Darwin Nunez on the mark as Liverpool record back-to-back wins

Liverpool striker Darwin Nunez's first Anfield goal capped an impressive individual performance as victory over West Ham was secured thanks to Alisson Becker's penalty save.

The 23-year-old, a summer arrival in a £64million (€73.5million) deal which with add-ons could eventually make him a club-record signing, has had a disjointed start to his Liverpool career but is already becoming something of a cult figure.

His willingness to shoot on sight offers Jurgen Klopp's side an unpredictability in the final third and West Ham experienced that first-hand in a showreel 45 minutes from the striker, one of five changes from Sunday's win over Manchester City.

It helped extend Hammers boss David Moyes' winless run at Anfield to 19 matches and the club's woeful record to one victory since 1963 and just 10 points out a possible 111.

But they may have eked out a point had another South American - Brazil international Alisson - not come to Liverpool's rescue by denying Jarrod Bowen's penalty late in the first half.

Mohamed Salah moved back to the right side of a 4-4-2 to accommodate Nunez, whose role in the team has taken on more significance after Diogo Jota was ruled out until after the World Cup with a calf injury, but it did not affect the hosts' attacking intent.

They had 11 shots before the interval with the Uruguay international responsible for five of them as West Ham fans' taunts about being a poorer version of Andy Carroll came back to haunt them.

In the 15th minute Thiago Alcantara, given far too much space by England international Declan Rice and his midfield colleagues, clipped a pass over the top and Nunez allowed it to bounce once before hitting a dipping volley which Lukasz Fabianski did well to tip over.

But the Hammers