A version of this article first appeared on ESPN in October 2020 and has been updated.
Liverpool thrashed Bournemouth 9-0 at Anfield on Saturday to equal the Premier League record for biggest winning margin in a match. The feat has previously been achieved three times — twice by Manchester United and also by Leicester City.
Liverpool, in 16th place at the start of the day after being held to draws against Fulham and Crystal Palace as well as suffering a defeat to United, saw Luis Diaz and Harvey Elliott net inside 10 minutes. Then Trent Alexander-Arnold and Roberto Firmino scored a quick-fire double on either side of the half-hour mark before Virgil van Dijk struck on the stroke of half-time in a heavily one-sided affair.
In the second half, Bournemouth defender Chris Mepham turned into his own net, before Firmino, substitute Fabio Carvalho and Diaz netted goals in the second half to secure a nine-goal victory.
Here’s how Liverpool’s exploits compare to the record victories across Europe’s top five leagues and beyond.
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Since its inception in 1992-93, the Premier League has witnessed not one, but three 9-0 trouncings.
The first came in 1995, when Manchester United ran riot against Ipswich at Old Trafford in revenge for their 3-2 defeat at Portman Road earlier in the season, with striker Andy Cole scoring five goals.
That feat was matched in 2019 when Leicester City took a miserable Southampton side apart in the lashing rain at St Mary’s as Jamie Vardy helped himself to a hat trick and Ayoze Perez scored a brace. Then Southampton capitulated again two years later as Man United thrashed them 9-0 as well with eight different scorers and an Anthony Martial double.
However, the record…
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