West Ham United trounce http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 to climb out of bottom spot in the English Premier League
West Ham United beat Liverpool 3-1 in a Premier League encounter at the Upton Park on Sunday evening. Scott Parker, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Demba-Ba-c10812 and Carlton Cole scored for the Hammers, who jumped out of the bottom place and sit at the 18th spot with this win.
Avram Grant made three changes to his starting line-up that thrashed Burnley 5-1 in the fifth round of FA Cup last weekend. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Freddy-c14144 Sears and Carlton Cole were replaced by Matthew Upson, Gary O’Neil and Frederic Piquionne.
Kenny Dalglish made wholesale changes to his Liverpool team that beat Sparta Praha 1-0 in the Europa League last 32 round in the midweek. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Steven-Gerrard-c34196 returned to the starting line-up after an injury layoff.
The game witnessed an attacking start, as the hosts came close of scoring in the 4th minute. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Thomas-Hitzlsperger-c34961 was allowed acres of space, and his effort from long range was nicely saved by Jose Reina. The Hammers enjoyed the early possession
and created good openings in the first 20 minutes of play.
They were rewarded for their good work, when Parker opened the scoring for the hosts in the 22nd minute. The West Ham skipper played a lovely one-two with Hitzlsperger, and toe poked a classy finish past Reina, to make it 1-0 for the Hammers.
Liverpool came close of scoring in the 24th minute, Suarez lead a counter attack and passed to Kuyt, who fired it into the side nettings.
The hosts dominated the game throughout the half, and doubled their lead on the brink of first half whistle. O’Neil chipped the ball in the box and Ba completed a lovely finish with a diving header past Reina to make it 2-0 at the break.
West Ham dominated the start of the second half, and should have scored their third goal, when Hitzlsperger played a beautiful pass to Ba, who drilled a low shot just wide of the post. The visitors came close of scoring, when Gerrard played Suarez, the Uruguayan
rounded James Tomkins and forced a wonderful save from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Robert-c31222 Green.
Liverpool pulled one goal back in the 84th minute. Suarez showed great skills and played Glenn Johnson in the box, who finished calmly from six yards making it 1-2 for the hosts. The visitors looked for another goal, but their hopes of making
a comeback were dented when Carlton Cole scored the third of the evening for West Ham. The tall striker dispossessed Martin Skrtel and bamboozled http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jamie-Carragher-c17728 with a step over before finishing a low shot past Reina, to seal the game at 3-1.
West Ham United will play Stoke City in their next match on 5th March, while Liverpool take on Manchester United on 6th March.
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