This season's Premier League giants Liverpool have shown clear signs of recovery, only one point behind Arsenal after the first 17 league games, in second place in the standings, and the Europa League is also soaring, and Liverpool welcomed the English League Cup 1 in midweek this week The challenge of the 4 finals, sitting at Anfield Stadium against West Ham United, in the last 4 direct conversations between the two teams, Liverpool has maintained a winning record, but after this game, they only have two days to prepare, and they will usher in the top battle with Arsenal, distracted by the more important key league game, and let West Ham United see the hope of ending the losing streak at Anfield! !However, after the start of the game, Liverpool quickly used a fluid attack to break down the Hammers' defense, and finally with goals from Szobosloy, Gakpo and Salah, as well as a brace from Jones, Liverpool defeated West Ham United 5-1, and the Premier League, Europa League and EFL Cup were on the third line
As expected by fans before the game, Jurgen Klopp rotated his squad for this campaign, with Kelleher coming on as the starting goalkeeper, Tsimikas, Van Dijk, Kwanza and Gomez at the back, and the midfield trio of Szobosloy, Jones and Endo, with Gakpo in the middle and Nunez and Elliott on the wings.
Despite not playing with the main team, Liverpool still played a very dominant performance at home, with 67% possession and 29 shots on goal, 11 of which were within the woodwork, while West Ham United only completed two shots in 90 minutes, and most of the time they were passively beaten.
In the 28th minute of the first half, Szobosloy hit a world wave at the front of the West Ham United penalty area, helping Liverpool take an early lead in the score, and after the start of the second half, Liverpool, who held the lead, continued to attack, and Nunez, who wasted a good chance to score before the 55th minute, sent a wonderful pass, Jones scored from a small angle to help Liverpool extend the advantage to 2 goals, and in the 71st minute, Gakpo also broke the Hammers goal with a long-range shot.
In order to warm up for the next Premier League top game, Klopp gradually replaced the main force in the second half, allowing them to find the feeling of the game, Salah who had just wasted an empty goal opportunity in the 82nd minute, after receiving the direct plug from Alexander-Arnold, calmly scored a single goal, making up for the regret of missing the opportunity, at the last moment of the game, Jones, a young player who had scored a goal, after taking the ball in the midfield, staged a wonderful one-stop goal, a man single-handedly dribbled into the Hammers penalty area, and scored after passing a number of defenders, and staged a brace, and also fixed the score of the whole game to 5-1！
As we all know, the current West Ham United coach Moyes is the best person appointed by Lord Ferguson, but in Moyes's coaching career, he led the team to Liverpool's home Anfield 21 times, but the record was only 7 draws and 14 losses