West Ham United's Crysencio Summerville and Liverpool striker Cody Gakpo on the pitch after the Premier League match at Anfield on February 28 2026(Image: Paul ELLIS / AFP via Getty Images)

Liverpool continued to build momentum with an ultimately comfortable victory over West Ham United on Saturday afternoon. Hugo Ekitike, Virgil van Dijk, Alexis Mac Allister, Cody Gakpo and an Axel Disasi own goal helped the Reds towards a 5-2 win with Tomas Soucek and Taty Castellanos replying.

The result means Arne Slot's side are now firmly in the running for a top-four place and have lost only twice in their last 21 games in all competitions.

But there was plenty that went unnoticed or under the radar during the 90 minutes at Anfield...

Gomez told

Joe Gomez was the latest to brave the Liverpool right-back curse and step into the position. And that he managed to get through unscathed will be a huge relief...