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| Premier League, Matchday 1, Sunday 12th August 2018 | ||
| Liverpool | Kick Off - 13:30pm | West Ham United |
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4:0Half Time 2:0 |
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| Venue - Anfield | Shirt Worn - Home | Live on - Sky Sports |
| Goals | |
| 1:0 | 19' Mohamed Salah / right footed shot assisted by Robertson |
| 2:0 | 45+2' Sadio Mane / right footed shot assisted by Milner |
| 3:0 | 53' Sadio Mane / right footed shot assisted by Firmino |
| 4:0 | 88' Daniel Sturridge / left footed shot assisted by Milner |
| Line-Ups | |||||
| 13 | Alisson  |
1 | Lukasz Fabianski |
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| 66 | Trent Alexander-Arnold |  |
24 | Ryan Fredericks | |
| 12 | Joe Gomez | 21 | Angelo Ogbonna | ||
| 4 | Virgil van Dijk | 4 | Fabian Balbuena | |
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| 26 | Andrew Robertson | 26 | Arthur Masuako | ||
| 5 | Georginio Wijnaldum | 16 | Mark Noble (C) | ||
| 7 | James Milner (C) (MOTM) | 41 | Declan Rice  |
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| 8 | Naby Keita | 19 | Jack Wilshere | ||
| 10 | Sadio Mane |
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30 | Michail Antonio | |
| 11 | Mohamed Salah |
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8 | Felipe Anderson |
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| 9 | Roberto Fimino |
7 | Marko Arnautovic |
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| Substitutes | Substitues |
| 1 | Loris Karius | 13 | Adrian | ||
| 2 | Nathaniel Clynr | 5 | Pablo Zabaleta | ||
| 3 | Fabinho | 23 | Issa Diop | ||
| 14 | Jordan Henderson  |
14 | Pedro Obiang | ||
| 15 | Daniel Sturridge |
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11 | Robert Snodgrass |
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| 20 | Adam Lallana | 20 | Andrei Yarmolenko |
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| 23 | Xherdan Shaqiri |
17 | Javier Hernandez |
| Manager: Jurgen Klopp | Manager: Manuel Pellegrini |
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Anfield, Liverpool |
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| Liverpool | Stats | West Ham United |
| Attacking | ||
| 4 | Goals | 0 |
| 18 | Total Shots (inc blocked shots) | 5 |
| 8 | Shots on Target | 2 |
| 3 | Blocked Shots | 1 |
| 5 | Shots from outside the box | 1 |
| 13 | Shots from inside the box | 4 |
| 53.3% | Shot Accuracy (excluding blocked shots) | 50% |
| 0 | Woodwork Hit | 0 |
| General Play | ||
| 64.8% | Possession % | 35.2% |
| 41.9% | Duels Won % | 58.1% |
| 41.2% | Aerial Duels Won % | 58.8% |
| 9 | Interceptions | 11 |
| 8 | Dribbles | 8 |
| 5 | Offsides | 3 |
| 5 | Corners | 4 |
| Distribution | ||
| 672 | Total Passes | 360 |
| 6.4% | % of Passes Long | 15% |
| 90% | Passing Accuaracy % | 82.8% |
| 85.3% | Passing Accuracy opp Half % | 71.3% |
| 21 | Total Crosses | 12 |
| 33.3% | Successful Crosses % | 16.7% |
| Defence & Discipline | ||
| 19 | Tackles | 22 |
| 73.7% | Tackles Won % | 63.6% |
| 9 | Clearances | 20 |
| 14 | Fouls Conceded | 9 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
