Liverpool vs West Ham LIVE: Premier League result and final score as Salah substituted after Mane goal
Liverpool 1-0 West Ham: Follow live reaction as the Reds closed the gap to the Premier League leaders ahead of the Manchester derby
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Your support makes all the difference.Liverpool moved three points behind Premier League leaders Manchester City as they defeated West Ham thanks to Sadio Mane’s first-half goal. Mohamed Salah had an early chance to score after quick thinking from Trent Alexander-Arnold but was denied by Lukasz Fabianski. The Liverpool opener came as Alexander-Arnold fired a ball across the face and Mane was alive in the box to beat Fabianski to the ball and convert from close range.
West Ham, who were without England international Declan Rice, had their chances and could have found themselves level if not far some excellent defending from Alexander-Arnold to chase back and clear Pablo Fornals’ chip from underneath his own crossbar. Liverpool improved after half-time but couldn’t add a second goal that would have sealed three points, as West Ham came back into it. Manuel Lanzini and Michael Antonio had further opportunities for West Ham but Liverpool held on to extend their winning run.
It puts the pressure back on Manchester City ahead of tomorrow’s Manchester derby at the Etihad, as Liverpool turn their attention to the second leg of their Champions League last-16 tie against Inter Milan. Follow reaction to Liverpool vs West Ham below, following the conclusion of this afternoon’s 3pm fixtures:
GOAL! Aston Villa 1-0 Southampton (WATKINS 9’)
First goal of the day, and it comes at Villa Park! The front three combine as Coutinho works the ball to Ings, who finds Watkins. It’s a super finish into the top left corner.
Burnley 0-0 Chelsea
5 mins: Turf Moor is soaked in early spring sunshine - and it’s been a quiet start to the game so far. Chelsea knocking the ball around in their own half, with Saul lining up on the left.
Reece James gets his first opportunity to cross from the right his it’s claimed by Nick Pope.
Over at Brentford, David Raya is called into early action to deny Rashica.
KICK-OFF!
Underway at Turf Moor, and across the Premier League’s 3pm kick-offs.
At all the games this afternoon there will be a moment of solidarity with the people of Ukraine amid the continued invasion of Russia.
The 20 captains will wear yellow and blue armbands as ‘Football Stands Together’.
There are then boos at Turf Moor as the visiting Chelsea fans chant ‘Roman Abramovich’.
Tuchel urges Chelsea to focus against Burnley
Tuchel admitted the sheer scale of Abramovich selling has the power to distract his players, but insisted everyone in the Chelsea set-up knows how to maintain focus.
“It can affect, we should not say this has no effect,” said Tuchel. “But I think we should be careful of already giving an outlook on a general impact because we have 80 people in the building, 80 different life situations and 80 different characters, and they will handle the situation differently.
“And I think that we have also the chance here in Cobham to react to the situation how we want and in the end still influence everybody in a positive way, that it’s okay to focus on sport, and we proved it already twice in the last two games.
“So right now there are not too many reasons why we should not be able to do it a third time, then a fourth time and a fifth time.
“Let’s see what’s going to happen, how the situation evolves and continues. But right now I’m positive that we can be competitive.”
Sean Dyche knows importance of getting details right as Burnley host Chelsea
Burnley boss Sean Dyche says the defeat to Leicester last time out was a reminder of the importance of “getting the details right”.
The Clarets had lost only one of their previous seven matches and taken seven points from their last three prior to being beaten 2-0 by the Foxes at Turf Moor on Tuesday.
Dyche – whose side are 18th in the Premier League, a point adrift of 17th-placed Everton having played a game more – said ahead of Saturday’s home clash with Chelsea: “We weren’t far off (against Leicester).
“We gave away two sloppy goals in the end that cost us, but the general performance wasn’t far off, it just wasn’t as clear-focused and clear-minded as we have shown in performances recently.
“I just felt it was one where kind of we added to the fact that it went away from us. We didn’t play with the clarity we have been and we gave away two soft situations.
“Nick Pope had played very well and made some big saves for us, and we actually conceded from two situations that we didn’t need to. If a couple of the other ones had gone in against Popey, I would have held my hands up, but we kind of didn’t do the things we normally do to prevent two situations which led to their goals.
“So that was my main bugbear. I felt we were on such a good performance level over so many games, and I just felt the energy was right but the detail wasn’t right.
“We’d done well with that over the previous seven games, so we have to remind ourselves of how important that is. The other night does remind you of that – you need to get the details right all the time in the Premier League, otherwise you get punished.”
Burnley vs Chelsea: Reece James returns to starting line-up
Good news, Chelsea fans. Reece James is back starting a game for the first time since December.
Christian Eriksen to start against Norwich
Christian Eriksen will make his first start for Brentford this afternoon at Carrow Road.
Burnley vs Chelsea: Confirmed line-ups
Burnley: Pope; Roberts, Tarkowski, Collins, Taylor; McNeil, Brownhill, Westwood, Lennon; Rodriguez, Weghorst
Chelsea: Mendy; Chalobah, Thiago Silva, Rudiger; James, Kante, Jorginho, Saul; Pulisic, Havertz, Mount
Lukaku and Werner on target in FA Cup win
It was a good night for Romelu Lukaku and Timo Werner on Wednesday as they helped Chelsea come from behind to beat Luton in the FA Cup.
Lukaku tapped home Timo Werner’s cross late on to thwart the Hatters’ dreams of a first quarter-final since 1994, on the day when Roman Abramovich signalled the impending end of his Blues reign.
Werner scored and made both Chelsea’s other goals on a solid night for the Germany forward, with Saul Niguez also clipping home.
Could Lukaku or Werner start today? Line-ups will be confirmed in five minutes.
Premier League fixtures
It’s a busy afternoon of Premier League football today, with the following games all underway at 3pm. Jesse Marsch’s first match as Leeds United manager at Leicester is currently goalless.
Burnley vs Chelsea
Newcastle vs Brighton
Aston Villa vs Southampton
Norwich vs Brentford
Wolves vs Crystal Palace
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