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West Ham 1, Liverpool 5: Player Rankings
half, exhausting both flanks, and working out your hip flexors to the fullest while doing so. Not much more, though, as West Ham didn’t launch an attack.
Before the hour mark, he made his first significant goalkeeping contribution of note with a fearless, flying punch clear. defeated and outmatched by Bowen’s curler.
Joe Gomez: 8
Just another outstanding effort by Joey G. This time, he was undoubtedly helped by being more of a marauding right-back than an inverted quarterback, but he still played strong defense and effectively moved forward.
He still hasn’t scored a senior goal, as seen by this air-kick effort, but he nearly scored with a Messi-like dribble from halfway line that was ultimately stopped at the near post. completed the match at left back.
An incredible opening half-hour, highlighted by a deft challenge on the edge of the box, an interception to stop a counterattack, and an assist-worthy pass to Szoboszlai right away.
Another reason for his high rating, though the last 20 minutes may have also demonstrated why he works better with Van Dijk right now; he just needs some guidance and admonitions to stay in place.
Bowen bent one upper corner after losing all but one of the night’s battles; it was an important lesson, but all in all, a very spectacular night.
Van Dijk, Virgil (8)
has been acting in an imposing manner lately, and that was evident here throughout the first hour before to a scheduled sub.
At the beginning of the second half, performed another fantastic recovery slide to clear away a dangerous cross, while continuously overlapping runs at the other end resulted in a few well-placed crosses. His best overall performance in a long time.
