London (AFP)

Liverpool trembled, but Liverpool won (3-2) on Monday against the poorly ranked West Ham, who deserved better, to restore their 22-point lead in the Premier League after 27 days.

The Reds can warmly thank Lukasz Fabianski, the goalkeeper, for literally giving them two goals with incredible hand faults.

The first on a header from Georginio Wijnaldum for the opening of the score after less than ten minutes of play, the second on a recovery of Mohamed Salah at ground level supported, but not overpowered either, for the equalization at 2-2 about twenty minutes from the end.

Between these two capital blunders, David Moyes' men were nevertheless very courageous and daring in an Anfield known to be impregnable.

Two minutes after the opening of the score, the French central defender from London, Issa Diop, had equalized from the head on corner (1-1, 11th).

West Ham had even caught a dream when Pablo Fornals, returned shortly before, had given the advantage of a recovery without control at the conclusion of a nice collective movement (1-2, 58th).

Beyond the opposing gifts, it will have been enough for the Reds to put a little more intensity to turn the tide by Sadio Mané at the reception of a center from Salah (3-2, 81st).

A score more in line with the general physiognomy of the match, Virgil van Dijk having touched the bar on the head at the end of the first period, while Fabianski had favorably illustrated himself on a resumption of Salah in the 73rd.

West Ham, who has won only one match since the arrival of Moyes, the first, and has since strung 5 defeats and 2 draws, will bitterly regret the last opportunity to equalize missed two minutes from the end by Jarrod Bowen , or rather very well played by Alisson who pushed away his dive ball.

But to stop this Liverpool, you really have to make the perfect match.

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