**Team**
Joe Gomez came in for Curtis Jones in the only Liverpool change from last weekend’s win at Nottingham Forest.
**Liverpool:** Alisson, Gomez (Frimpong, 75), Van Dijk, Konate, Kerkez, Szoboszlai, Mac Allister, Salah, Gakpo, Ekitike (Ngumoha, 75), Gravenberch (Nyoni, 86).
**Unused subs:** Mamardashvili, Woodman, Chiesa, Jones, Robertson, Ramsay.
**First half**
It took only five minutes for Liverpool to go ahead through Ekitike.
West Ham were unable to clear their lines from a corner and Ryan Gravenberch found Ekitike in the area, the forward taking a touch before burying a half-volley into the near bottom corner.
The visitors’ response included a couple of set-pieces from which Konstantinos Mavropanos missed half-chances to equalise and, soon after, it was 2-0.
Dominik Szoboszlai delivered an inswinging corner and Van Dijk glanced home with a near-post header.
Alert defending by Ibrahima Konate was required to thwart Crysencio Summervillle after a loose Gravenberch pass had been intercepted by Jarrod Bowen.
And then, at the other end, another set-piece resulted in another Liverpool goal. Mohamed Salah took the corner this time and the ball found its way to Ekitike at the back post.
The No.22 showed awareness and technique to cushion a lay-off into Mac Allister, who dispatched a perfectly executed volley high into the net.