“I’m the first one who is disappointed with myself”, Lovren said.
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Rodgers named an unchanged side following the goalless draw at Arsenal with captain Jordan Henderson and Adam Lallana both missing out once again due to injury. Noble tried to clear the ball from the edge of the box when referee Kevin Friend blew for a foul on him.
Elsewhere, Jose Mourinho’s 100th Premier League home match as Chelsea boss saw a second loss as Crystal Palace claimed a 2-1 win – their first at Stamford Bridge in 33 years.
Just two weeks after another West Ham supporter celebrated the club’s victory over London rivals Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium with a tattoo of the 2-0 scoreline, Hammers fan Jon High chose to do the same thing after making the vow on Friday.
Defender Joey O’Brien (calf), Enner Valencia (leg) and Mauro Zarate (hamstring) remain out, while Andy Carroll (knee) is back in training but unlikely to be selected until after the forthcoming global break.
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers bemoaned sloppy goals for his team’s first defeat of the season after three successive clean sheets. But, when they were up against West Ham their tricks seemed to be completely ineffective.
In top-flight history, the Hammers’ 42 game winless away streak at Liverpool is only lower than Stoke’s 52 game winless run at Liverpool (which is also current). Coutinho and Christian Benteke are the only goalscorers for Liverpool this season, and more goals will be needed if Liverpool want to be successful this campaign. “They [West Ham] will come here motivated to get a result”.
Liverpool had no sooner started when they were behind in the second minute of the game when a Martin Skrtel error allowed Aaron Cresswell to pick out Manuel Lazini, who made no mistake from close range.
The Hammers put in a highly accomplished display on Saturday afternoon to leave Anfield with a 3-0 win, a surprise victory given they had lost their last their last two games. I say: “You’ve got to be careful what you wish for”.
“This will be our toughest game of the four”.
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“I wasn’t physically blowing and I think that is probably down to the way we worked”. I know I can organise a team with my staff. This game was flawless for [Diafra] Sakho [who scored West Ham’s third goal].
