The Reds secured their first league win of the season in style on Saturday in a truly memorable afternoon at Anfield. This was Jurgen Klopp’s side back to their best after a hugely underwhelming first leg in the Premier League. With five first-half goals, four second-half goals and six separate Liverpool goalscorers, the Reds’ win saw them break or break a whole host of crazy records.
The joint biggest win in Premier League history
Liverpool officially joined the 9-0 club and in doing so achieved the record for the biggest win in Premier League history. It was the first time when Manchester United beat Ipswich in March 1995, before Leicester followed suit by beating Southampton by nine in 2019. Last year, Southampton were on the receiving end of another 9-0 defeat, this time at United, before Liverpool became the third team to achieve the record on Saturday. Towards the end of the game chants of “we want 10” could be heard echoing through Anfield. Had they achieved it, they would have set the absolute record for the biggest win in Premier League history.
Liverpool’s biggest win in the Premier League
That’s right, Liverpool’s nine-goal win is the biggest margin they have ever won in a match in their Premier League history. Their previous biggest win was 7-0 against Crystal Palace in December 2020. Can this team top the record again in the coming years? You wouldn’t put it past them.
Joint longest top-flight win at Anfield
Anfield hosted another 9-0 Liverpool win before the Premier League was formed. This came against Crystal Palace in 1989, with Steve Nicol, Steve McMahon, Ian Rush, Gary Gillespie, Peter Beardsley, John Aldridge, John Barnes and Glenn Hysen all on the scoresheet. Away from the top flight, the biggest win Anfield has seen came when the Reds put 11 past Stromsgodset in the European Cup Winners’ Cup in 1974.
Liverpool’s biggest win in league history
This was also Liverpool’s biggest margin of victory in all of league football since the club’s inception. The other times the Reds won a game by nine goals were in a 10-1 win over Rotherham Town in 1896 and that 9-0 win against Palace in 1989.
Most goals in the first half of the league in the last 60 years
This was the first time Liverpool had scored five goals in the first 45 minutes of a league game since September 1958 against Brighton. Little did they know that four more would follow in the second half!
Five different scorers in the first half
Liverpool had five different scorers in the first half of a competitive game for just the second time in the club’s 130-year history. The first time came in a non-league match against Higher Walton in September 1892. Luis Diaz, Harvey Elliott, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Roberto Firmino and Virgil van Dijk were the scorers on this occasion.
Bobby’s Delight
Firmino answered his recent detractors in style with two goals and three assists, and with them set several personal and club records. The Brazilian is the first Liverpool player to have a hat-trick of assists in the first half of any game in all competitions in the Premier League era. The two goals took Firmino’s tally to 100 for Liverpool. In his 331st appearance, he became the 19th player in Reds history to reach three figures. Yes Sir!
