Liverpool v West Ham United, 31 October 2020

Score2-1 to Liverpool
RefereeKevin Friend
CompetitionPremier League
VenueAnfield
Kick-off: 5.30pm Played behind closed doors due to COVID-19 restrictions. Premier League Head to Head Played: 49 Liverpool won: 30 Drawn: 10 West Ham United won: 9 Liverpool scored: 93 West Ham United scored: 44 West Ham United had now won on one of their last 48 league visits to Anfield (lost 35).

2 Liverpool

Manager: Jürgen Klopp

1 West Ham United

Manager: David Moyes

Goals:

Mohamed Salah penalty 42 P
Diogo Jota 85 G

Goals:

Pablo Fornals 10 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Alisson Becker
Defender Joe Gomez
Defender Nat Phillips
Defender/Midfielder Trent Alexander-Arnold
Defender/Midfielder Jordan Henderson
Defender/Midfielder Andy Robertson
Midfielder Curtis Jones
Midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum
Midfielder/Forward Roberto Firmino
Midfielder/Forward Sadio Mané
Midfielder/Forward Mohamed Salah

Starting lineup:

Lukasz Fabiański Goalkeeper
Fabián Balbuena Defender
Aaron Cresswell Defender
Angelo Ogbonna Defender
Vladimír Coufal Defender/Midfielder
Arthur Masuaku Defender/Midfielder
Declan Rice Defender/Midfielder
Pablo Fornals Midfielder
Tomáš Souček Midfielder
Jarrod Bowen Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Diogo Jota for Roberto Firmino 70
Xherdan Shaqiri for Curtis Jones 70
James Milner for Mohamed Salah 90

Substitutions:

Andriy Yarmolenko for Sébastien Haller 74
Manuel Lanzini for Arthur Masuaku 88
Saïd Benrahma for Jarrod Bowen 89

Cards:

Cards:

Declan Rice 49 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Adrián
Defender Rhys Williams
Defender/Midfielder James Milner
Defender/Midfielder Neco Williams
Midfielder/Forward Diogo Jota
Midfielder/Forward Takumi Minamino
Midfielder/Forward Xherdan Shaqiri

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Darren Randolph
Defender Issa Diop
Defender/Midfielder Ryan Fredericks
Midfielder Manuel Lanzini
Midfielder Robert Snodgrass
Midfielder/Forward Saïd Benrahma
Midfielder/Forward Andriy Yarmolenko

Comments:

League position: 1st Liverpool had now equalled their club record of 63 consecutive home league games without defeat; also from February 1978 to December 1980 in League Division One. The Reds had now won their last ten home games in the Premier League when they had conceded the first goal since December 2017. Trent Alexander-Arnold made his 100th appearance in the Premier League (all with Liverpool). Sadio Mané made his 200th career appearance in the Premier League. Andy Robertson made his 200th appearance in the Premier League and Football League. Diogo Jota scored after 77 minutes but the goal was disallowed after a VAR review due to a foul.

Comments:

League position: 13th This was West Ham United's first defeat in their last five games in the Premier League. The four preceding games had all been against teams that finished in the previous season's top seven positions. The Hammers had now lost 22 of their 25 away games in the Premier League at the reigning champions (won one). David Moyes remained without a win in his 16 visits to Anfield in the Premier League during his managerial career (lost ten).

2 Liverpool

Manager: Jürgen Klopp

Goals:

Mohamed Salah penalty 42 P
Diogo Jota 85 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Alisson Becker
Defender Joe Gomez
Defender Nat Phillips
Defender/Midfielder Trent Alexander-Arnold
Defender/Midfielder Jordan Henderson
Defender/Midfielder Andy Robertson
Midfielder Curtis Jones
Midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum
Midfielder/Forward Roberto Firmino
Midfielder/Forward Sadio Mané
Midfielder/Forward Mohamed Salah

Substitutions:

Diogo Jota for Roberto Firmino 70
Xherdan Shaqiri for Curtis Jones 70
James Milner for Mohamed Salah 90

Cards:

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Adrián
Defender Rhys Williams
Defender/Midfielder James Milner
Defender/Midfielder Neco Williams
Midfielder/Forward Diogo Jota
Midfielder/Forward Takumi Minamino
Midfielder/Forward Xherdan Shaqiri

Comments:

League position: 1st Liverpool had now equalled their club record of 63 consecutive home league games without defeat; also from February 1978 to December 1980 in League Division One. The Reds had now won their last ten home games in the Premier League when they had conceded the first goal since December 2017. Trent Alexander-Arnold made his 100th appearance in the Premier League (all with Liverpool). Sadio Mané made his 200th career appearance in the Premier League. Andy Robertson made his 200th appearance in the Premier League and Football League. Diogo Jota scored after 77 minutes but the goal was disallowed after a VAR review due to a foul.

1 West Ham United

Manager: David Moyes

Goals:

Pablo Fornals 10 G

Starting lineup:

Lukasz Fabiański Goalkeeper
Fabián Balbuena Defender
Aaron Cresswell Defender
Angelo Ogbonna Defender
Vladimír Coufal Defender/Midfielder
Arthur Masuaku Defender/Midfielder
Declan Rice Defender/Midfielder
Pablo Fornals Midfielder
Tomáš Souček Midfielder
Jarrod Bowen Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Andriy Yarmolenko for Sébastien Haller 74
Manuel Lanzini for Arthur Masuaku 88
Saïd Benrahma for Jarrod Bowen 89

Cards:

Declan Rice 49 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Darren Randolph
Defender Issa Diop
Defender/Midfielder Ryan Fredericks
Midfielder Manuel Lanzini
Midfielder Robert Snodgrass
Midfielder/Forward Saïd Benrahma
Midfielder/Forward Andriy Yarmolenko

Comments:

League position: 13th This was West Ham United's first defeat in their last five games in the Premier League. The four preceding games had all been against teams that finished in the previous season's top seven positions. The Hammers had now lost 22 of their 25 away games in the Premier League at the reigning champions (won one). David Moyes remained without a win in his 16 visits to Anfield in the Premier League during his managerial career (lost ten).