Bournemouth vs Liverpool LIVE: Reds without Salah as they look to increase lead at top of Premier League table

Follow all the action as Liverpool take on Bournemouth looking to increase their lead at the top of the table.

The Reds are well in the Premier League title race this season and are two points clear of Manchester City, having played the same number of games.

Jurgen Klopp's new-look team have performed above expectations and are likely to push City all the way.

However, this won't be an easy game, as after a tough start, Andoni Iraola has turned things around with the Cherries.

Bournemouth are now well clear of the bottom three and are eyeing a place in the top ten.

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Both teams are back in Premier League action after a small break over the winter period.

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has been speaking about the benefits of having some time off.

He said: “Yeah, top, it was top. From my personal point of view, I had four days. Perfect, absolutely.

«Nobody wanted to have three or four weeks, we are in the middle of a season [and] we love what happened so far, we are looking forward to what's coming up, but these four days were just top-class. 

“Now we are the third day in training again and you can see the boys, as much as they like going on holiday, the thing they like most is actually playing football and that's really cool to see. 

“We had a break and now we can go for the rest of the season.”

The Cherries have a couple of long-term absentees, with Tyler Adams and Hamed Traore out.

Lloyd Kelly is also probably just going to miss out, but Milos Kerkez should come back into the team.

Meanwhile, Dango Ouattara and Antoine Semenyo are at the AFCON.

Liverpool face a lot of defensive issues.

Andrew Robertson and Kostas Tsimikas are out, along with Trent Alexander-Arnold, who has a