Liverpool vs West Ham United, 2019-20 English Premier League
· English Premier League
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3 - 2
3 - 2
Liverpool on track toward league title after wild win over West Ham
Liverpool took another step toward the Premier League title with a heart-racing 3-2 win over West Ham United on Monday.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 4': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Issa Diop.
- 5': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Aaron Cresswell.
- 6': Attempt missed. Andrew Robertson (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Mohamed Salah following a corner.
- 8': Hand ball by Michail Antonio (West Ham United).
- 9': Attempt blocked. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Naby Keita.
- 9': Goal! Liverpool 1, West Ham United 0. Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold with a cross.
- 10': Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Andrew Robertson.
- 11': Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Trent Alexander-Arnold.
- 11': Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Virgil van Dijk.
- 12': Goal! Liverpool 1, West Ham United 1. Issa Diop (West Ham United) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Robert Snodgrass with a cross following a corner.
- 15': Fabinho (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 15': Foul by Declan Rice (West Ham United).
- 16': Attempt missed. Fabinho (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Andrew Robertson with a cross following a set piece situation.
- 16': Attempt blocked. Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 16': Attempt saved. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Andrew Robertson.
- 16': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Lukasz Fabianski.
- 20': Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Joseph Gomez.
- 20': Attempt missed. Felipe Anderson (West Ham United) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right following a corner.
- 21': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Declan Rice.
- 22': Foul by Mohamed Salah (Liverpool).
- 22': Mark Noble (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 23': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Angelo Ogbonna.
- 25': Attempt blocked. Sadio Mané (Liverpool) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Andrew Robertson.
- 25': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Issa Diop.
- 26': Attempt missed. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Naby Keita.
- 31': Attempt missed. Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Roberto Firmino.
- 33': Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Trent Alexander-Arnold.
- 33': Offside, West Ham United. Tomas Soucek tries a through ball, but Issa Diop is caught offside.
- 34': Foul by Felipe Anderson (West Ham United).
- 34': Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 35': Attempt missed. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) header from the left side of the six yard box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold with a cross following a set piece situation.
- 38': Foul by Jeremy Ngakia (West Ham United).
- 38': Sadio Mané (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 39': Attempt blocked. Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 39': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Michail Antonio.
- 39': Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) hits the bar with a header from very close range. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold with a cross following a corner.
- 40': Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Virgil van Dijk.
- 41': Foul by Tomas Soucek (West Ham United).
- 41': Naby Keita (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 42': Foul by Mark Noble (West Ham United).
- 42': Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 45'+2': First Half ends, Liverpool 1, West Ham United 1.
- 45': Second Half begins Liverpool 1, West Ham United 1.
- 46': Attempt missed. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold.
- 47': Substitution, West Ham United. Pablo Fornals replaces Tomas Soucek because of an injury.
- 49': Attempt blocked. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Fabinho.
- 51': Foul by Pablo Fornals (West Ham United).
- 51': Naby Keita (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 51': Declan Rice (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card.
- 54': Goal! Liverpool 1, West Ham United 2. Pablo Fornals (West Ham United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Declan Rice with a cross.
- 57': Substitution, Liverpool. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain replaces Naby Keita.
- 58': Attempt missed. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Georginio Wijnaldum.
- 58': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Jeremy Ngakia.
- 59': Attempt saved. Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain with a cross.
- 60': Attempt blocked. Sadio Mané (Liverpool) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Andrew Robertson.
- 61': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Jeremy Ngakia.
- 61': Attempt saved. Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
- 61': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Lukasz Fabianski.
- 62': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Jeremy Ngakia.
- 62': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Felipe Anderson.
- 63': Attempt missed. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold with a cross following a corner.
- 63': Angelo Ogbonna (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 63': Foul by Roberto Firmino (Liverpool).
- 65': Substitution, West Ham United. Sébastien Haller replaces Felipe Anderson.
- 66': Foul by Fabinho (Liverpool).
- 66': Pablo Fornals (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 66': Foul by Issa Diop (West Ham United).
- 66': Sadio Mané (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 66': Issa Diop (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 68': Goal! Liverpool 2, West Ham United 2. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Andrew Robertson.
- 69': Offside, West Ham United. Mark Noble tries a through ball, but Jeremy Ngakia is caught offside.
- 72': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Issa Diop.
- 73': Attempt blocked. Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Fabinho.
- 73': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Michail Antonio.
- 74': Attempt saved. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Andrew Robertson with a cross.
- 74': Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) hits the left post with a header from very close range following a corner.
- 74': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Jeremy Ngakia.
- 75': Attempt saved. Sébastien Haller (West Ham United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Michail Antonio.
- 77': Offside, Liverpool. Georginio Wijnaldum tries a through ball, but Andrew Robertson is caught offside.
- 78': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Angelo Ogbonna.
- 79': Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 79': Foul by Mark Noble (West Ham United).
- 80': Mark Noble (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 81': Attempt blocked. Joseph Gomez (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 81': Goal! Liverpool 3, West Ham United 2. Sadio Mané (Liverpool) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold.
- 84': Substitution, West Ham United. Jarrod Bowen replaces Robert Snodgrass because of an injury.
- 86': Offside, Liverpool. Trent Alexander-Arnold tries a through ball, but Sadio Mané is caught offside.
- 86': GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Sadio Mané (Liverpool) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
- 88': Attempt saved. Jarrod Bowen (West Ham United) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Michail Antonio with a through ball.
- 88': Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Alisson.
- 89': Attempt missed. Aaron Cresswell (West Ham United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right following a corner.
- 89': Foul by Jeremy Ngakia (West Ham United).
- 89': Sadio Mané (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+1': Substitution, Liverpool. Joel Matip replaces Sadio Mané.
- 90'+5': Foul by Joel Matip (Liverpool).
- 90'+5': Michail Antonio (West Ham United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 90'+6': Attempt blocked. Mark Noble (West Ham United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 90'+6': Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Georginio Wijnaldum.
- 90'+6': Second Half ends, Liverpool 3, West Ham United 2.
- 0': Match ends, Liverpool 3, West Ham United 2.
- 0': Match ends, Liverpool 3, West Ham United 2.
Statistics
 WHU |
LIV |
|
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Fouls | 4 |
| 3 | Yellow Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 2 | Offsides | 2 |
| 8 | Corner Kicks | 16 |
| 4 | Saves | 2 |
| 30.7 | Possession | 69.3 |
| 7 | SHOTS | 25 |
| 4 | ON GOAL | 7 |
| 0.6 | On Target % | 0.3 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 177 | Accurate Passes | 530 |
| 269 | Passes | 626 |
| 0.7 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 7 | Accurate Crosses | 12 |
| 25 | Crosses | 38 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 67 | Long Balls | 45 |
| 21 | Accurate Long Balls | 18 |
| 0.3 | Long Balls % | 0.4 |
| 1 | Blocked Shots | 8 |
| 11 | Effective Tackles | 16 |
| 19 | Tackles | 23 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.7 |
| 14 | Interceptions | 8 |
| 43 | Effective Clearances | 19 |
| 43 | Clearances | 19 |
Game Information
Competition: English Premier League
Venue: Anfield
Location: Liverpool, England
Attendance: 53,313
Venue: Anfield
Location: Liverpool, England
Attendance: 53,313
Premier League Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arsenal | 35 | +41 | 76 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 34 | +37 | 71 |
| 3 | Manchester United | 35 | +15 | 64 |
| 4 | Liverpool | 35 | +12 | 58 |
Line-Ups
Liverpool (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Alisson Becker (GK) |
| 4 | Virgil van Dijk |
| 12 | Joe Gomez |
| 26 | Andrew Robertson |
| 66 | Trent Alexander-Arnold |
| 3 | Fabinho |
| 5 | Georginio Wijnaldum |
| 8 | Naby Keïta |
| 9 | Roberto Firmino |
| 10 | Sadio Mané |
| 11 | Mohamed Salah |
West Ham United (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Lukasz Fabianski (GK) |
| 21 | Angelo Ogbonna |
| 23 | Issa Diop |
| 3 | Aaron Cresswell |
| 52 | Jeremy Ngakia |
| 16 | Mark Noble  |
| 28 | Tomás Soucek |
| 41 | Declan Rice |
| 30 | Michail Antonio |
| 8 | Felipe Anderson |
| 11 | Robert Snodgrass |
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