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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Andy Hunter at Anfield

Darwin Núñez header edges Liverpool to win against wasteful West Ham

Darwin Núñez rises above West Ham’s Thilo Kehrer to power in the only goal of the night at Anfield.
Darwin Núñez rises above West Ham’s Thilo Kehrer to power in the only goal of the night at Anfield. Photograph: Peter Powell/EPA

Jürgen Klopp found respite from a poisonous few days in the sanctuary of Anfield. Victory over Manchester City had offered a springboard for Liverpool’s Premier League campaign, something that was almost forgotten amid the fallout from Sunday, and they capitalised with a leap from Darwin Núñez and Alisson’s acrobatics.

Liverpool’s £64m summer signing scored his first Anfield goal with a textbook header to deliver a second successive home league win. The goalkeeper, Alisson, secured it with a penalty save from West Ham’s Jarrod Bowen plus a crucial intervention when Tomas Soucek looked certain to equalise in the 87th minute.

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