Liverpool Equal Impressive Record TO GO Top
01 November, 2020
English Premier League
Result: Liverpool 2-1 West Ham United
Date: 31 October 2020
Venue: Anfield
Liverpool claimed a 2-1 come-from-behind victory over West Ham United at Anfield on Saturday to go the surface of the Premier League table.
West Ham took the lead in the 10th minute. They developed on the left after Pablo Fornals laid it off to Arthur Masuaku, who organized play before delivering a cross in to the penalty area. The initial threat was headed away by Gomez - but only so far as Fornals who continued his run to the edge of the 18 and produced a cool side-footed finish in to the bottom corner.
Liverpool came near equalising in the 24th minute. Mohamed Salah’s leading pass sent Sadio Mane in to the penalty area, but he was struggling to force a go after West Ham’s defenders converged within the 18. The ball was pushed out to captain Jordan Henderson, who slashed a go inches wide of the post.
The Reds won a penalty in the 42nd minute. Masuaku went across to guard Salah, but caught the strikers’ leg. The Egyptian international dusted himself off and converted from the location.
In the 50th minute, Andy Robertson clipped a free-kick over the top for Salah, whose backwards header was comfortably smothered by Lukasz Fabianski.
Diogo Jota found the trunk of the net in the 78th minute nonetheless it was eliminated after a lengthy VAR check.
However, the Portugal international would not be denied in the 85th minute as Liverpool’s pressure paid. Substitute Shaqiri used Mane’s offside position as a dummy, slipping a throughball into the 18-yard box for Jota, who finished easily high into the net.
Subsequently, Jurgen Klopp's side equal a club record of 63 games unbeaten in the home in the Premier League.
Source: www.soccerladuma.co.za
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