West Ham 0-5 Liverpool: Arne Slot's side close out 2024 with a dominant victory at the London Stadium to extend their lead at the top of the table Liverpool ran riot at London Stadium to go 8 points clear at the top of the table Victory sees Arne Slot's side extend their unbeaten run to 14 games in the league LISTEN NOW: It's All Kicking Off! New formation, some new faces, but the optimism has gone at Old Trafford By ADRIAN BISHOP Published: 19:09, 29 December 2024 | Updated: 19:22, 29 December 2024 e-mail View comments West Ham 0-5 Liverpool : Liverpool closed out 2024 with an impressive victory at the London Stadium. Arne Slot 's side wasted little time seizing the initiative at the London Stadium, with Alphonse Areola forced into making several saves early on. The visitors continued to fashion an opening however, and their persistence paid off when Luis Diaz opened the scoring on 30 minutes.
After breaking the deadlock Liverpool continued to pile on the pressure, and the scoreline had widened to 3-0 before half-time thanks to goals from Cody Gakpo and Mohamed Salah . Trent Alexander-Arnold made it four after his deflected effort from the edge of the box wrongfooted Areola, before substitute Diogo Jota added a fifth in the closing stages. Liverpool are now eight points clear at the top of the Premier League table.
MATCH FACTS WEST HAM (4-2-3-1) : Areola; Coufal (Tobido 46), Mavropanos, Kilman, Wan-Bissaka, Alvarez (Fullkrug 46), Soler (Irving 73), Kudus (Guilherme 81), Paqu.