Liverpool vs West Ham United LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Liverpool striker Darwin Nunez netted a brilliant goal as his side romped to a 3-1 Premier League win over a dogged West Ham United side at Anfield on Sunday, deftly steering home a volley on the hour mark.
The visitors got off to a flying start when Tomas Soucek forced a brilliant save from Alisson with a downward header in the seventh minute, and two minutes later Michail Antonio headed a Soucek cross wide with the goal at his mercy.
But the Hammers were left to rue those early misses when Mohamed Salah was felled by Nayef Aguerd in the 15th minute for a stonewall penalty, and the Egyptian attacker stepped up to smash home the resulting spot kick to give Liverpool the lead.
That kick-started the home side, but West Ham still managed to level before the break when Jarrod Bowen dived at the feet of Virgil van Dijk to score with a superb low header for his fourth goal of the season.
The goal was eerily similar to the James Ward-Prowse strike that put them ahead against Manchester City a week ago, but once again it wasn’t enough to get them anything from the game.
After spurning a number of decent chances, Nunez finally got on the scoresheet when he latched on to a beautiful lofted pass from Alexis Mac Allister, much to the delight of the Anfield crowd.
That goal took the wind out of the Hammers’ sails and substitute Diogo Jota was able to hook home a third goal from Virgil van Dijk’s knockdown in the 85th minute, four minutes after coming off the bench.
The win leaves Liverpool in second spot in the table on 16 points, two behind leaders Manchester City, while West Ham are seventh on 10 points.
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WEST HAM SUBS: Angelo Ogbonna, Konstantinos Mavropanos, Mohammed Kudus, Danny Ings, Maxwel Cornet, Said Benrahma, Thilo Kehrer, Lukasz Fabianski, Pablo Fornals.
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WEST HAM STARTING XI (4-2-3-1): Alphonse Areola; Vladimir Coufal, Kurt Zouma, Nayef Aguerd, Emerson; Tomas Soucek, Edson Alvarez; Jarrod Bowen, James Ward-Prowse, Lucas Paqueta; Michail Antonio.
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LIVERPOOL SUBS: Jarell Quansah, Harvey Elliott, Wataru Endo, Diogo Jota, Caoimhin Kelleher, Ibrahima Konate, Kostas Tsimikas, Cody Gakpo, Ryan Gravenberch.
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LIVERPOOL STARTING XI (4-3-3): Alisson; Joe Gomez, Joel Matip, Virgil van Dijk, Andy Robertson; Dominik Szoboszlai, Alexis Mac Allister, Curtis Jones; Mohamed Salah, Darwin Nunez, Luis Diaz.
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West Ham also started their Europa League campaign with a 3-1 win on Thursday, beating TSC to get the three points. In the Premier League, their own unbeaten start was brought to an end by City last weekend as they were seen off 3-1 by the reigning champions. Before that, they'd won three and drawn one of their first four games in the competition.
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Liverpool are unbeaten in all competitions this season and are looking to continue that run as they aim to keep pace with the early league leaders, Manchester City. The Reds drew their opening game of the season, but have won their last five on the bounce, coming from behind in four of those games to win. After seeing off Wolves 3-1 in the league last weekend, they followed that up with a victory of the same scoreline against LASK in the Europa League on Thursday.
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