Liverpool's win against West Ham at home was secured by Sadio Mane's first-half goal, which brought the Reds closer again to Manchester City with 3 points gap in the league table.

Sadio Mane's goal came in from a fine assist from Alexander-Arnold.

However, Manuel Lanzini as well as Pablo Fornals both missed golden opportunities to equalize as Jurgen Klopp's side won deservedly.

During a clash with former Hull player Andy Robertson, Hammers attacker Jarrod Bowen received what seemed to be a serious injury and was escorted off the field and into the tunnel.

It would be the last thing West Ham boss David Moyes wanted 5 days even before the visit to Sevilla for their last sixteen first-leg Europa League game.

Aside from worrying about Bowen's fitness, manager David Moyes will also be keeping an eye on Declan Rice's recovery from sickness, which made him unavailable during their encounter with Liverpool this Saturday.

"Throughout Thursday and up to Friday, Declan was afflicted with some kind of ailment. At this point, I'm unsure whether that will be a problem, but we're hoping for the best."

"I believe Jarrod would have to take a scan on his heel. In the absence of him, the Sevilla match would be a major setback for us "added the Scots to the mix."

The Reds missed many opportunities to enhance their advantage, even though Luis Diaz who came new in the club were especially brilliant in the game.

Due to the nature of the championship race, the only thing that counted was the outcome of the game, which is the win. Now, on Sunday derby match with both Manchester clubs, Liverpool supporters are rooting for a win from United against City at Etihad Stadium to avoid more gaps from them in the league table.

"We had the opportunity to do more. To win, we needs a powerful second half, fast legs, and a great heart and desire that we didn't have in the first half "According to Klopp, on BBC Match of the Day, he said."

"If you're going to win far too many consecutive games, you're going to need a little bit of luck eventually.

If Mohamed Salah had grabbed the first-minute opportunity that happened to come as a big chance to scoring, yet he of blasted it directly to the hands of West Ham goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski, life would have been a lot less difficult for Liverpool's supporters.

At times, Liverpool's offense is so swift and fluid that the opposition's defenses are unable to adapt. There is little doubt that Diaz, their £37.5 million January acquisition from Porto, meets the bill.

It took a fantastic piece of brilliance from the Colombian to set up an early opportunity for himself, but landed towards Craig Dawson's face as he smashed the ball for the goal .

During the second half game, Luiz Diaz also got close to scoring multiple times, the first of which was especially spectacular in the manner he used Mane's ball to set up a scoring opportunity that went just wide. In the last minute during injury time, he received a praise from the fan for his performance.

A "great player" and a "simple player to train," Klopp said of Luis Suarez. "All the things he does are quite comfortable to him," Klopp said. "There isn't a lot of instruction required. Although he has to improve on a few defensive aspects, he is highly football savvy, has a great deal of passion, and is eager to battle for the club."

The only time in the game that meant something for the Liverpool's fans was when a fantastic low pass from Alexander-Arnold which was found by Mane to drive home the win at Anfield.

Sadio Mane was on point in the game as his now scored 4 goal from 5 game appearance when Alexander-Arnold sets up a fine assist for the Senegal strike.