At 19:30 on the evening of April 27, Beijing time, in the 35th round of the English Premier League, Liverpool played West Ham United in the London Bowl. Luis Dias volleyed the post in the first half and Bowen headed home to give West Ham a 1-0 lead over Liverpool. In the second half, Liverpool relied on an own goal from defender Ogbonna to take the lead 2-1, but Antonio's header equalised and the two teams ended up 2-2 with a point each. Liverpool has only won one of the last five league games after this campaign, and continues to rank third without a win in two consecutive rounds, two points behind Arsenal with one less game, and one point behind Manchester City, which has two games less, and basically withdrew from the title race.
Liverpool are third in the table and West Ham are eighth. Liverpool have lost two of their last three Premier League games, and compared to the last game against Everton, Klopp made several changes to the starting line-up, Nunez, Szobosloy, and Salah were all on the bench, and Elliott and Endo Airlines. Liverpool's starting XI Alisson stood in front of goal, Van Dijk partnered Kwanza in central defence, Robertson and Alexander-Arnold flanked by a combination of Robertson and Alexander-Arnold on the left and Hlafenberg in midfielders, Gakpo in the middle, Elliott on the right winger and Dias on the left.
In the 3rd minute, Elliott crossed 45 degrees from the right side of the penalty area, and Hrafenberg volleyed in front of the goal next to the left post, but there was no one in the middle to outflank him. In the 11th minute, Robertson crossed from the left, Gakpo crossed in the middle, the home team's defenders were not far away, and Elliott followed up with a follow-up shot into the side-netting. In the 14th minute, Liverpool's backfield crossed wrong, Bowen broke the ball and brought it to the top of the arc with a left-footed volley, Alisson fell to the ground and blocked.
In the 27th minute, Liverpool crossed 45 degrees from the right, Dias crossed from the left side of the penalty area, and Gakpo's shot was blocked by the arm of the visiting defender and then shoveled down in the penalty area, but the linesman signaled that Dias was offside, and VAR also showed that Dias was offside before receiving the ball, so he did not blow the penalty. In the 39th minute, Elliott crossed from the right side, Dias on the left side crossed in an inverted triangle, and Gakpo volleyed high with the outside instep. In the 40th minute, Luis Díaz volleyed into the near corner after a cross-cut from the left side of the penalty area shook off Coufal and Soucek, but the ball was blocked by the left post.
In the 43rd minute, Bowen's volley from the top of the penalty area was saved by Alisson. West Ham's tactical corner from the left, Kudus crossed, Bowen headed in front of Gakpo, the ball bounced to the ground and flew into the net, West Ham 1-0. West Ham led Liverpool 1-0 in the first half.
In the second half, Yibian fought again, and neither side made any substitutions. In the 47th minute, Luis Díaz crossed from the left side of the penalty area, and Hrafenberg outflanked and volleyed high. In the 48th minute, Luis Dias broke through on the left side and knocked on the left side of the penalty area, Robertson did not make adjustments in the middle and volleyed directly to the ball, the ball was saved by Areola and knocked down the left post and entered the net, Liverpool equalized 1-1.
In the 65th minute, Liverpool's left corner kick crossed, Van Dijk in the middle hit the ball but did not hit the target, Gakpo volleyed on the right side of the penalty area, the ball was not on target, but rubbed into the front of the goal, West Ham defender Ogbonna's leg bounced into his own net, Liverpool 2-1 overtook the score. In the 73rd minute, Dias drove the ball into the penalty area on the left side and volleyed into the far corner, which was saved by Areola.
In the 77th minute, Bowen crossed from the right side of the penalty area, and the unguarded Antonio shook his head to hit the goal to put the ball in, 2-2. Liverpool were immediately brought on Nunez, Salah and Joe Gomes after conceding the goal. In the 84th minute, Salah crossed from the right side of the penalty area, and Nunez shoveled before Caofal shoveled out the bottom line. In the 89th minute, Elliott's left-footed volley from outside the box was blocked by the crossbar.
In the end, Liverpool drew 2-2 with West Ham.
West Ham: 23-Areola, 4-Zouma, 5-Coufal, 21-Ogbonna, 33-Emerson, 19-Alvarez, 10-Paqueta, 14-Kudus, 28-Soucek (74'7-Ward-Prowse), 9-Antonio, 20-Bowen
Liverpool: 1-Alisson, 4-Van Dijk, 78-Kuansa (90+1'8-Szobosloy), 26-Robertson, 66-Alexander-Arnold (79'11-Salah), 3-Endo (79'2-Joe Gomez), 10-McAllister, 38-Hrafenberg, 7-Luis Dias (79'9-Nunez), 19-Elliott, 18-Gakpo
Source: Netease Sports Reporter: Bomber