Liverpool v West Ham live: Mac Allister extends lead as Reds aim to keep pace in race for Champions League qualification
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LIVERPOOL 3-0 West Ham (Alexis Mac Allister, 43 minutes)But West Ham’s task just got taller! There’s been enough in this half’s performance to suggest that West Ham can turn this around but he has got options in Adama Traore, Callum Wilson and co on the bench.(Liverpool FC via Getty Images)Harry Latham-Coyle28 February 2026 15:43Liverpool 2-0 West Ham, 38 minutesAnother fluent passing move from West Ham works the ball forward with speed, but it just runs out of steam and accuracy on the edge of the Liverpool box.Harry Latham-Coyle28 February 2026 15:39Liverpool 2-0 West Ham, 36 minutesSmothered by Alisson!
Regardless, sharp work from the Liverpool goalkeeper.Alisson has made a sharp save (Getty Images)Harry Latham-Coyle28 February 2026 15:38Liverpool 2-0 West Ham, 35 minutesTomas Soucek reaches one of his long legs out to try and corral a pass from Aaron Wan-Bissaka, but can’t quite manage it, worrying a little as he was about Virgil van Dijk’s looming presence.Liverpool then give the ball away in their own half, Ryan Gravenberch guilty of passing blindly and Jarrod Bowen nipping in. They scramble well, though, and crowd him out.Harry Latham-Coyle28 February 2026 15:36Liverpool 2-0 West Ham, 32 minutesAppeals from a penalty from the away end as Taty Castellanos goes over near Ibrahima Konate and...well, that’s a dive.
The West Ham striker is fortunate to escape punishment.Harry Latham-Coyle28 February 2026 15:33'Others may have cleverer corner routines...'Here’s more from Rich Jolly at Anfield.“A second goal in three games for Virgil van Dijk. It could go anywhere; it ends up back with the goalkeeper, much to his relief.Harry Latham-Coyle28 February 2026 15:31Liverpool 2-0 West Ham, 29 minutesWest Ham had done really well to re-establish themselves in the game after that early Hugo Ekitike opener, but that header has taken the wind from their sails.