Liverpool could break bittersweet Premier League record in West Ham showdown

Liverpool could gain a bittersweet portion of Premier League past erstwhile they instrumentality connected West Ham United connected Sunday successful their last crippled of 2024.

Whatever transpires astatine the London Stadium connected December 29, Arne Slot's men volition participate the New Year apical of the Premier League standings, wherever they clasp a six-point pb implicit second-placed Arsenal with a crippled successful hand.

Leicester City did not marque beingness casual for the Reds connected Boxing Day, but a Cody Gakpo, Curtis Jones and Mohamed Salah-inspired comeback propelled the league leaders to a 3-1 win, 1 that moved them onto a magnificent 42 points for the season.

Liverpool's antiaircraft nous has suffered somewhat successful the lack of the injured Ibrahima Konate, though, arsenic Jordan Ayew's opener connected Boxing Day made it 4 games without a cleanable expanse for the Reds crossed each competitions.

Slot's men person besides been carved unfastened connected the roadworthy implicit the past 2 months, conceding 10 goals successful their past 4 Premier League distant games but managing to debar decision successful each of them.

Leaky Liverpool could marque Premier League past astatine West Ham

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In that time, Liverpool person played retired a 2-2 gully with Arsenal and a 3-3 stalemate with Newcastle United, portion seeing disconnected Southampton 3-2 and trouncing Tottenham Hotspur 6-3 connected the road.

If the Reds concede astatine slightest doubly connected Sunday but instrumentality location astatine slightest a point, they volition go the archetypal squad successful Premier League past to vessel aggregate goals successful 5 successive distant games but spell unbeaten successful each of them.

Ex-Feyenoord brag Slot is yet to oversee his archetypal nonaccomplishment connected rival territory since taking the reins, with the 1 blot connected his notebook coming astatine location to Nottingham Forest successful the mediate of September.

The Reds person won 11 and drawn 2 of their 13 distant matches nether the Dutchman's tutelage successful each competitions this season, and not since April's 2-0 Merseyside derby nonaccomplishment to Everton astatine Goodison Park person they been beaten connected force turf.

Liverpool's attacking powers seldom wane connected West Ham's crushed either, arsenic they person scored astatine slightest doubly successful their past 5 Premier League visits to the Irons, whom they thrashed 5-1 successful September's EFL Cup third-round contest.

Will Liverpool person immoderate players backmost for West Ham clash?

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Slot's broadside volition caput to the London Stadium without the services of Dominik Szoboszlai owed to suspension, and Slot conceded successful his pre-game property league that Konate (knee) and Conor Bradley (hamstring) would not beryllium acceptable either.

However, Slot refused to regularisation either antheral retired of the location clash with Manchester United connected January 5 erstwhile conducting his pre-game property conference, saying: "They volition not beryllium backmost for West Ham United, but past determination is simply a week successful betwixt [before the crippled against Manchester United] truthful let's spot however adjacent they are then.

"It's hard for maine to archer you astatine this infinitesimal due to the fact that they don't bid with the radical yet, but hopefully successful the upcoming days they travel person to that situation. And past again, Ibou has been retired past for 5 oregon six weeks maybe, Conor conscionable arsenic agelong I think, the aforesaid amount.

"And besides for them, they are successful contention with players that are wholly acceptable and doing truly well, truthful I person to marque the close judgement the infinitesimal they are backmost with the team."

While Liverpool stay unblemished connected the road, West Ham person been gathering up a caput of steam precocious and are looking to spell 5 Premier League games without decision for the archetypal clip since February.

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