Analysis

Liverpool striker had a whale of a ball game for the Reds in their 5-2 blowout win over West Ham United in the Premier League, scoring once and assisting twice for his first assists of the calendar year 2026 in the kind of all around perfomance that the club envisioned when they signed him this past summer transfer window. Of course, Ekitike was the first of the top strikers Liverpool inked in the window, bagging the young star from Eintracht Frankfurt before spending even more money on Newcastle United's Alexander Isak. While the jury is still very much out on Isak at this point, Kopites are unequivocally smitten with Ekitike, and, at this point, every single fan at Anfield has to be looking at all the big money strikers who got signed this summer at other clubs and feel like despit...

Liverpool had their way with West Ham United as an attack on Saturday afternoon, destroying the East Londoners 5-2 in yet another key victory for the Reds in the Premier League. But Mohamed Salah was conspicuously absent from the proceedings. In fact, it was the record, for him personally, 10th Premier League game in a row that the Egyptian legend has failed to score a goal. He also failed to assist in this matchup with the Hammers, registering no dribbles completed, fouls drawn, or key passes while directly losing the ball four times. It was a rare disasterclass from a superstar player in which his team scored five goals. Now, we have already seen that, somehow, Liverpool are a stronger team with Salah involved than when he sits on the bench, but, at the same time, you can see why A...

Liverpool are finally starting to wake up and just had a dominant offensive performance against relegation candidates West Ham United, winning 5-2. And despite all the criticism levied at him this season, Dutch left winger Cody Gakpo played a crucial role in the win. Gakpo scored his sixth goal of the season as part of the Liverpool romping of their hapless East London counterparts, giving the forward a two goal cushion ahead of right winger Mohamed Salah in the season goal charts. And beyond the goals, Gakpo, as usual, had a nifty creative role with a trio of key passes, standing out as one of the several Liverpool players who had their way with a West Ham defense filled with gaps. Chance creation has never been the issue for Gakpo, and against weaker opponents like West Ham that...