Liverpool building more momentum after clinical 5-2 win over West Ham
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A clinical display made sure Liverpool continued their winning streak in the hunt for Champions League football next season.It wasn’t all positives as West Ham did manage to score two fairly simple goals that put a slight damper on what was a thoroughly ruthless performance from Slot’s men. Saturday’s performance is just what LFC needed, showing their attacking prowess and avoiding any real scares.Liverpool v West Ham United - Premier League | Liverpool FC/GettyImagesThe hunger to keep attacking is the Liverpool identity and cannot be understated in a time like this for the team, these players and staff have come under some fire this season for lots of different things, but this win can help silence any doubters and continue their push for elite continental football next season, especially after Chelsea’s loss at Arsenal on Sunday.Momentum is such a strong force in this sport and can help a team find their way through tricky periods, having said that, this momentum cannot become complacency.
Being complacent isn’t necessarily being lazy, it can be less urgency or hunger in games because of such strong form, it can make players believe in false inevitability.Attacking StrengthIt wasn’t a one man show for the Reds, with four goals coming from different scorers and the final one coming with the help of West Ham’s Axel Disasi. A sign of a good team is their ability to score from anywhere on the pitch, centre-back, midfielder, winger and striker were all on the score sheet showing off this team’s unpredictability.TOPSHOT-FBL-ENG-PR-LIVERPOOL-WEST HAM | PAUL ELLIS/GettyImagesOne thing that could be seen as predictable is LFC’s newfound expertise at corners.
Scoring goals never gets old, and there is no way that five-goals in a win can ever make a team complacent in any way, but one worry from the game was the fact that West Ham had two separate faint glimmers of hope. Learning when to slow down the tempo and kill the games momentum will matter for this team as we get into the business end of the season.It was a great win for LFC, a much-needed goal fest for the Reds, carrying this form on will be vital to their potential Champions League run and their Premier League push for Europe’s premier continental competition.