LIVERPOOL 2-3 BOURNEMOUTH: WHAT JAMIE REDKNAPP SAW ON THE SKY SPORTS FOOTAGE THAT LEFT HIM FUMING
Jamie Redknapp brands Liverpool "amateurish" for taking seven minutes to replace Joe Gomez in their 3-2 defeat to Bournemouth.
Jamie Redknapp didn’t hold back after Liverpool’s loss to Bournemouth, calling their decision not to replace the injured Joe Gomez downright amateurish. Liverpool ended up losing 3-2 in a wild game at the Vitality Stadium on Saturday.
It looked like the Reds were clawing their way back—Virgil van Dijk and Dominik Szoboszlai scored to erase a two-goal deficit. But then, deep in stoppage time, Amine Adli grabbed the winner for Bournemouth.
The real drama came with Bournemouth’s second goal. Alex Jimenez scored while Liverpool were down to ten men. Gomez had just gone off hurt, and for whatever reason, Wataru Endo hadn’t come on yet. The Liverpool bench was fuming, but the damage was done.
Redknapp, who used to play for Liverpool, didn’t hide his frustration. On Sky Sports, he said, “You could see Gomez was badly hurt. Sure, give him a minute or two, but then you’ve got to make the change. It took Liverpool seven minutes to bring someone on, and they paid for it with that second goal. Honestly, it’s hard to believe you still see this kind of thing at this level.”
He said they’d gone over the footage, trying to figure out if maybe Liverpool had a good excuse—was there a chance to kick the ball out, was there a free kick, was the manager telling the players what to do? But no one seemed to step up. Redknapp pointed out that, sometimes, players need to take charge too. “You realise you’re a man down, Gravenberch drops into defence, and you ask yourself, ‘How do we fix this?’ But nobody did. No one was saying, Let’s get the ball out and get a centre back on. They missed the chance.”
He wasn’t done. “Arne Slot is on the sideline, telling his players to get the ball out so they can get Endo on, but they’re still giving him instructions. Just get him on the pitch. That’s the most important thing—get your kit off and get out there, mate. I called it amateur at half-time. It’s not good enough. Endo should’ve been on four minutes earlier. If he were, that goal never happens.”
After this loss, Liverpool is stuck in fourth place in the Premier League, only one point ahead of Manchester United, who still have to play Arsenal on Sunday.
AWONIYI DOUBLE LEAVES NOTTINGHAM FOREST ON THE VERGE OF PREMIER LEAGUE SAFETY
Nottingham Forest moved closer to safety with a 3-1 win over Chelsea, while West Ham fell into the relegation zone after Spurs won.
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Nottingham Forest came out of the weekend looking pretty safe after pulling off an impressive 3-1 win at Chelsea. They’re almost clear of the relegation mess. Tottenham’s big away win at Aston Villa shook things up too, and now West Ham are back in the bottom three, running out of time faster than ever.
Forest have stepped up just when they needed to, leaving West Ham and Tottenham behind with a string of solid performances. Honestly, no one saw this coming, especially since Vitor Pereira shuffled his lineup with eight changes, fresh off a Europa League win against Aston Villa.
Even so, Forest were ahead within 90 seconds, thanks to Taiwo Awoniyi’s quick strike. By the 15th minute, Igor Jesus calmly buried a penalty after Malo Gusto’s reckless foul in the box. Chelsea had a chance to get back in it, but Cole Palmer wasted a penalty right before the break after a scary head collision involving Jesse Derry.
Awoniyi doubled down and scored again early in the second half, pushing Forest six points ahead of West Ham with just three games left.
West Ham’s weekend started badly; they looked flat and lost to Brentford. Things got worse Sunday night when Tottenham pulled off their first back-to-back Premier League wins since August 2025, beating a heavily rotated Aston Villa side 2-1.
Forest is now out of West Ham’s reach, or almost. Tottenham’s still close enough for Nuno Espirito Santo’s team to worry, but with three tough games coming up, Spurs could stay up even without another win, unless West Ham digs deep and pulls off something unexpected before their home finale against Leeds.
Right now, Forest can practically taste safety. Spurs finally see a way out after weeks of struggle. As for West Ham, they’re left hoping for a miracle, a last-minute twist to dodge the drop.
CESC FABREGAS CONFIRMS INTEREST IN PREMIER LEAGUE RETURN AMID CHELSEA'S MANAGER SEARCH
As Chelsea searches for a new manager, Cesc Fabregas breaks his silence on his future at Como and his Premier League ambitions.
Cesc Fabregas recalls exactly how a conversation with Jose Mourinho prompted him to join Chelsea, despite having the opportunity to return to Arsenal.
After winning six trophies in just three seasons, the Spanish World Cup winner left Barcelona for the second time in 2014. That summer, Fabregas made a move back to the Premier League, signing with Chelsea for about €33 million.
He already knew English football well. Fabregas had arrived at Arsenal as a 16-year-old from Barcelona in 2003 and made 212 Premier League appearances for them. When he decided to leave Barcelona, Manchester City also wanted him, but Chelsea convinced him, mostly thanks to Mourinho.
Talking with talkSPORT’s Rory Jennings on YouTube, Fabregas laid out how it all happened. “Honestly, when I made up my mind to leave Barcelona, my first thought was just to go back to Arsenal. They had this buyback clause; they had two weeks to use it after I told them I was leaving. They knew about it but didn’t take it. That surprised me a little, but in the end, I had to think about my career. I was 27, at the peak of my career, and I wanted to continue performing and winning trophies. City and Chelsea were both options.
“But when Mourinho spoke to me, that was it. He showed me his plans for the team and told me about Diego Costa, Courtois, and Filipe Luis and how, with those guys, we’d win the league. He was right, by the way. We won both the Premier League and the Carling Cup.”
Fabregas wasted no time winning over Chelsea fans. On his debut at Burnley, he set up two goals, including a stunning assist for Andre Schurrle. He finished his first season at Chelsea with five goals and 24 assists, along with Premier League and League Cup medals.
Things dipped the next season. Fabregas got just 15 goal contributions, and Chelsea slipped all the way to tenth. But when Antonio Conte took charge in 2016-17, they bounced back, and Fabregas picked up another league title.
He added an FA Cup win in 2018, his second, after his earlier one with Arsenal, and left for Monaco a few months later. His last Chelsea match came in the FA Cup against Nottingham Forest. When he got subbed off, he couldn’t hold back tears.
Chelsea supporters still sing about him; that “Oh, Fabregas is magic...” chant sticks around. And with his name in the conversation for a possible return, maybe they haven’t seen the last of him yet.
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