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Liverpool made history in taking another leap towards the Premier League title but West Ham made them fight all the way for a place in the record books. Jürgen Klopp’s champions-elect established a new Premier League record of 21 consecutive home wins with victory over David Moyes’ side, equalling Manchester City’s run of 18 successive wins in the process, but this was an exhaustive triumph.
The runaway leaders trailed to Pablo Fornals’ second half goal before a dreadful mistake from West Ham goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski enabled Mohamed Salah to level. From that moment on there was an air of inevitability about Liverpool’s victory and Sadio Mané duly obliged with eight minutes remaining. West Ham are without a win in seven league matches and remain in the relegation zone but will depart with thoughts of what might have been. Continue reading...