West Ham 0-5 Liverpool: Player Ratings as Salah Shines and Coufal Struggles

Another 5-star show from Liverpool as they race to the Premier League title. The Reds hammered West Ham United at the London Stadium on Sunday and eased to a 5-0 win.

Luis Suarez, Cody Gakpo, Mohamed Salah, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Diogo Jota all got on the scoresheet as Arne Slot’s men extended the lead at the top.

West Ham United player ratings vs Liverpool

Alphonso Areola – 8: Made superb saves to keep his side in the game as long as he could. 8 saves and still conceded 5 times as he got no help from the defenders.

Defenders

Vladimír Coufal – 4: Hooked off at halftime as he was unable to do anything. He was letting Luis Diaz get a lot of space and drifting out of position often.  

Konstantinos Mavropanos – 6: Pick of the West Ham defenders today but the bar was too low. He did well in winning all aerial duels, and keeping Gakpo quiet most of the time.

Max Kilman – 5: Played the whole game and was involved in just one duel. H was unable to get out of his own box and was stuck in the first gear today.

Aaron Wan-Bissaka – 6: He played a left-back in the first half and was unable to do anything. He moved to the right and that same continued.

Midfielders

Lucas Paqueta – 6.5: Did not get involved a lot and was just running around to get the ball for his team. He managed to get just one shot in the entire game.

Edson Alvarez – 6: Taken off at half time as West Ham tried to go defensive and ensure they did not concede more goals.

Mohammed Kudus – 7: The only West Ham United star who kept trying until the very end. He came close to scoring and created chances.

Carlos Soler – 5: He played over an hour but was missing all the time. Almost looked like he was in his own half most of the game.

Emerson – 5: There was nothing he could do as a left-winger and as a left wing-back. Salah was about to get the better of him at every chance.

Forwards

Jarrod Bowen – 6: The only thing worse than the scoreline today for West Ham was Bowen going off injured. They will be praying that the forward is back for the next match.

Substitutes

Jean-Clair Todibo – 5

Niclas Füllkrug – 5.5

Crysencio Summerville – 6

Andy Irving – 5

Luis Guilherme – 5

Manager

Julen Lopetegui – 6: He is out of his depth and it is a surprise that he still has the job at West Ham United.  

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Liverpool player ratings vs West Ham United

Alisson – 7: Had to make just one save in the match today and will be happy that the posts came to his rescue today.

Defenders

Trent Alexander-Arnold – 8.5: Scored a stunning goal, even if he got some help, and was impressive in the match from the start to the end.

Joe Gomez – 6.5: He was doing well but had to come off injured after just 37 minutes as he picked up a hamstring injury.

Virgil van Dijk – 7.5: Decent performance at the back by his standards. Did not have to do a lot and won all his duels.

Andrew Robertson – 7: He was up and down the flank today and never had to do a lot of things in the defensive third.  

Midfielders

Ryan Gravenberch – 6.5: Did not have a lot to do today as he just sat back and defended. He never had do anything special.

Alexis Mac Allister – 8: Played the whole match and was involved in getting the ball to his attackers quickly. Never looked out of position today.

Curtis Jones – 7.5: He was all over the pitch today and got an assist for his efforts today. He also came close to scoring twice, but did not get the goals.  

Forward

Mohamed Salah – 9: He scored once today and managed to get two assists as well. He could have easily scored a hattrick too but his shots were off target.

Cody Gakpo – 7: He did not have a lot to do today but still managed to get a goal to his name.

Luis Diaz – 8: Got a goal for his efforts and he was a live wire on the pitch today.

Substitutes

Jarell Quansah – 7

Wataru Endo – 6

Diogo Jota – 8

Konstantinos Tsimikas – 6.5

Harvey Elliott – 6

Manager

Arne Slot – 10: He got everything spot on and managed to get the substitutions right as well.

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