Mohamed Salah showed a different class as Liverpool continued their journey back to being contenders in the Premier League with a 3-1 win at West Ham on Sunday.
The Egyptian forward ended his six-game goal drought in the league by curling a trademark shot inside the far post on 57 minutes after Liverpool had found it difficult to break through in the final third up to that point.
Salah then grabbed his second of the game to double Liverpool’s advantage with a sublime touch and finish after a counter-attack 11 minutes later.
Dutchman Georginio Wijnaldum then capped off the win five minutes from time to make it 3-0, however, Craig Dawson grabbed a late consolation for the Hammers from a corner, but that’s all it could be, a consolation.
Liverpool are now up to third in the Premier League, four points behind leaders Manchester City, who have a game in hand.
West Ham – who saw their six-game winning streak across all competitions come to an end – are now five points behind the Reds in fifth.
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Stats and facts from the match (Backed by Opta)
- Liverpool have won more Premier League matches versus West Ham than they have against any other side in the competition (31), while only versus Arsenal (32) have the Hammers lost more PL games than they have against Liverpool (31).
- Liverpool (W4 D1) became only the second team to go unbeaten in their five Premier League away games at London Stadium, after Manchester City (W4 D1).
- Liverpool have lost just one of their last 16 Premier League games in London (W11 D4), winning their last three such fixtures and netting 13 goals across those three wins.
- West Ham manager David Moyes is winless in his last 14 Premier League matches against Liverpool (D4 L10), losing each of the last five in a row (all with West Ham).
- Mohamed Salah became the first player to score 20+ goals in all competitions in four consecutive seasons for Liverpool since Ian Rush did so six times running from 1981-82 to 1986-87.
- Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah has scored nine Premier League goals versus West Ham, his best return against a side in the competition.
- Jordan Henderson made his 286th Premier League appearance for Liverpool – the fourth most for the club in the competition behind only Jamie Carragher (508), Steven Gerrard (504) and Sami Hyypiä (318).
- Liverpool’s Georginio Wijnaldum netted only the fourth away Premier League goal of his career (23 scored at home), and his first on the road since September 2019 versus Sheffield United.
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