Liverpool suffered their third defeat in five Premier League games this season as West Ham emerged victorious at Upton Park.

Early goals from Winston Reid and Diafra Sakho proved too much for the visitors, who pulled one back through Raheem Sterling before the break.

Liverpool pressed hard after half-time.

However, Hammers keeper Adrian made a succession of saves and Morgan Amalfitano wrapped up a first home win for West Ham in the 88th minute.

Sam Allardyce's men had lost both previous home games this season and taken just four points from their last eight games against these opponents.
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Allardyce hails 'fantastic' display

But they could not have started much better against Liverpool.

Reid's first goal since October 2013 was a close-range effort after James Tomkins had headed Stewart Downing's free-kick into the six-yard box.

West Ham's second was more speculative as Sakho floated the ball over Simon Mignolet from the right, the ball dropping into the corner before Enner Valencia could reach it.

A difficult start for the visitors also included a yellow card for Mario Balotelli, who had a head-to-head confrontation with Hammers goalkeeper Adrian, and the exit of the injured Javi Manquillo, who was replaced by Mamadou Sakho.

Liverpool were trying to shrug off the exertions of their successful midweek return to the Champions League .
Faltering Liverpool

Liverpool lost three of their opening five games two seasons ago. Prior to that it was 1959, when they were a Second Division club.

The Anfield side had the majority of possession (62%) but West Ham had more shots, 13 in total and seven on target.

Mario Balotelli has not scored a Premier League goal since his effort at Wigan on 28 November, 2012.

And they did have hope through their remarkable scoring record away from Anfield.

When Sterling lashed home the rebound for his third goal of the campaign after Balotelli's shot had initially been blocked, it was their 34th goals in the last 12 away games and created a club record of scoring in 17 successive top-flight matches on the road.

Valencia forced Mignolet into a good save just after Dejan Lovren had been patched up to play on following a heavy collision with his own team-mate, Sakho.
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Rodgers rues Liverpool mistakes

The introduction of Adam Lallana at half-time for Lucas - and the consequent tactical switch - suggested Brendan Rodgers was unhappy with his team's efforts.

On his first Liverpool start for almost two years, Fabio Borini made little impact until a low shot at the start of the second half brought a low save from Adrian.

The Italian curled a shot narrowly over as Liverpool continued to press forward in search of an equaliser.

Then Balotelli, who has now scored just one goal in his last 19 Premier League appearances, was thwarted by Adrian.

Rickie Lambert was introduced for the last push forward.

However, Liverpool were vulnerable on the counter-attack and as time ticked down, Downing's pass released Amalfitano, who applied the clinical finish.

It was the first time the visitors had lost successive league games since last December.









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are they walking album alone....They sold the only warrior...

smile2012 wrote:

are they walking album alone....They sold the only warrior...

shey dem no dey lose b4 selling d warrior?

Make dem beta replace dem wif man utd in champions league b4 dem disgrace england 4 europe!

They wil come good.and there is no guaratee that man u wil qualify for europe.

Safex wrote:

Make dem beta replace dem wif man utd in champions league b4 dem disgrace england 4 europe!

Man U?why not tottenham?tongue out!

Suarez hasn't been replaced.lambert,lalana,babalawo(ballotelli)ain't as good.

Liverpool is still going to get it right, It is not easy to inject new players in to a team. It's a gradual process.

It's gonna be difficult for them this season because of the champions league.they came 2nd last season bcos they were not involved in europe.

stainlez wrote:

Liverpool is still going to get it right, It is not easy to inject new players in to a team. It's a gradual process.

thats correct and its not rite to say they dont have gud finishers, remember last year they started without suarez and they were scoring goals.

Sure, whey the new recruits hit form, Liverpool will hard to beat in both home and way, even in Europe competition.

stainlez wrote:

Sure, whey the new recruits hit form, Liverpool will hard to beat in both home and way, even in Europe competition.

out of the new recruits,who is a game changer????

arsenaaaaaal wrote:

stainlez wrote:

Sure, whey the new recruits hit form, Liverpool will hard to beat in both home and way, even in Europe competition.

out of the new recruits,who is a game changer????

if sorrounded with gud suppliers balloteli can the one.but i cant say the same with lallana and lambert because they are not proven at the top level

obenar wrote:

arsenaaaaaal wrote:

stainlez wrote:

Sure, whey the new recruits hit form, Liverpool will hard to beat in both home and way, even in Europe competition.

out of the new recruits,who is a game changer????

if sorrounded with gud suppliers balloteli can the one.but i cant say the same with lallana and lambert because they are not proven at the top level

All Liverpool new recruits are big guns forget that most of them are from a small club like Southampton.

Yeah so the top 4 this year wil remain the same

obenar wrote:

Yeah so the top 4 this year wil remain the same

Says who? Please wait till April ok.

stainlez wrote:

obenar wrote:

Yeah so the top 4 this year wil remain the same

Says who? Please wait till April ok.

so u too you are campaining that man u take liverpool's place huh?

obenar wrote:

stainlez wrote:

obenar wrote:

Yeah so the top 4 this year wil remain the same

Says who? Please wait till April ok.

so u too you are campaining that man u take liverpool's place huh?

We shall see by the end of the season. May God spear our various lives till then.

Amen

smile2012 wrote:

Amen

Yeah!

Hehehe u pipo make me luff

How?

stainlez wrote:

How?

it ckearly shows that u mis man u in champions league