Here is how some English newspapers rated Liverpool and West Ham’s players following the former’s 3-2 win over Monday night. The Reds had to come from behind against David Moyes’ men to keep their winning run going on home turf.
Liverpool player ratings vs West Ham 2020 from Liverpool Echo
Schalke suffered a rare home defeat in the league this season as Leipzig hammered the Royal Blues 5-0 at the Veltins Arena. Only defending champions Bayern had beaten David Wagner’s men in Gelsenkirchen prior to this game, with the home side also boasting of one of the defensive records in the competition, but it all went pear-shaped for them as Julien Nagelsmann’s men produced a masterclass, both defensively and offensively.
Liverpool beat West Ham 3-2 in their clash on Monday night, and the expected goals statistic for this LFC-WHUFC clash shows that Jurgen Klopp’s Reds had the better chances, and perhaps deserved victory by a larger margin than they actually did.
Expected Goals: Liverpool (2.57) West Ham (0.62)
Actual goals: Liverpool (3) West Ham (2)
Goals scored in the game and their xG in brackets
1-0 Liverpool Gini Wijnaldum header goal xG (0.11)
1-1 West Ham Issa Diop header goal xG (0.02)
1-2 West Ham Pablo Fornals xG (0.09)
2-2 Liverpool Mohamed Salah xG (0.09)
3-2 Liverpool Sadio Mane xG (0.80)
West Ham’s best chance on xG which did not result in a goal came from Jarrod Bowen, who found himself in a one on one with Alisson (xG 0.30), but shot straight at the keeper.
Liverpool’s best chance that didn’t result in a goal fell to Roberto Firmino in the 74th minute (xG 0.69), but he missed an open goal header.