African Superstar Revives Liverpool's Title Hopes
01 February, 2021
Premier League
Effect: West Ham United 1-3 Liverpool
Date: 31 January 2021
Venue: London Stadium
Mohamed Salah netted a brace to inspire Liverpool to a 3-1 victory aside to West Ham United, as the side progress to third spot.
Liverpool made three changes, with Nathaniel Phillips, Xherdan Shaqiri and Divock Origi coming in.
In the ninth minute, a scrumptious cross-discipline ball by Andrew Robertson found Trent Alexander-Arnold which finished with Gini Wijnaldum firing a first-time attempt over Lukasz Fabianski's bar.
A half chance came for the visitors as a cross was floated into the package and Mo Salah met it nonetheless it lacked electric power and was off-target.
Fabianski was designed to work for the 1st time by Mo Salah's low travel from the edge of the penalty place on the stroke of half-time.
In the 49th minute, Origi made an excellent break down the kept before cutting the ball back for Salah. Cresswell was sleeping at first but recovered just with time to block the Egyptian's effort on objective.
Curtis Jones had only been on the field a matter of mere seconds but did brilliantly, breaking forward before finding Salah on his best suited. The Egyptian squared up with Cresswell before shifting the ball onto his kept foot and finding the far part with precision in the 57th minute.
From a West Ham corner, Alexander-Arnold found Shaqiri who was simply bolting up the still left wing prior to the Swiss person swung in a pinpoint throughball for Salah. The Egyptian still had it all to accomplish but his first touch was exquisite and he dinked it past Fabianski along with his second.
In the 84th minute, Firmino played a delightful one-two with Oxlade-Chamberlain before selflessly laying it on a plate for Wijnaldum who couldn't miss.
Craig Dawson pulled one back the closing stages but it was a mere consolation for the Hammers, as the Reds climb up to third area while West Ham drop to fifth.
Source: www.soccerladuma.co.za