Premier League, Liverpool | The substitutes saved the trick Liverpool victory against West Ham

LIVERPOOL – WEST HAM 2-1:

Substitutes Diogo Jota and Xherdan Shaqiri brought Liverpool out of a stalemate against West Ham.

With six minutes to go in regulation, Shaqiri sent a perfect ball to Jota. Well within the West Ham field, the Portuguese newcomer finished safely in goal and secured Liverpool a further 2-1 win at Anfield.

– The goal means a lot. When I watch games from the bench, I always think about what I can do to change things. The most important thing is to win and we just want to keep doing it. Luckily I got a room in the end. It was a brilliant pass from “Shaq,” Diogo Jota tells Sky Sports.

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Substitutes should make a difference. This is no surprise. That’s what they train for, and today it really helped, comments a satisfied Jürgen Klopp to the same channel, in an interview shown on TV 2.

The full red card for the All Reds was not certain until Jota provided the decisive goal in the 85th minute. It wasn’t long before Liverpool’s new center-back ran into trouble.

Stop criticism

When the hosts finished below 0-1 early, it wasn’t Premier League rookie Nathaniel Phillips who ended up in the limelight of critics. On the other hand, another 23-year-old with much more experience at this level.

Joe Gomez really should have scored when he was chosen by fate to face an open goal after a great play by Eduardo Alves after a corner.

Former Premier League stopper Brede Hangeland addressed the analysis of the situation during the break. Siddisen called for a higher and longer punt in a more harmless direction from the Liverpool defender.

– Everything is wrong here. It’s neither height, length, nor direction, Hangeland pointed out in TV 2’s break studio.

West Ham’s Pablo Fornals welcomed the opportunity and scored the first goal, through the root of the post behind Alisson, in the 10th minute of the game.

With the injuries of Virgil van Dijk, Joèl Matip and Fabinho, Gomez had to take responsibility as Liverpool’s most experienced stopper. Saturday’s game was the second from the start without van Dijk as a teammate.

Far between the possibilities

Liverpool created very little in the rest of the first half. West Ham have re-emerged as a much stronger team on defense under former Everton and Manchester United manager David Moyes this fall.

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However, the hosts should also get a free shot before the break, after an awkward performance by West Ham’s Arthur Masuaku. The Congolese smashed a foot and hit Mohamed Salah who had received the ball and had his back turned to the goal.

Liverpool’s Egyptian star fell theatrically to the ground, but neither referee Kevin Friend nor TV 2 experts doubted that the penalty kick was correct.

Salah seized an opportunity, sending 1-1 low and in the middle of the goal behind Lukasz Fabianski. The visiting team’s Polish goalkeeper crashed into his left side and had to watch the ball whistle past his feet.

Lack of space

The image of the match continued for a long time on the same court after the change of ends. West Ham were 5-4-1, betting on counterattacks and denying Liverpool space to attack. The defending champions continued to fight to create danger.

Fornals, on the other hand, presented several opportunities that could have made the situation worse for the victorious boys of Jürgen Klopp.

Diogo Jota sent a ball into the net for Liverpool with just a quarter of an hour to go, when Fabianski had to return with a shot from Sadio Mané.

After a review of the VAR reruns, Judge Friend concluded that Mané blocked Fabianski when he rushed into the goalkeeper before Jota handled the return.

A little later, Jota was yet to score a decisive and decisive goal after Shaqiri’s cream pass in the back room.