Liverpool may have had a slow start to the 2022/23 campaign, but Bournemouth’s visit to Anfield on Saturday was just the tonic they needed.
All thoughts of that depressing 2-1 loss to Manchester United vanished as they utterly destroyed Scott Parker’s side, their 9-0 win the biggest in top flight football since they beat Crystal Palace by the same scoreline 33 years ago seen.
Indeed, in the closing minutes, Bournemouth simply looked determined not to be the first team to concede 10 goals in a single Premier League game. There was almost a sense of relief among the Cherries at full time that an already embarrassing defeat didn’t become a complete record.
9 – Liverpool have scored nine goals in a single league game for the first time since September 1989 against Crystal Palace (9-0), while today’s win was the biggest in their league history (also 9-0 against Crystal Palace in 1989 and 10-1 against Rotherham Town in 1896). spectacular. pic.twitter.com/w8EM2GWvI0
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) August 27, 2022
However, this was a historic result: the first 9-0 in Premier League history in a game that did not involve Manchester United or Southampton.
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The biggest winning deals in Premier League history
Here are the 21 games that have produced the biggest margin of victory in the Premier League since 1992/93.
It is notable that Manchester United have won 9-0 on two separate occasions, 26 years apart. Guardiola’s Manchester City have an 8-0 win (2019) and a 7-0 win (2021).
| Margin of Victory | Home team | Away team | result | date |
| 9 | Liverpool | Bournemouth | 9-0 | August 27, 2022 |
| 9 | Manchester United | Southampton | 9-0 | February 2, 2021 |
| 9 | Southampton | Leicester City | 0-9 | October 25, 2019 |
| 9 | Manchester United | Ipswich Town | 9-0 | March 4, 1995 |
| 8 | Manchester City | Watford | 8-0 | September 21, 2019 |
| 8 | Southampton | Sunderland | 8-0 | October 18, 2014 |
| 8 | Chelsea | Aston Villa | 8-0 | December 23, 2012 |
| 8 | Chelsea | Wigan Athletic | 8-0 | May 9, 2010 |
| 8 | Tottenham Hotspur | Wigan Athletic | 9-1 | November 22, 2009 |
| 8 | Newcastle United | Boss. Wednesday | 8-0 | September 19, 1999 |
| 7 | Manchester City | Leeds United | 7-0 | December 14, 2021 |
| 7 | Chelsea | Norwich City | 7-0 | October 23, 2021 |
| 7 | Crystal Palace | Liverpool | 0-7 | December 19, 2020 |
| 7 | Manchester City | Norwich City | 7-0 | November 2, 2013 |
| 7 | Chelsea | Stoke City | 7-0 | April 25, 2010 |
| 7 | Middlesbrough | Manchester City | 8-1 | May 11, 2008 |
| 7 | Arsenal | Middlesbrough | 7-0 | January 14, 2006 |
| 7 | Arsenal | Everton | 7-0 | May 11, 2005 |
| 7 | Nottingham Forest | Manchester United | 1-8 | February 6, 1999 |
| 7 | Manchester United | Barnsley | 7-0 | October 25, 1997 |
| 7 | Blackburn Rovers | Nottingham Forest | 7-0 | November 18, 1995 |
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Most goals in a Premier League match
There have been 29 games where nine or more goals have been scored.
Man United have been involved in six of them, Tottenham Hotspur in five, and Manchester City and Southampton have been part of four of them.
| Goals scored | Home team | Away team | result | date |
| 11 | Portsmouth | reading | 7-4 | September 29, 2007 |
| 10 | West Bromwich | Manchester United | 5-5 | May 19, 2013 |
| 10 | Arsenal | Newcastle | 7-3 | December 29, 2012 |
| 10 | Manchester United | Arsenal | 8-2 | August 28, 2011 |
| 10 | Tottenham | Wigan Athletic | 9-1 | November 22, 2009 |
| 10 | Tottenham | reading | 6-4 | December 29, 2007 |
| 9 | Manchester City | Leicester City | 6-3 | December 26, 2021 |
| 9 | Liverpool | Bournemouth | 9-0 | August 27, 2022 |
| 9 | Manchester United | Southampton | 9-0 | February 2, 2021 |
| 9 | Aston Villa | Liverpool | 7-2 | October 4, 2020 |
| 9 | Southampton | Leicester City | 0-9 | October 25, 2019 |
| 9 | Tottenham | Leicester City | 5-4 | May 13, 2018 |
| 9 | Manchester City | Stoke City | 7-2 | October 14, 2017 |
| 9 | Everton | Bournemouth | 6-3 | February 4, 2017 |
| 9 | Swansea City | Crystal Palace | 5-4 | November 26, 2016 |
| 9 | Norwich City | Liverpool | 4-5 | January 23, 2016 |
| 9 | Everton | Chelsea | 3-6 | August 30, 2014 |
| 9 | Cardiff City | Liverpool | 3-6 | March 22, 2014 |
| 9 | Manchester City | Arsenal | 6-3 | December 14, 2013 |
| 9 | Chelsea | Sunderland | 7-2 | January 16, 2010 |
| 9 | Middlesbrough | Manchester City | 8-1 | May 11, 2008 |
| 9 | Tottenham | Arsenal | 4-5 | November 13, 2004 |
| 9 | Tottenham | Southampton | 7-2 | March 11, 2000 |
| 9 | West Ham | Bradford City | 5-4 | February 12, 2000 |
| 9 | Nottingham Forest | Manchester United | 1-8 | February 6, 1999 |
| 9 | Blackburn Rovers | Chief. Wednesday | 7-2 | August 26, 1997 |
| 9 | Southampton | Manchester United | 6-3 | October 26, 1996 |
| 9 | Manchester United | Ipswich Town | 9-0 | March 4, 1995 |
| 9 | Norwich City | Southampton | 4-5 | April 9, 1994 |