Summary

  • Liverpool XI: Mignolet, Clyne, Skrtel, Lovren, Gomez, Can, Lucas, Milner, Firmino, Benteke, Coutinho

  • West Ham XI: Randolph, Tomkins, Reid, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Kouyate, Obiang, Noble, Lanzini, Sakho, Payet

  1. SUBSTITUTION for Liverpoolpublished at 45 mins

    Alberto Moreno for Emre Can

    Change for Liverpool as Can departs, surely through injury, and Moreno comes on. It will mean a change of system as well. Three at the back now for the home side.

  2. Postpublished at 15:54 British Summer Time 29 August 2015

    Liverpool 0-2 West Ham

    Ian Dennis
    BBC Radio 5 live senior football reporter at Anfield

    "The scoreline at Anfield is no fluke. Liverpool's defence has been talked up but they've been breached twice and a mistake from Dejan Lovren for one of them will get plenty of attention."  

  3. HALF-TIMEpublished at 45+4 mins

    Liverpool 0-2 West Ham

    What a superb half from West Ham. They have harried, hassled and taken their chances when they came. In contrast, Liverpool have looked shambolic at one end and short of ideas at the other. They need to change something, and fast.

  4. Postpublished at 45+4 mins

    Liverpool 0-2 West Ham

    Liverpool have a corner to finish the half. James Milner takes it short and Philippe Coutinho loses the ball. That sums it up for the home side, who get a barrage of stick from their own fans.

    To rub salt in Coutinho's wounds, he gets yellow carded soon after for not retreating from a free-kick.

  5. Postpublished at 45+1 mins

    Liverpool 0-2 West Ham

    Injury time. West Ham sitting pretty.

  6. Postpublished at 15:45 British Summer Time 29 August 2015

    Liverpool 0-2 West Ham

    As you can see, Roberto Firmino has not had much involvement in the game so far...

    Roberto Firmino heat mapImage source, Opta
  7. Postpublished at 15:44 British Summer Time 29 August 2015

  8. Postpublished at 42 mins

    West Ham 0-2 Liverpool

    Roberto Firmino's afternoon so far is summed up by him over-hitting a simple pass from the edge of the box to try and set up a cross for Nathaniel Clyne straight out of play. Big groans now from the frustrated home fans.

    This game is going completely to plan for one of these sides. And it is not Liverpool.

  9. Postpublished at 40 mins

    Liverpool 0-2 West Ham

    Superb defending from West Ham as Philippe Coutinho looks to buy space for a shot but finds the door close as quickly as it was briefly edged open. Winston Reid and Angelo Ogbonna are rock solid at the moment.

  10. YELLOW CARDpublished at 38 mins

    Liverpool 0-2 West Ham

    Daniel Sturridge is suited and booted and in the stands at Anfield. He is reportedly close to returning to action. How Liverpool could do with him now. They've not had any punch in the West Ham box so far.

    Mark Noble slides in on Emre Can. The West Ham midfielder limps away with a yellow card to his name.

  11. Postpublished at 37 mins

    Liverpool 0-2 West Ham

    Mark Noble is understandably full of confidence at the moment. He attempts a long-range volley but misses the target by plenty. Still, worth a gamble when your side are two goals up.

  12. Postpublished at 15:34 British Summer Time 29 August 2015

  13. Postpublished at 15:34 British Summer Time 29 August 2015

    John Hartson
    Former Wales striker on Football Focus

     "Take nothing away from Mark noble's finish - he opens up his body and sidefoots it past Mignolet. It's a brilliant finish."    

  14. Postpublished at 15:34 British Summer Time 29 August 2015

    Liverpool 0-2 West Ham

    Dejan Lovren what were you doing? You can see on the goal graphic below how he loses the ball on the bye-line, allowing Manuel Lanzini to find goalscorer Mark Noble.  

    GoalImage source, Opta
  15. Postpublished at 34 mins

    Liverpool 0-2 West Ham

    James Milner is lucky to avoid a yellow card as he lunges in to fell Cheikhou Kouyate on the edge of the West Ham box. The Hammers player needs some treatment but he will be OK. It would take an almighty crowbar to remove one of the West Ham players from this match now.

  16. goal

    GOAL - Liverpool 0-2 West Hampublished at 28 mins

    Mark Noble

    Dejan Lovren, what have you done?! He gets in an almighty mess trying to control the ball on his own bye-line and allows Manuel Lanzini to nick the ball. The resulting low cross is cleared before Diafra Sakho can finish but Mark Noble makes no mistake with a follow-up finish, which he steers into the bottom corner of the net.

    Liverpool's defending has gone from the sublime to the utterly ridiculous. West Ham boss Slaven Bilic affords a tiny smile. Inside he must be doing somersaults!

    Mark NobleImage source, Getty Images
  17. Postpublished at 26 mins

    Liverpool 0-1 West Ham

    West Ham on the break and Aaron Cresswell finds himself with space to shoot from the edge of the box but gets the ball under his feet and can only poke an effort over.

    Liverpool may be having most of the play, but West Ham look dangerous on the break.

  18. Postpublished at 25 mins

    Liverpool 0-1 West Ham

    Another corner for Liverpool, who continue to push forward. Christian Benteke feels he was being held as James Milner delivers but the referee ignores his protests as West Ham clear.

  19. Postpublished at 15:23 British Summer Time 29 August 2015

  20. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 15:22 British Summer Time 29 August 2015

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