Liverpool 5 West Ham 1: Hammers gifted early lead but made to pay for mistakes by Arne Slot’s classy forwards

LIVERPOOL booked their spot in the Carabao Cup fourth-round thanks to a comprehensive win over West Ham.

Liverpool went into the match off the back of a 3-0 win while West Ham were beaten by the same scoreline by Chelsea.

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Diogo Jota netted a brace to send Liverpool through against West Ham[/caption]

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Jarell Quansah’s own goal handed West Ham the lead[/caption]

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Diogo Jota levelled the tie for Liverpool[/caption]

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Mohamed Salah wrapped up the result[/caption] https://twitter.com/SkyFootball/status/1839023043512762388 https://twitter.com/SkyFootball/status/1839024429650567199 https://twitter.com/SkyFootball/status/1839034751933448623 https://twitter.com/SkyFootball/status/1839041067632468364 https://twitter.com/SkyFootball/status/1839044553988292821 https://twitter.com/SkyFootball/status/1839045363937706284

The visitors took the lead in the 21st minute as Jarell Quansah deflected in Edson Alvarez’s effort.

However, the lead only lasted four minutes as Diogo Jota beat Lukasz Fabianski to the ball to head home.

The Portuguese forward slotted the hosts into the lead shortly after the restart after some brilliant work from Curtis Jones to create the chance.

As West Ham tried to push for an equaliser, Liverpool wrapped up the match through substitute Mohamed Salah.

The Eygptian slammed home his effort after Fabianski had made a good initial save.

It got even worse for the Hammers as Alvarezx was dismissed for a second yellow card.

Cody Gakpo added the cherry on top of the result with a fantastic brace in the closing stages as West Ham exited the cup with a whimper.

More to follow…