With 54 minutes gone at London Stadium, Trent Alexander-Arnold took a pass from Ryan Gravenberch with time to wait and look up, the lack of pressure from the West Ham players almost a public snub, before spanking a deflected shot past Alphonse Areola to make it 4-0 to Liverpool and kill off once again a game that was already long since dead.
In the process Alexander-Arnold did at least provide a moment of cartoon drama, performing a slightly embarrassed silencing-the-chatter celebration, one hand raised to his ear. Perhaps this was a reference to stories overnight about a move to Real Madrid, something parts of the Spanish media have suggested is all but formalised.
Written by Barney Ronay at the London Stadium
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/dec/29/west-ham-liverpool-premier-league-match-report under the title “Salah stars as Liverpool rout West Ham to move leaders eight points clear”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
