West Ham 0-5 Liverpool: Player ratings as Salah stars in thumping victory

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·29 December 2024

West Ham 0-5 Liverpool: Player ratings as Salah stars in thumping victory

West Ham United suffered a 5-0 mauling at home to runaway Premier League leaders Liverpool on Sunday afternoon.

Only 12 places separate the two clubs in the Premier League table but there was a yawning chasm in quality on display across the vast expanse of grass at the London Stadium.

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Liverpool started fast and scarcely slowed down thereafter. Mohamed Salah had the game's first chance inside six minutes only to be rebuffed by Alphonse Areola. Curtis Jones and Luis Diaz were also denied by the overworked Frenchman before Liverpool's Colombian starlet broke the deadlock on the hour mark.

Diaz was first to his own loose pass - a sign of the feverish hunger which is pouring out of Arne Slot's table toppers - and slotted the ball into the bottom corner.

Salah had his way with the entire West Ham backline throughout another imperious outing. Liverpool's talisman nutmegged both Konstantinos Mavropanos and Max Kilman while forcing the ball into the stride of Cody Gakpo in the 40th minute. The Hammers didn't have time to escape down the London Stadium tunnel before Salah found the back of the net himself.

Trent Alexander-Arnold ensured that Liverpool picked up from where they left off, blasting in a deflected fourth for the visitors inside the opening ten minutes of the restart.

West Ham huffed and puffed in a second half which Liverpool largely used a warm-down exercise ahead of a visit from Manchester United next week. However, the hosts couldn't reduce the deficit and Diogo Jota widened the margin to five goals in the 84th minute, earning Liverpool a second 5-0 win against West Ham of the season.