Premier League: Liverpool Pass Up Title Race In Draw With West Ham

 

Liverpool managed to have a draw against West Ham despite coming from behind in a fateful game that is decider of their Premier League race. 

Having to draw 2-2 was a setback for Liverpool, after disappointingly sharing points with West Ham, which is a setback to their title race amidst speculations of Jurgen Klopp stepping down at the end of the season.

Liverpool had the better of the game and narrowly missed going ahead with Luis Diaz's effort bouncing off the bottom of the goal frame. West Ham got fired up near the closing minutes and Jarrod Bowen's header beat Allison to the goal and they took the lead. 

It didn't take long into the second half before Liverpool leveled with Andrew Robertson blasting home Diaz's to beat Areola to left bottom of the goal. The goalkeeper later deflected home Gakpo's shot that deflected off Ogbonna, putting the Reds ahead. Both sides later settled for a draw as Bowen's cross found Michail for a header that beat Allison for West Ham's second goal.

Having to remained winless back-to-back in Premier League games dealt a setback to Liverpool's contest for the title - they have only won one of the four previous games in the Premier League. With the loss, it leaves Arsenal and Manchester City in the race for the silverware. 

Overview

West Ham did not have the control that could have suggested they could have made anything out of the game but they made most of set pieces to share points with Liverpool. 

Bowen was instrumental to West Ham effective forward even though the team seemed lukewarm for much of the game but how they picked up pace in the latter stages of both halves to score was commendable.

Defensively, West Ham were not that strong enough to keep Liverpool out of their halve and the Reds exploited that for Areola's own goal but the goalkeeper also made some saves to keep the side in the game.