West Ham United vs Liverpool LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Follow live coverage as West Ham United face Liverpool today in the Premier League. Another top-flight season will be covered in full right here with The Independent, as reigning champions Manchester City look to make it an unprecedented five titles in a row come the end of 2024/25.
The likes of Arsenal and Liverpool will be chasing Pep Guardiola's side, but just as fascinating will be the race for Champions League places, with more teams than ever before having designs on top-four finishes. Chelsea remain big-spending, Manchester United's latest rebuild continues and both Tottenham and Newcastle will expect improvements this year - yet it was Aston Villa who snared fourth last term.
Meanwhile, it's Southampton, Leicester City and Ipswich Town who made it back to the elite after promotion last year and each will have hope they can make it more than a one-year stay. Follow the latest live action from the Premier League below:
West Ham United vs Liverpool
SAVED!!! Salah's cross into the middle is punched straight into Jota's path by Areola, but the substitute's snap-shot on the turn is also kept out by the West Ham stopper!
West Ham United vs Liverpool
Paqueta clips a first-time cross into the six-yard box from the edge of the area, but Alisson's out to claim it before Kudus can get there.
West Ham United vs Liverpool
As their final match of the year looks set to end with a big Liverpool victory, it's worth nothing that Salah has now been involved in more goals than any other player across Europe's big five leagues in all competitions in 2024, with 51 – 29 goals, 22 assists.
West Ham United vs Liverpool
WIDE!!! Salah cuts inside Emerson onto his left foot well within shooting space, but can only curl his effort wide of the far post in a rare moment of poor finishing from the Liverpool talisman!
West Ham United vs Liverpool
Summerville takes on Quansah around the outside and darts past him into the area before going down, but the contract from the Liverpool defender isn't enough to warrant a penalty and the referee waves play on!
West Ham United vs Liverpool
OVER!!! Liverpool are queuing up on the edge of West Ham's box but Jota, Salah and Robertson all refrain from pulling the trigger, before the latter finally does let fly and spoons an overhit effort into the away end!
West Ham United vs Liverpool
Salah is the first Premier League player to both score and assist in eight different Premier League games in a season – wherever he goes in a Liverpool shirt, records tumble.
West Ham United vs Liverpool
Jota drives into open pasture before finding Salah to his right in the area, but the Egyptian can't decide whether to shoot or tee up Jones and eventually rolls the ball straight into Areola's gloves.
West Ham United vs Liverpool
Substitution Jarrod Bowen Crysencio Jilbert Sylverio Cirro Summerville
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