Sunday at the Vitality Stadium.
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Liverpool and Bournemouth were scoreless when the Brazilian dribbled past Simon Francis and Lewis Cook on a mazy run, taking Andrew Robertson’s square pass and dancing through daylight.
If only there were a body cam on Adam Smith, who was chasing Coutinho the whole time!
Dejan Lovren -- does this require we say “of all people?” -- then scored a diving header after Roberto Firmino saved a wayward corner kick.
And Mohamed Salah, what else can you say about the 20-goal scorer (in all competitions)?
Salah would get his goal in stunning fashion, bodying off a defender before dribbling past two more to finish with an off-balance belt past Begovic.
HOW DID SALAH DO THAT?! pic.twitter.com/6mmPsxZUuK
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