Virgil Van Djik Gets 8, Trent With 7.5 | Liverpool Players Rated In Defeat Vs West Ham United

West Ham United ended Liverpool’s 25 game unbeaten run in all competitions as they beat the Reds 3-2 on the night in the London Stadium. The home side went ahead as early as the 4^th minute of the game when Alisson conceded an own goal off his gloves trying to catch the ball from a corner. Liverpool levelled the scoreline before half-time with Trent’s superb freekick but West Ham came back stronger in the 2^nd half to clinch all 3 points against the team who were unbeaten in the league until today.

Let’s take a look at how the Liverpool players performed during the match against West Ham United.

GK: Alisson Becker- 4/10

Alisson Becker scored an own goal and conceded 2 more in a below-par performance tonight.

RB: Trent Alexander-Arnold- 7.5/10

Trent scored a brilliant freekick and created a few more chances but the Liverpool attackers failed to capitalize.

CB: Joel Matip: 6/10

Matip was strong aerially but he failed to keep up with the pace of Fornals for the 2^nd West Ham goal.

CB: Virgil Van Djik- 8/10

Van Djik made 2 goal-saving tackles and won all his duels. Was the best Liverpool player on the pitch tonight.

LB: Andrew Robertson- 5.5/10

Robertson got to the byline a lot of times but failed to deliver a good ball into the box.

RCM: Jordan Henderson- 6.5/10

The skipper completed the most passes in the game and created a few chances with his crosses but failed to get any control in the middle of the park.

CDM: Fabinho- 5.5/10

Defensively the Brazilian was sloppy and was directly responsible for the 2^nd goal which came from Rice’s tackle on him.

LCM: Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain- 5.5/10

Ox neither created any chance nor could produce any moment of magic as he was substituted in the 69^th minute for Thiago.

RW: Mohammed Salah- 6/10

The Egyptian was well contained by the West Ham defenders as they didn’t give him any space to work with.

LW: Sadio Mane- 5.5/10

Mane was not clinical enough and missed a sitter in the dying minutes on a difficult night for him.

ST: Diogo Jota- 6/10

The forward was dealt well by the West Ham defenders as aerially they outjumped him on every occasion.

Substitutes-

Thiago Alcantara- 6/10

Thiago came on and controlled the midfield but couldn’t help the team’s cause of scoring the equalizer.

Divock Origi- 7/10

Origi came on in the 76^th minute and gave Liverpool a lifeline with a stunning finish with his weak foot.

Takumi Minamino- NA

The Japanese came on in the 80^th minute and couldn’t affect the game.