Liverpool were at it again as the Reds brushed aside David Moyes’ West Ham United at Anfield. The Reds had come off a great win over Porto in the Champions League but there were fears that ring rust would harm them as we did not play a game last weekend.
There were further worries when Loris Karius just about tipped a dipping shot from Marko Arnautovic on to the post in the first half before Emre Can scored. One quickly became two as Mohamed Salah scored his 31st goal of the season (more on that later) and we made it three as Roberto Firmino scored a no-look goal after beating Adrian.
Our defence went to sleep a little as Michail Antonio scored right after the kick-off but we again got our three-goal lead back as Sadio Mane rightly got on to the score sheet after missing an easier chance a few minutes before that.
The win not only ensured we did not have any hangovers from our European nights but we also ended up being one point above Manchester United going into second place.
There were a number of stats and records broken in this game and here are just a few of them:
- David Moyes has never won a game at Anfield despite being the manager of Everton, Manchester United, Sunderland and now West Ham United.
- Emre Can’s goal was our 100th of the season and only Manchester City have scored more than us this season with 111. We have 103 goals so far.
- Mohamed Salah got his 31st goal of the season, which is the same as Luis Suarez’s tally in the 2013-14 season. The Egyptian has scored 23 goals in the Premier League and has 8 assists to his name.
- Salah has also scored 20 goals in the league with his left foot, which is the most by any player ever in a single season of the competition.
- We are yet to be defeated in the Premier League at home this season and this was our third consecutive game where we scored 4+ goals against a single opponent. The last team we did this to was Norwich City.
- The goal from Firmino was his third ‘no-look’ goal and another fun stat is that Sadio Mane tried to do the Roberto Firmino-Karate-Kung Fu celebration again and somewhat succeeded.
- While we did boo Patrice Evra, the Frenchman became the fifth oldest outfield player to make his debut in the Premier League at the age of 36.
The numbers are really interesting and this season has been absolutely brilliant for us so far, especially on the attacking front. Ah! I just can’t wait for Manchester United to lose tomorrow. Wouldn’t that be a wonderful weekend for us?
