West Ham 2-2 Liverpool: Talking points as Hammers make sure Reds fail again

West Ham and Liverpool shared the spoils in the Premier League match played at the London Stadium on Saturday. Jarrod Bowen, linked many times with Liverpool, put the Hammers ahead in the 43rd minute. Andy Robertson equalized for the Reds in the 48th, and a shot from Cody Gakpo, deflected off Angelo Ogbonna, found its way into the net and was eventually given as an own-goal by West Ham goalkeeper Alphonse Areola. But Liverpool’s hopes of taking all three points fell off in the 77th, when Michail Antonio set the final score at 2-2.

The team

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp made several notable changes to his team from the Merseyside Derby fiasco. Mohamed Salah, Darwin Nunez, Dominik Szoboszlai, Curtis Jones and Ibrahima Konate were all left on the bench from the start, with Harvey Elliott, Cody Gakpo, Ryan Gravenberch, Wataru Endo and Jarell Quansah stepping in. Alisson Becker in goal, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Andy Robertson on the defensive flanks, Virgil van Dijk at the back, Alexis Mac Allister in the middle of the park and Luis Diaz on the left flank, all kept their places.

Meanwhile, David Moyes in the home dugout sent a very strong lineup into the clash, with Alphonse Areola in goal, Angelo Ogbonna and Kurt Zouma in the heart of defence, flanked by Emerson and Vladimir Coufal, Edson Alvarez partnered by Tomas Soucek in midfield, and the trio of Jarred Bowen, Lucas Paqueta and Mohamed Kudus supporting Michail Antonio upfront.

The first half

Liverpool expectedly took possession of the ball early on an mostly kept the play in the West Ham half. They didn’t create too much, though referee Anthony Taylor can be said to have shown leniency to the Hammers twice within the opening 10 minutes, first when Paqueta stamped on Mac Allister’s ankle and received no card, and then when their defenders brought Diaz down inside the box. The first proper chance for Liverpool came in the 11th minute, but Elliott couldn’t make the most of it.

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Author : Veselin Trajkovic

Publish date : 2024-04-27 18:17:46

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