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Luis Diaz replaced Cody Gakpo after the Dutchman’s underwhelming display at Craven Cottage last time out and the same is said for Andy Robertson who was replaced by Kostas Tsimikas.

Salah showed Liverpool what he was worth, starting the game with confidence and assertion and looking a lot more like the Mohamed Salah that we know and love.

It didn’t take long for the Egyptian King to make his mark on the match with a sublime outside-of-the-foot pass to Luis Diaz who poked in Liverpool’s first.

Alisson too demonstrated his importance in the Liverpool side just a few minutes later when he was forced into action, smothering a Carlos Soler chance and then clawing the Mohammed Kudus rebound onto the bar.

West Ham grew into the game as the first half went on and came close to equalising as James Ward-Prowse’s corner found the head of Konstantinos Mavropanos but was fired just over the bar.

Both Andy Robertson and Virgil Van Dijk attempted to clear Aaron Wan-Bissaka’s cross with the Red’s captain playing the ball against the Scotland captain only for the ball to ricochet past Alisson.

Liverpool turned up the heat in a last-gasp attempt to leave Anfield with all three points; the ball was shuffled to Luis Diaz who saw his attempt deflect onto the bar after Wan-Bissaka’s intervention.

Liverpool fans were forced to wait until the 89th minute to see the script come to fruition when the captain, the big Dutchman, Virgil Van Dijk won the game for the Reds just days after hinting at a potential contract extension.

He repeatedly found Mohamed Salah on the right wing and played the initial ball to Salah before the Egyptian set up Luis Diaz.

Virgil Van Dijk – 7.5
Aside from the mix-up with Andy Robertson, Van Dijk had a decent performance and won the game for Liverpool in the closing stages.

Replaced by Andy Robertson in the 60th minute but impressed for the first two-thirds of the game.

Ryan Gravenberch – 7
A good performance from Gravenberch, his improvement this season has made him one of the first names on the team sheet for Arne Slot and he showed again how his creativity and ability to manipulate the ball can influence a game.

Curtis Jones – 5.5
More would have been expected of the scouser with him returning to the midfield from his right-back duties, but he had a quiet performance and lacked any real influence on the game.

Alexis Mac Allister – 8
The Argentine seemed to be everywhere against West Ham and provided a real attacking threat for the Reds, hitting the bar from a free kick and coming close to scoring on several other occasions.
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