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Gerdan Shaqiri, the Liverpool midfielder, knows that the late wins his team has achieved a lot in recent times are due to a belief in the possibility of winning until the final whistle.
Liverpool canceled their loss to West Ham with a two-goal win at Anfield, and Shaqiri set up the Reds’ winning goal.
Shaqiri told his club’s website: “It was a difficult match. We knew West Ham would come to Anfield with a lot of courage and a lot of confidence after the good results they had achieved against the big teams in previous matches.”
And he added: “We already saw that in the first minutes, and we were able to score first, but our attempts to get back on the scoreboard did not stop and we managed to impose our style of play until the end.”
For the second week in a row, Liverpool had to come back from trailing with a goal to win 2-1 at the end, as they repeated the same thing against Sheffield United at Anfield also on Saturday.
The Swiss said: “You have to believe your luck until the final whistle, and we were able to score a nice second goal, so we are very happy with this important victory.”
Shaqiri came in as a substitute with Diogo Jota 20 minutes before the end of the match, and managed to create the winning goal for his Portuguese colleague in a wonderful way.
“The substitutes always want to change the result of the game after entering,” he emphasized. “Diogo and I can contribute to that, so it was great to have the victory. It was a beautiful and very important goal.”
West Ham’s game is the fourth for the former Basel and Stoke City player this season and the first in the Premier League since last July.
“I have always been happy to participate in games. I suffered many injuries and had difficult times, and I am happy to play now. I made a great effort to maintain my physical form and I hope the situation continues as well.”
