West Ham 3-2 Liverpool: Hammers stun top-four rivals to move into third
West Ham shocked Liverpool as they secured an enormous victory that moved them above their opponents into third within the Premier League and dented the Reds’ title hopes.
Liverpool went into this recreation trying to set a brand new membership file of 26 league video games unbeaten, in addition to get a win that might transfer them as much as second and inside some extent of leaders Chelsea.
However they fell behind early on when Alisson, underneath strain from Angelo Ogbonna, flapped at Pablo Fornals’ nook and succeeded solely in serving to the ball into his personal objective.
Either side had been then lucky to not be lowered to 10 males in a scrappy first half, with Aaron Cresswell catching Jordan Henderson with a heavy problem earlier than Ogbonna was hit within the face by a stray Diogo Jota elbow that resulted within the West Ham defender having to be substituted.
However a second of high quality 4 minutes earlier than half-time introduced Liverpool degree when Trent Alexander-Arnold curled house a surprising strike after enjoying a brief free-kick to Mohamed Salah.
Craig Dawson hit the woodwork with a header from a nook for West Ham after the break earlier than Lukasz Fabianski fantastically saved out Sadio Mane’s fierce volley from shut vary.
However West Ham regained the lead halfway via the second half when Fornals was slipped via on objective and Alisson was unable to maintain out his low shot.
That objective led to the London Stadium exploding into deafening noise, which grew to become even louder when Kurt Zouma headed in a nook minutes later.
Divock Origi swept in a second on the flip to provide Liverpool hope of rescuing one thing, however West Ham saved their nerve to take the three factors.
The Hammers are third, degree on 23 factors with second place Manchester Metropolis and three factors behind leaders Chelsea. Liverpool, in the meantime, drop to fourth on 22 factors.
Defensive slip ups price Reds
It has been every week of combined feelings for Liverpool followers, with the excessive of an eye catching 2-0 win towards Atletico Madrid that secured development to the Champions League knockout section in midweek, sandwiched between two disappointing Premier League outcomes.
The Reds let slip a 2-0 lead to attract 2-2 at house to Brighton final Saturday and the journey to West Ham supplied the possibility for Jurgen Klopp’s facet to shortly get their title problem again on monitor.
They went into the sport on the again of an extended unbeaten league run and free-scoring file away from house, having scored a minimum of three objectives in every of their 5 away video games within the Premier League previous to the journey to West Ham.
This was an odd recreation in that they might simply have maintained that file as they scored two objectives of actual high quality, whereas Mane actually ought to have gotten a 3rd within the dying seconds with a header that went simply broad.
However defensively they had been disappointing. Whereas there have been query marks over how a lot Alisson was impeded for the opener the Brazil goalkeeper ought to actually have carried out higher with West Ham’s second, however he allowed Fornals’ shot to creep previous him.
That prompted a interval through which West Ham broke their traces on quite a lot of events as Liverpool struggled to deal with the hosts’ wonderful counter-attacking.
It was a disappointing outcome for the Reds, however they may a minimum of settle for they had been crushed by real rivals for the highest 4.
West Ham real contenders house and overseas
David Moyes has labored wonders since returning to West Ham two years in the past, turning them from relegation candidates to a facet that now has aspirations of enjoying Champions League soccer.
However this was arguably one of the eye-catching outcomes of the previous Manchester United boss’ tenure.
As soon as once more they displayed the traits they’ve been famend for underneath the Scot – a disciplined defence coupled with a devastatingly fast and exact assault on the counter.
Liverpool have confirmed a bogey facet for West Ham lately, profitable eight and drawing two of their 10 encounters previous to Sunday’s recreation, however hardly ever did the Reds appear like extending that unbeaten run on this recreation.
It’s now 4 league wins in a row for Moyes’ facet and with the Hammers additionally within the Carabao Cup quarter-finals and the knockout phases of the Europa League, followers can rightly dream of extra magical moments to return this season.
Participant of the match
ZoumaKurt Zouma
West Ham United
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Squad quantity4Participant titleZouma
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Squad quantity20Participant titleBowen
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Squad quantity8Participant titleFornals
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Squad quantity9Participant titleAntonio
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Squad quantity41Participant titleRice
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Squad quantity15Participant titleDawson
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Squad quantity22Participant titleBenrahma
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Squad quantity3Participant titleCresswell
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Squad quantity31Participant titleJohnson
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Squad quantity28Participant titleSoucek
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Squad quantity5Participant titleCoufal
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Squad quantity21Participant titleOgbonna
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Squad quantity1Participant titleFabianski
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Squad quantity26Participant titleMasuaku
Line-ups
West Ham
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1Fabianski
- 31Johnson
- 4Zouma
- 21OgbonnaSubstituted forDawsonat 22′minutes
- 3Cresswell
- 28SoucekBooked at 45mins
- 41Rice
- 20BowenSubstituted forCoufalat 84′minutes
- 8Fornals
- 22BenrahmaSubstituted forMasuakuat 86′minutes
- 9Antonio
Substitutes
- 5Coufal
- 10Lanzini
- 13Areola
- 15Dawson
- 16Noble
- 23Diop
- 24Fredericks
- 26Masuaku
- 33Král
Liverpool
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Alisson
- 66Alexander-ArnoldBooked at 55mins
- 32Matip
- 4van Dijk
- 26Robertson
- 14Henderson
- 3FabinhoSubstituted forMinaminoat 80′minutes
- 15Oxlade-ChamberlainSubstituted forThiago Alcántaraat 69′minutes
- 11Salah
- 20JotaSubstituted forOrigiat 76′minutes
- 10Mané
Substitutes
- 5Konaté
- 6Thiago Alcántara
- 18Minamino
- 21Tsimikas
- 27Origi
- 47Phillips
- 62Kelleher
- 76N Williams
- 80Morton
Reside Textual content
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Match ends, West Ham United 3, Liverpool 2.
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Second Half ends, West Ham United 3, Liverpool 2.
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Try saved. Divock Origi (Liverpool) header from the centre of the field is saved within the centre of the objective. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold with a cross.
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Foul by Takumi Minamino (Liverpool).
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Arthur Masuaku (West Ham United) wins a free kick within the defensive half.
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Harmful play by Mohamed Salah (Liverpool).
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Aaron Cresswell (West Ham United) wins a free kick within the defensive half.
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Try missed. Sadio Mané (Liverpool) header from very shut vary misses to the best. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold.
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Takumi Minamino (Liverpool) wins a free kick within the attacking half.
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Foul by Tomas Soucek (West Ham United).
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Substitution, West Ham United. Arthur Masuaku replaces Saïd Benrahma.
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Substitution, West Ham United. Vladimir Coufal replaces Jarrod Bowen.
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Objective! West Ham United 3, Liverpool 2. Divock Origi (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the field to the underside proper nook. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold.
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Try saved. Thiago (Liverpool) proper footed shot from the best facet of the field is saved within the centre of the objective. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.
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Substitution, Liverpool. Takumi Minamino replaces Fabinho.
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Substitution, Liverpool. Divock Origi replaces Diogo Jota.
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Objective! West Ham United 3, Liverpool 1. Kurt Zouma (West Ham United) header from the left facet of the six yard field to the centre of the objective. Assisted by Jarrod Bowen with a cross following a nook.
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Nook, West Ham United. Conceded by Virgil van Dijk.
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Try blocked. Michail Antonio (West Ham United) proper footed shot from the best facet of the field is blocked. Assisted by Pablo Fornals.
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Offside, West Ham United. Michail Antonio tries a via ball, however Pablo Fornals is caught offside.
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