00:10Liverpool sixth in the table level on points with fifth place Chelsea three points behind
00:16Manchester United both of those teams play tomorrow Liverpool and West Ham onto the pitch
00:22West Ham trying to pull off the upset two clean sheets in their last three Premier League games
00:27that's as many as they had in the previous 35 league games dating back to last season can
00:32they keep the momentum going at Liverpool we will soon find out
01:02well the history books suggest West Ham United will find this a near possible impossible
01:06assignment while the form book gives them every chance of returning home with some points from
01:10their trip to Merseyside the Hammers have won just one of their last 52 away league games against
01:16Liverpool the recent performances and results for the current crop would suggest they'll give Liverpool a
01:22tough afternoon
01:25well they've started well they won the first battle of the day it seems they've won the toss they've turned
01:30this Liverpool team around who would prefer to attack the Kop in the second half
01:36attacking Liverpool set-up
01:40this Mo Salah tucked in towards Somerslai that's good from Liverpool an obvious target in the middle
01:58fair bit of jostling for position going on in the centre
02:03two for way
02:06still has to be fought for Joe Gomez trying to make it his
02:10Ravenberg and all of a sudden there's room for Liverpool
02:12for Hornegaard
02:14who go and Ketike
02:22inside five minutes Liverpool have the nerve-sackler they craved
02:30perfect start for Liverpool
02:32well it starts by actually being positive and winning that corner kick West Ham think they've defended it well
02:37but Gravenberg's does excellent not once but twice
02:43some of those pass cut out by Kerkis
02:47Salah on the chase here
02:48Disassi wasn't sure where it was
02:52still going Salah
02:54Disassi bit back
02:57Van Dijk
03:04Liverpool with three in the middle now four now make it five
03:07and a decent effort as well
03:10seen away by Hermansen from Ryan Gravenberg
03:15oh where's that going?
03:17it's in
03:20it's Virgil van Dijk
03:24Liverpool look in the mood today
03:27and you have to worry for West Ham United as a result
03:32two set pieces
03:34two goals for Liverpool
03:35West Ham will be furious at themselves
03:40well they are checking the goal here because of the position of Joe Gomez
03:46I'll be surprised if that
03:48wasn't just a goal yes he was in an offside position from the goalkeeper but certainly not affected him
03:54and the goal is given it is two for Liverpool
03:59Liverpool
03:59Liverpool go again with Kerkis
04:00it's a searching ball towards Eka TK
04:04Somerville
04:06ends up pretty much tackling his own player Castellanos and then Alisson
04:11oh he's so fortunate there Alisson
04:14West Ham, Somerville in particular nearly creating a moment for themselves
04:18and then Alisson
04:19trying to do it for them
04:21that could have gone absolutely anywhere
04:24and Bowen could have just sucked it in, controlled it
04:28that's why it will frustrate them so much that those two goals conceded from set plays
04:32have
04:33given them that mountain to climb
04:36in towards Socek
04:38and a smart stop from Alisson
04:40who needed to be right there down low to get it sorted
04:47and Liverpool charge forward, Eka TK's after this one
04:53Salah screaming forward in the middle
04:54Soboslai arriving as well
04:58Juuf
05:00making sure it didn't find
05:03how they would love a third before the break
05:06Salah's ball over
05:07Eka TK for McAllister
05:13Liverpool from a set play again
05:17cunningly kept alive by Eka TK
05:20and lashed in by McAllister
05:23they will be delighted with the scoreline
05:26because it does not tell the full story of this first half
05:30it doesn't matter
05:31what it does show you is how important set pieces are in Premier League football
05:39Almondson's come for this
05:41Almondson Burt's trying to make it his and Gomez
05:44on the swivel
05:45trying to do something he's never done before in his senior career
05:48and that's score a goal
05:51Socek's pass for Jared Bowen again
05:55Castellanos
05:56trying to break free in the middle
05:58it's in from Fernandes
06:00not convincing from Canate
06:02oh and right in there for Socek
06:07well they needed to get the next goal
06:09and he duly obliged
06:13a day after his 31st birthday
06:16Thomas Socek tries to plot a way back in for West Ham
06:20said get the next goal
06:21that's crucial
06:23see what goes from there
06:25and this is
06:26good play again from West Ham
06:27just exactly what they've done in the first half
06:29I mean this ball now from Fernandes is
06:32ludicrous outside of the foot
06:34now then
06:36a discussion is going on
06:39about whether there was a possible offside
06:42in the build-up
06:43I think it's close
06:44I would say
06:45I guess that he is onside but
06:47you never know when
06:48EAR gets involved
06:50and it is a goal
06:54very big shin pads these days
06:56well they are a token effort sometimes aren't they
06:58the modern-day shin pads
07:01where's that going
07:02Ganto!
07:06well that would have calmed Liverpool down
07:12Juuf
07:12pumped forward for Di Zassi
07:14it was met by Alisson
07:21McAllister
07:24Nikitike
07:25working it well
07:29Gakpo
07:32finds a way through
07:39and Liverpool have their three goal cushion back
07:45so much of West Ham's positivity in the second half
07:49punctured in an instant
07:52and he's been under pressure recently
07:54Cody Gakpo
07:55this is just what he needed
07:58the cynic in you will tell you
08:00Socek in the middle
08:02Somerville trying to break free
08:04here is Somerville
08:07and a super save from Alisson
08:11really impressive save
08:17Bowen
08:17all the way through is it?
08:19yes!
08:20West Ham United have another back
08:22another goal in this game from a corner
08:26this time it's the visitors
08:29who apply the pressure
08:32well maybe the game isn't finished
08:35it's a good ball in
08:36and Bowen right across
08:38I can see why they've got the
08:41points that they've got
08:42in their last six games
08:44it's a much different team than I've seen play for the majority of the season
08:51but it was never finding the corner
08:58Salah
09:00from McAllister
09:01and now Gakpo
09:04saw the run of
09:06Jeremy Frimtong
09:07oh and it's in
09:13well he was looking for someone in red
09:17and eventually it went in off of West Ham United body
09:21it's the fifth goal that puts the game to bed from Liverpool's point of view
09:26now they can smile
09:28now the three goal cushion
09:30will bring them three points
09:36Gakpo
09:39Ngamoa
09:42fleet of foot finding the gaps
09:45and finding the target too
09:48yeah he's a talent
09:50he's unfortunate there the goalkeeper
09:56Frimtong
09:58with options aplenty
09:59Neone's there
10:01and he will replay that in his mind
10:12Traore
10:17Kirk has trying to out battle him
10:19and that is that
10:20a thoroughly entertaining
10:23and eventful afternoon
10:24on Merseyside
10:26as West Ham United's recent momentum
10:28is stopped in its tracks
10:31Arna Slott's side put pressure on those around them in the table
10:34as the Hammers miss a chance to move above the dreaded dotted line
10:38five goals from five different scorers
10:40saw the champions home
10:42in a game in which set plays once again came to the fore
10:45and the damage was ultimately done in the first half of the match
10:49it ends Liverpool five
10:52West Ham United
10:53two
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