Liverpool host in-form West Ham in Premier League

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Another important home game for LFC.

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00:00 Looking ahead to Liverpool's next Premier League game, West Ham are home.

00:04 West Ham have made a very good start to the league this season, three wins already for them.

00:09 What do you expect going into that game?

00:12 Is there going to be a fresh Liverpool squad?

00:14 Is it looking good going into that game for them?

00:16 Yeah, well, Michael Antonio will certainly give Jürgen Klopp his pre-match team talk,

00:23 by saying I think they'll finish ahead of them.

00:25 You need to pin it on the wall and just read that out and there you go, let's see if they can do it.

00:31 West Ham have made a good start, I've been impressed by their recruitment.

00:35 Celent Echelon-Reichsburg getting in some top quality players,

00:39 Shane Ford-Proust has made a real impact there and Fair Play have always liked him as a player.

00:45 Maybe he's been pigeonholed as just a set-piece taker,

00:49 but I think he's shown he's just more than that in a better team, to be quite frank.

00:55 I think it'll be interesting to see what, as we speak, Liverpool play in the Europa League.

01:02 He's last gone on Thursday, it'll be interesting to see what size his fields are there,

01:07 I can see changes being made and that gives Jürgen Klopp eight days for his squad to freshen up.

01:16 Sir Boz Slagherby, Reston McAllister certainly will have a good rest in him, he'll need it.

01:21 Mo Salah, you would think. Virgil van Dijk will be back.

01:25 Kanate, you might get a game under his belt in the Europa League and that'll maybe see him return.

01:30 Trent Alexander-Arnold, if he's back from his hamstring injury, will be a big boost for Liverpool.

01:36 But obviously Liverpool, they have looked a little bit vulnerable at times,

01:41 we've seen that at Walls in the first half.

01:42 They were very, very lucky to get in just a goal behind, to be quite frank.

01:48 West Ham have a lot of attacking potency, with Jadon Bowen being the main one,

01:55 but Antoine Oconcord has problems, and Ward-Prouse and Kuzosu's come in, there's a lot there.

02:02 But Kenya, I can't pronounce his name, sorry, but he's the one who nearly went to Manchester City.

02:11 But I think if Liverpool get three points there, I don't want to say it's a statement,

02:17 but it's the beaten teams that have designs on Europe themselves.

02:25 Man City will have designs on finishing the top seven this season.

02:28 So if you beat them, and if you beat them fairly comfortably,

02:34 then you look at anything other teams are going to be looking at,

02:36 I'm thinking, well, Man City, all right, they were away and they had to come behind,

02:41 but Man City toiled a little bit against West Ham,

02:44 and Liverpool, when they put them to the sword there quite easily,

02:48 what could they do this season?

02:49 But yeah, as I say, it'd be interesting to see the side that Jadon Cox named in Europe,

02:54 and then West Ham, but it's a tough game.

02:57 It's a cliche in every Premier League game, it's a tough game,

03:00 but I think if Liverpool get the job done, then it's, what, six wins in seven.

03:06 Or five wins in six, I beg your pardon.

03:08 And looking back on that draw, it means Chelsea decides the season,

03:13 and that was an opportunity missed there, wasn't it, Liverpool?

03:16 She's a one-all the games, but you can't really think like that.

03:19 But yeah, I think it'll be a good game,

03:21 be interesting to see how Liverpool respond from the Thursday fixture.

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