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.