Sadio Mane fires Liverpool to narrow win over West Ham to keep pressure on Manchester City

Sadio Mane was on target as Liverpool closed the gap on leaders Manchester City with a narrow 1-0 victory over West Ham at Anfield. The Senegal international netted his 12th Premier League goal of the campaign when he converted Trent Alexander Arnold’s miscued shot on 27 minutes.

Ad/> Mohamed Salah had earlier wasted a glorious chance when sent clear on Lukasz Fabianski, while Luis Diaz had a close-range shot cleared off the line by Aaron Cresswell. The Emirates FA CupSouthampton sweep past West Ham to reach FA Cup quarter-finals02/03/2022 AT 21:49 Liverpool dominated the first half but the Hammers had plenty of moments on the counter attack, with Pablo Fornals seeing a dinked effort hooked off the line by the impressive Alexander Arnold The visitors were missing captain Declan Rice through illness and saw their hopes of avoiding defeat further dented when their leading scorer Jarrod Bowen was helped off injured in the second half.

However, they should have levelled matters 20 minutes from time when Manuel Lanzini somehow blazed over from seven yards out. Liverpool saw out a nervy finale from there to become just the fourth club to clock up 600 Premier League wins and move within three points of the summit.

West Ham remain fifth having played more games than their nearest rivals in the battle for fourth spot. Next up, Liverpool host Inter Milan in the second leg of their Champions League tie on Tuesday night.

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