Hugo Ekitike claims he is ‘not happy’ despite convincing Liverpool win West Ham

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It took Ekitike just five minutes to open the scoring, after he stayed alert when a Liverpool corner was partly cleared and fired home from Ryan Gravenberch’s well-weighted pass back into the box.The French international then set up Alexis Mac Allister’s volley just before half-time to hand the Reds a three-goal advantage, while his pass teed up Cody Gakpo’s 70th-minute strike.READ MORE: Nuno Espirito Santo makes 'absurd' claim after West Ham suffers 5-2 defeat vs LiverpoolREAD MORE: West Ham star admits Virgil van Dijk plan failed miserably in Liverpool defeatHowever, Ekitike claimed in jest post-match that he is “not happy”, particularly with his own goal tally, which is now six better than any of his Liverpool team-mates.“To be honest, I could score more,” Ekitike told LFCTV. Today I think I gave one or two assists.“As long as I can help the team and be involved, that’s the most important.

I’m looking forward to the upcoming games.Ekitike provided two assists in addition to his early goal(Image: 2026 Liverpool FC)“Obviously I can improve, I could score also in the last games, I had good chances. So I have to keep working,” he continued.“I want to be the best version of myself to help the team more, because I know I could help more.“But it’s always about lessons and getting better.

It has been a long time that we scored a lot of goals in the game, so that’s nice.”Ekitike’s goal was one of three scored from set-pieces - either directly or via a second phase. I think we deserved it because we put a lot of energy in this, so that’s nice.”