West Ham 0-5 Liverpool LIVE RESULT: Reds cruise to victory as Slot’s side extend lead at top of Premier League table
LIVERPOOL have thrashed West Ham 5-0 to extend their lead at the top of the Premier League table to eight points.
Luis Diaz, Cody Gakpo, Mohamed Salah, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Diogo Jota fired the Reds to a third straight top-flight triumph on a routine night for Arne Slot's men.
Earlier, Manchester City finally stopped the rot with a 2-0 win over Leicester in the early kick-off.
Elsewhere, Tottenham had to settle for a point after Wolves scored late on to secure a 2-2 draw.
Nottingham Forest continued their good run with a 2-0 win away at Everton.
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Goal - Strand Larsen (Wolves)
West Ham starting XI:
Lopetegui opts to play a back five for the visit of the league leaders, while Areola replaces the injured Fabianski in goal.
23. Areola, 29. Wan-Bissaka, 5. Coufal, 26. Kilman, 15. Mavropanos, 33. Emerson, 19. Alvarez, 4. Soler, 10. Paqueta, 20. Bowen, 14. Kudus
Credit: @WestHam View from SunSport's Andy Dillon at Craven Cottage
NO WONDER David Brooks has gone off.
The Bournemouth midfielder survived a full on bulldoze from behind during a six yard box challenge from Bernd Leno.
The wiry Cherries player was severely winded as would anyone be after taking the full weight of Leno's immense frame on his back.
He got up, ready to play on but boss Andoni Iraola thought differently and took him off. He'll have backache tomorrow that lad.
View from SunSport's Ken Lawrence at Goodison Park
Jarrad Branthwaite hasn’t looked anything like the talented central defender his club rate at £70M this season and remains a Manchester United target.
He missed the start of this campaign due to groin problems but after last season’s brilliant emergence as a top centre back he’s struggling to get back up to that level.
His clattering challenge on Morgan Gibbs-White early in the second half that could have been red but was a fortunate yellow said it all about how he’s lost his mojo.
Fulham 2-1 Bournemouth
72. The Welshman has made a habit of scoring crucial goals for The Cottagers this season.
Robinson crosses into the box and Wilson heads from the middle of the goal into the top corner.
The Cherries have it all to do in this one again.
Goal - Harry Wilson (Fulham)
Norwegian should come with a bleep machine
Erling Haaland spoke with Sky Sports after their win against Leicester City today and seemed to forget once again that you cannot swear on live TV.
I don't know, it is just nice to be winning again.S*** happens and you just have to get on with it. Every game is difficult and you have to work at it. Now we can rest up a bit and go again when we play.
Erling HaalandFT: Leicester 0-2 Man City
Pep Guardiola will sleep a little easier tonight.
The victory was all that mattered for the visitors but they should be more worried that this match was dominated by one of the worst teams in the league.
Ruud van Nistelrooy's side missed to many chances they could not really argue if the Premier League decided to relegate them today as a result.
View from SunSport's Tom Barclay in North London
Wolves fans look away now - your star man has come off injured.
Matheus Cunha was replaced at half-time and then spotted with an ice pack under his left knee.
Spurs have also been forced into a substitution early in this period with Destiny Udogie doing his hamstring.
The Italian was replaced by Sergio Reguilon, making his first league appearance for Spurs since April 2022.
View from SunSport's Dan King at the King Power
The City fans have been better than their team and deserve to enjoy themselves for their gallows humour.
Guardiola's players were really unconvincing for much of this game - defensively uncertain, offensively incoherent.
But they were ruthless with the chances that they had.
If Leicester had been similarly clear-headed in the penalty area, they might have got a point or even all three.
Everton 0-2 Nott'm Forest
63. It is game over at Goodison Park as Forest double their lead.
Against a team with so little goal threat in them, The Toffees do not have the minerals to turn this one around.
Wood lays it into the path of Gibbs-White in the middle of the box and he drills a leeft-footed shot into the top of the net.
Goal - Morgan Gibbs-White (Nott'm Forest)
Fulham 1-1 Bournemouth
51. Whatever Andoni Iraola said at the break seems to have worked.
Some good build up play from Hill sees him find Evanilson wide in the six yard box.
He smashes his shot into the roof of the net to draw the visitors level.
Credit: Getty Goal - Evanilson (Bournemouth)
Crystal Palace 2-1 Southampton
54. Some sides when they go down should be given a one/two year ban from coming back up as they were so out of their depth.
As Southampton only half clear a corner, Eze drills into the back of the net from outside the box.
You can only see one result now at Selhurst Park.
Goal - Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace)
HT: Fulham 1-0 Bournemouth
The Cherries have been quite wasteful in the capital.
We have seen it in a few games in recent weeks and it has cost them points.
Fulham will be confident that they can force the issue more after the interval.
HT: Everton 0-1 Nott'm Forest
The draw specialists are losing at Goodison Park.
They have failed to register a single shot on target in the first-half.
Forest have not created a great deal and will need to take it up a gear or two to put this game to bed.
Leicester 0-2 Man City
74. The Foxes get their just desserts for their wastefulness.
De Bruyne spreads it out wide to Savinho, who whips in an inch-perfect cross to the Norwegian.
Haaland heads into the far corner to double the visitors' lead.
Goal - Erling Haaland (Man City)
HT: Crystal Palace 1-1 Southampton
Will Southampton be in the Premier League next season?
Yes, in the form of Tyler Dibling who is guaranteed to picked up by somebody as The Saints are relegated.
Palace should be out of sight in this game but are proving to be wasteful in front of goal.
HT: Tottenham 2-1 Wolves
As ever it is the same old story for Spurs.
They look great going forward but defensively they look like they could not stop a marauding toddler making it through the middle of the park.
However, they lead at the break, which would be enough to take some pressure off Ange Postecoglou.
View from SunSport's Dan King at the King Power
It really is all Leicester.
They've had three decent openings in this second half, without forcing Stefan Ortega into a save yet.
Guardiola had seen enough and so he sent on...James McAtee, whose Premier League experience so far this season amounted to two minutes.
It's Phil Foden who is off and the form of the Footballer of the Year is a symbol of City's struggles.
And Vardy has just put a golden chance over the bar.
View from SunSport's Ken Lawrence at Goodison Park
Sean Dyche’s right – he frequently says that every time things start to look brighter at Everton another cloud shows up.
His side valiantly navigated their way through three successive draws against Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City.
The Toffees had lost only one of their last seven games and Dyche and should have been on something of a high - instead their first half performance against upwardly – mobile Forest has been a real downer for him and the home fans.
View from SunSport's Tom Barclay in North London
WHAT a huge goal that could prove to be for Ange Postecoglou.
Just as the Aussie was preparing to go in for half-time downbeat after Son Heung-min’s penalty miss, Brennan Johnson put his side in front with a fine finish.
Dejan Kulusevski teed it up and it feels at times today the Swede has been carrying Spurs, who may be winning but are not playing particularly well.
