Incidentally, West Ham had beaten the Reds 3-2 in the reverse fixture in the Premier League back in November.
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Liverpool are preparing for a tough assignment against West Ham United in the Premier League on Saturday. The London club are sitting fifth in the league table and are two points behind fourth-placed Manchester United. A lot of the credit has gone to manager David Moyes for helping transform West Ham into a lethal force in the league. On Saturday, he will bring his side to Merseyside to take on an in-form Liverpool team at Anfield. It will be an interesting match with both teams at the top of their game. Incidentally, West Ham had beaten the Reds 3-2 in the reverse fixture back in November.
Hence, it is not surprising that Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is expecting West Ham to pose a tough challenge this weekend. Besides, Klopp was also full of praise for Moyes and the work he has done with the London club during his pre-match press conference. Asked about facing David Moyes and the West Ham manager’s record of never winning at Anfield, Klopp replied, “Long may it continue! He was close, I think, a couple of times since I’ve been here, [he’s] very good. What West Ham are doing is incredibly good, I have to say. I am pleased for them; he is a really nice colleague.”
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“After all the things that happened [to him] in the past after his very successful spell at Everton, being at West Ham again and being himself in a really good way, making smart transfers, bringing really good players in and having a really strong side. Against us traditionally they are more defence orientated with counter-attacking, but if you let them play football now, I’m not sure who will be on the pitch or who is fit, but [Declan] Rice and [Tomas] Soucek is a really top double-six and then whatever is coming up front is really strong.
“[Jarrod] Bowen, what a player he became, unbelievable. I saw him at Hull [City] and he was really good that time, but I’m not sure a lot of people expected this jump. Unbelievable player. [Said] Benrahma outstanding. [Pablo] Fornals outstanding. [Michail] Antonio outstanding. For sure I forgot somebody who is in the offensive line.”
Klopp also remembered the 3-2 defeat suffered by his side in the reverse fixture and has challenged his players to produce a better performance in this game. “[They’re] all tempo, technique and the combination of that is really good, but we are not bad as well and that’s what we have to let them feel because in the game against West Ham [at the London Stadium] I don’t think we were ourselves, at least not to 100 per cent, which is what you should be. You should make it much more difficult for the others to score than we did that day. It’s long ago I know, a lot of good things happened since then but nonetheless we must be better than the first game,” he explained.
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