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English Premier League 2024-2025 (Match Day 19)

FULLTIME’: West Ham 0-5 Liverpool

Liverpool scorers: ⚽ Luis Díaz - 30’, Cody Gakpo - 40’, Mohamed Salah - 44’, Trent Alexander-Arnold - 54’, Diogo Jota - 84’

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Match Information

🗺️ Location: London, England

🏟️ Stadium: London Stadium

📅 Date: Sunday 29 December

⏰ Kick-off Time: 17:15 GMT / 12:15 ET / 09:15 PT

📢 Referee: 🇬🇧 Anthony Taylor

🖥️ VAR: 🇬🇧 Darren England

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📝 LINEUPS

West Ham | 5-4-1

Starting XI: Alphonse Areola; Vladimir Coufal, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Konstantinos Mavropanos, Maximilian Kilman, Emerson; Lucas Paqueta, Edson Alvarez, Carlos Soler, Mohammed Kudus; Jarrod Bowen.

Subs: Wes Foderingham, Aaron Cresswell, Crysencio Summerville, Niclas Fullkrug, Luis Guilherme, Danny Ings, Jean-Clair Todibo, Andy Irving, Ollie Scarles.

Coach: 🇪🇸 Julen Lopetegui

Liverpool | 4-2-3-1

Starting XI: Alisson Becker; Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joe Gomez, Virgil van Dijk; Andy Robertson; Ryan Gravenberch, Alexis Mac Allister; Mohamed Salah, Curtis Jones, Cody Gakpo; Luis Diaz.

Subs: Caoimhin Kelleher, Wataru Endo, Darwin Nunez, Harvey Elliott, Diogo Jota, Kostas Tsimikas, James McConnell, Jayden Danns, Jarell Quansah.

Coach: 🇳🇱 Arne Slot

🗒️ Match Events

• Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
• First Half begins.

1’| Soler kicks the game off for West Ham, and we’re up and running in the capital!

6’| WIDE!!! West Ham spring a trap on Liverpool as Kudus pinches the ball from Robertson. Bowen darts down the left and plays a ball across for the arriving Paqueta, but the Brazilian slips as he arrives onto it and can only skew wide!

7’| SAVED!!! What a stop from Areola!! Gakpo cuts inside off the left before threading a glorious pass right through the heart of West Ham. Salah is straight onto it and shoots first-time, but Areola races across to parry his effort behind!

8’| CHANCE!! Liverpool turn possession over high up the field through Mac Allister, and he plays Salah into the box. The Egyptian scoops a curling effort across the face, but Gakpo can’t quite get there before it flashes wide!

15’| Salah has been involved in 15 goals in 16 appearances against West Ham in all competitions, with 12 goals and three assists – including seven in seven (five goals, two assists) against them at the London Stadium.

16’| SAVED!! Salah cuts inside and plays a reverse ball to find Jones on an underlapping run into the box, but Areola tracks him all the way and makes the save to deny the Liverpool midfielder!

23’| SAVED!!! Liverpool quickly turn possession over again and spring it forward to Diaz, who cuts inside and shoots early as Areola parries his effort over the bar!

24’| OVER!! Diaz is the target again as Mac Allister swings in Liverpool’s latest corner, but the Colombian can’t steer his glancing header on target as it loops over the bar!

30’| ⚽ Goal! West Ham United 0, Liverpool [1]. Luis Díaz (Liverpool)

• GOOOOOOOAAAAALLL!!! Liverpool take a deserved lead!! Diaz’s superb first touch sees him glide past Kudus from Alexander-Arnold’s pass, before looking to play Jones into the box. The ball bounces back into his path off Mavropanos, and the Colombian makes no mistake with a clinical finish into the bottom corner!! 1-0 to the visitors, and it’s certainly been coming!
• Highlight

32’| Liverpool have gone on to win all 11 of the matches they’ve gone 1-0 up in so far this season, with Diaz scoring a whopping five of those game-opening goals in total!

34’| SAVED!! Jones is given all the time and space he needs by Emerson and lines up a shot from 25 yards, but it’s a poor effort which dips straight down Areola’s throat!

35’| SAVED!!! A sensational touch from Kudus frees up crossing space on the right flank, and his ball into the middle is met by a glancing Paqueta header which Alisson does well to keep hold of!

37’| 🔄 Substitution, Liverpool. Jarell Quansah replaces Joe Gomez because of an injury.

38’| OFF THE POST!!! West Ham go within milimetres of an equaliser!!! Kudus drifts inside off his wing and plays a one-two with Paqueta before letting fly from 25 yards. His low shot beats Alisson’s dive but cannons back off the base of the right-hand post, before rolling back across the face of goal and being put behind!

40’| ⚽ Goal! West Ham United 0, Liverpool 2. Cody Gakpo (Liverpool)

• GOOOOOAAAAALLLLL!!! Liverpool double their lead!!! Barely two minutes after Kudus struck the post, Gakpo makes it 2-0 to the visitors from close range! Mac Allister’s first-time pass forward is left by Salah and played back into his feet by Diaz. The Egyptian beats Mavropanos and stabs the ball through to Gakpo, who lashes in from right in front to notch Liverpool’s second!
• Highlight

40’| Salah gets the assist following that glorious touch through Mavropanos’ legs, as it takes him just 40 minutes to make his mark at the London Stadium.

42’| Salah has now contributed to goals in his last five away games in the Premier League, with seven goals and four assists.

44’| ⚽ Goal! West Ham United 0, Liverpool [3]. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)

• GOOOOOOOOAAAALLLL!!! Liverpool are in full flow now!!! The Reds turn the ball over again and Jones picks it up on the edge of the box. He plays it across to Salah on the right, and he lashes a left-footed shot into the bottom-right corner which Areola really should’ve kept out!!! 3-0 and clear daylight for Liverpool now, and an uncomfortable half-time team-talk coming for Julen Lopetegui.
• Highlight

44’| Jones’ wide pass gave Salah all the time in the world to pick his spot, as Liverpool’s number 11 gets yet another goal against West Ham.

45’| We’ll play an additional three minutes of added time with Liverpool already three goals to the good in east London.

HALFTIME’: West Ham 0-3 Liverpool

Halftime Summary

• 2nd Half Begins!

45’| 🔄 Substitution, West Ham United. Niclas Füllkrug replaces Edson Álvarez.

45’| 🔄 Substitution, West Ham United. Jean-Clair Todibo replaces Vladimír Coufal.

46’| It’s the leaders who’ll get the second half underway through Jones, as they look to press home their three-goal advantage.

47’| SAVED!!! Liverpool pick up from exactly where they left off as Salah is played clean through on goal by Mac Allister, but Areola comes off his line to tip the forward’s shot behind for a corner and bail his defenders out yet again!

50’| WIDE!!! Another simple cross-field pass picks out Salah in the West Ham box, but this time the Egyptian’s finish is poor as he skews a right-footed shot wide of the mark!

54’| ⚽ Goal! West Ham United 0, Liverpool [4]. Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool)

• GOOOOOOAAAAALLL!!! Alexander-Arnold makes it four!! Gravenberch tees Alexander-Arnold up 25 yards from goal, and the full-back lets fly with a well-struck effort which takes a nick off Kilman to wrong-foot Areola and flies into the back of the net!! Far too easy for the visitors once again, and now 4-0 down at home, it’s getting ugly for West Ham.
• [Highlight](https://old.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/1hp29tp/west_ham_0_4_liv…

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