2-2! I was just about to praise Fabianski for his bravery in collecting some high balls, but this is an awful, awful mistake to gift Liverpool an equaliser. Robertson showed excellent pace to get around Snodgrass to the byline, cutting the ball back to Salah on the penalty spot. The Egyptian hit his shot first time, low and straight at Fabianski, but the Pole let the ball trickle through his legs, just over the line. Bring back Roberto!
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Another terrible error from Fabianski!
30:
min: Diop is penalized for a perfectly good tackle in midfield. The Frenchman gets a yellow card but has been excellent tonight.
min: A very interesting substitution from Moyes: Felipe Anderson off, Sebastian Haller on. You could understand why West Ham have made the change – Haller holding up the ball, getting the Hammers up the pitch – but most of their pace has evaporated with that change. Weird one.
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min: Oxlade-Chamberlain has given Liverpool a renewed thrust in central midfield, as Liverpool pour forward in search of an equaliser. Alexander-Arnold tries his luck from distance, his shot swerving and dipping, but Fabianski does well to get two hands to the ball, pushing it behind for a corner, from which Firmino heads well over.
min: Brilliant tackle from Ngakia! Mané was through on goal after a neat backheel from Robertson, but the teenager just got back to toe the ball away from the Sengalese. That is a challenge that Zabaleta simply wouldn’t have been able to make, owing to his lack of pace. Ngakia is having quite the game at right back.
min: West Ham have been the better side here, but are in danger of reverting to type, dropping deep and inviting pressure onto them.
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min: for the first time in a long time , there is a sense of disquiet among the home fans at Anfield. There is a nervousness in the air, and some jeers when errors are made. Interesting to see how Jürgen Klopp’s side react.
min: Oxlade-Chamberlain tries his luck from range, his effort flying two yards wide. The Englishman scored an excellent goal last month at the London Stadium, remember.
min: Liverpool make an immediate change : Oxlade-Chamberlain comes on for Keïta, who has been pretty anonymous.
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What a move this is, some lovely touches in midfield from Noble, Snodgrass to build the play up methodically, before Rice whips in an early cross that leaves Liverpool’s center backs on their heels. Fornals makes a late run into the box and sweeps the ball into the corner with a first-time finish. Right in the corner, that was. Brilliant. West Ham deserve their lead!
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4. pm EST
min: “I am impressed with the West Ham team performance today except for Felipe Anderson, ”emails Kevin Willis. “Is this how he normally plays? He is constantly giving the ball away or making poor choices. ”
I would beg to differ, Kevin. The Brazilian is being asked to do a lot more defensive work today, and he is mostly doing it effectively. He’s probably West Ham’s best player and has the pace to hurt Liverpool on the counter-attack.
min: yellow card for Declan Rice, who was late in the challenge on (I think) Keïta. He’ll have to be careful for the next 50 minutes.
min: Anderson skips past a couple of challenges, and suddenly the whole pitch opens up for West Ham. Liverpool look horribly exposed, but Fornals chooses the wrong option, passing left when Snodgrass was clean through on the right and the attack fizzles out.
Liverpool looking a bit ropey without the ball, here!
min: Two excellent blocks from Ogbonna, who has been a real leader for West Ham tonight.
min: It took (seconds for Liverpool to carve out their first chance of the second half, and what a good one it was. Alexander-Arnold burst through a gaping hole in West Ham’s central midfield, feeds Firmino on the left, but the Brazilian blazes over, taking the shot first time. It does seem like he is lacking a little bit of composure in front of goal. I’m sure that comment will come back to haunt me.
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Peeeeeeeeeep! We’re off again at Anfield.
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“As a West Ham fan this is pure torture,” emails Tom Shaw. “Why don’t they just get it over with and ship three or four goals and put us out of our misery? It’s the bloody hope that kills. ”
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Half-time reading:
And something for your commute tomorrow morning:
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(3.) (pm) EST
: Half-time: Liverpool 1-1 West Ham
min: One minute added on here for added time. West Ham are defending well.
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min: Robertson and Snodgrass are having an intriguing battle down Liverpool’s left flank. The two Scotsman, who both grew up in Glasgow, have both flown into challenges. Robertson has got the better of his compatriot in open play, but it was Snodgrass that provided the assist for West Ham’s goal.
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min: Corner to West Ham, who are running the channels effectively to get up the pitch. Well defended by Gomez this time.
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min: From the corner, Liverpool
hit the bar! Alexander-Arnold whips the ball in and an unmarked Van Dijk glances an effort onto the top of the bar and behind! There was some blocking going on to allow Van Dijk the space to run at the cross, but it’s crazy that the Hammers aren’t man-marking the Dutchman.
min: Dangerous free-kick for Liverpool, central and 37 yards out from goal. Alexander-Arnold is over the ball … the ball flies through the wall with a slight deflection and a few inches wide! There was a quick check with VAR for a handball but we continue with a corner for Liverpool .
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(min:) Whisper it, but West Ham are … playing well?
min: Good work from Noble and Cresswell earns West Ham yet another corner. Here come the cavalry. A bit of head tennis later and Rice nods it towards Diop, who is unmarked at the back post… he taps it wide! That’s a golden chance, although the Frenchman may well have been deemed offside if he had stuck it in.
() An offside Issa Diop misconnects. . Photograph: Robbie Jay Barrat / AMA / Getty Images
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min: Pleased to say that Ngakia has made a promising start to this match. Mané is spending most of his side tucked slightly inside, but the young West Ham right back has nullified Robertson well so far.
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min: Another couple of decent stats…
Richard Jolly (@ RichJolly) Trent Alexander-Arnold has as many (Premier League) assists since the start of last season 33 as Jesus Navas got in his career. (February) , 5439 Simon Johnson (@ SJohnsonSport) and with that shock (# whufc equalizer at # LFC , (# CFC) ‘s Premier League record of conceding just goals in 5436 – 5 remains unmatched / intact for another year. (February) , 5436 Read More
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