**Liverpool secured a much needed morale-boost on Sunday with a 2-0 Premier League win away to West Ham.**
Arne Slot’s side had lost their last three in all competitions and six of their previous seven in the league ahead of their victory over the Hammers.
At a press conference after the match, Slot was pressed on why he chose to leave star forward Mohammed Salah out of Sunday’s line up.
"I got this question already a lot. It's every time we play a game when I don't play Florian Wirtz, when I don't play Alexander Isak, when I don't play Hugo Ekitike, when I don't play Mo Salah," Slot said.
"It's about that, which is normal because they're all outstanding players and Mo has had an unbelievable career here at this club – and will have a very good future at this club because he's such a special player. Four games in 10 days with only 14 to 15 outfield players available for us, then you have to decide once in a while to make a certain line-up and you try to pick the best line-up for every single game.”
It was a big night too for Liverpool striker Aleksander Isak, who ended his own high-profile drought with his first League goal since leaving Newcastle.
Britain’s most expensive player, Isak converted a cutback from Cody Gakpo an hour in to the game.
Gakpo scored himself in stoppage time after West Ham’s Lucas Paqueta was sent off for dissent.