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LIVERPOOL have thrashed West Ham 5-0 to extend their lead at the top of the Premier League table to eight points.Luis Diaz, Cody Gakpo, Mohamed Salah, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Diogo Jota fired the Reds to a third straight top-flight triumph on a routine night for Arne Slot’s men.Earlier, Manchester City finally stopped the rot with a 2-0 win over Leicester in the early kick-off.Elsewhere, Tottenham had to settle for a point after Wolves scored late on to secure a 2-2 draw.Nottingham Forest continued their good run with a 2-0 win away at Everton.FOOTBALL FREE BETS AND SIGN UP DEALSFollow our live blog below…Fans want clarity on contract rebelsWith January fast-approaching, the trio of Liverpool players who are out of contract in the summer would be able to speak to foreign clubs.As a result, the supporters just want to know who is planning to stay at Anfield.Not that the ongoing talks seem to be bothering the players, all three put in world-class performances today.Credit: ReutersCredit: APCredit: GettyCopy linkCopiedTough fixtures ahead for RedsLiverpool will need to keep putting in the performances as we head into 2025.They have some tricky away trips in their next five games and will be hoping for more performances like today.Not many teams in the Premier League will be relishing facing Arne Slot’s side right now.Copy linkCopiedBoss gives his thoughts on matchAfter their emphatic win in the capital, Liverpool’s Dutch manager gave Sky Sports his view on the performance:Today we kept control of the whole game. We spoke about giving the chances to teams. If you look at his numbers, Mo is in a very good place. The way we played with the ball, the amount of chances we created pleased me. I don’t think we give the West Ham fans a lot to cheer about, that was important.Arne SlotLiverpoolCopy linkCopiedSalah stars as contract talks continueMohamed Salah put in another vintage display this evening.The Egyptian King was rightly awarded the man of the match award for his performance against The Hammers.Reds’ fans will be hoping that the club can tie down Salah to a new contract as he is currently playing some of the best football of his career.Copy linkCopiedLiverpool send message to rivalsArne Slot’s side sent a warning to the rest of the Premier League today against West Ham.Week by week they seem to be getting better under their new manager.Next up, rivals Man Utd travel to Anfield.Ruben Amorim will be having some sleepless nights between now and then.Copy linkCopiedFT: West Ham 0-5 LiverpoolThis was the definition of the word demolition.Liverpool are just scoring goals for fun this season.As the stats show, it could have been so many more.West Ham can count themselves lucky that it was only five-nil.Copy linkCopiedFT: West Ham 0-5 LiverpoolCopy linkCopiedWest Ham 0-5 Liverpool90+2. We are into the second minute of the four added.Not that most of the West Ham fans would know, judging by all the empty seats, they are all back sat in their front rooms.For the Liverpool fans, this has been an enjoyable trip to the capital.Credit: APCopy linkCopiedWest Ham 0-5 Liverpool88. This is some way for West Ham to end their unbeaten run.They need to count their blessings though, had their keeper not had such a good game, this would have been double figures.Liverpool have been irresistible once again.Copy linkCopiedWest Ham 0-5 Liverpool84. This Liverpool team will take some stopping this season.Salah dribbles the ball from the halfway line, dancing past The Hammers’ challenges.He lays it off to Jota, who slots it in the top corner.Copy linkCopiedGoal – Diogo Jota (Liverpool)Copy linkCopiedWest Ham 0-4 Liverpool80. The London Stadium is emptying out like the closing ceremony of the 2012 Olympics has ended.West Ham’s fans will be disgruntled with the display today but they have to be more realistic and on this occasion admit they met a team who are just too good for them.Arne Slot’s side have well and truly burst some bubbles here today.Copy linkCopiedWest Ham 0-4 Liverpool76. Liverpool bring on Elliott and Tsimikas.They replace Jones and Robertson.Chance for the league leaders to rotate their team with plenty of fixtures coming up.The Hammers look like they have been run ragged tonight.Credit: PACopy linkCopiedWest Ham 0-4 Liverpool72. If it wasn’t for Areola, this would look like a rugby score.As The Reds pile forward once again, Jota brings a ball down in the box brilliantly before getting a well-struck shot away.The Hammers keeper reacts well to keep it out.Copy linkCopiedWest Ham 0-4 Liverpool68. The West Ham players are going down like they are made of glass.Any contact, mainly where the ball has been won fairly, and they are rolling around on the floor like they have been kneecapped by the mafia.There are more goals in this game, sadly for the hosts, they seem they will all come from Liverpool.Copy linkCopiedWest Ham 0-4 Liverpool64. West Ham are taking the damage limitation approach now.Five defenders and everyone behind the ball when The Reds have it.As a result, Slot’s side have so much time on the ball the game is just turning into one-way traffic.Copy linkCopiedWest Ham 0-4 Liverpool60. Arne Slot’s side are just fearless this season.Home or away, they take the game to whoever they are playing.You could rename this stadium to the ‘London Library’ now.Bowen comes off, struggling to shake off an injury.Copy linkCopiedWest Ham 0-4 Liverpool56. This is men against boys in the capital.Lopetegui’s side are not even in the same league as the visitors.The ball is played to Alexander-Arnold some way out, he shifts it in front of him and lets fly from distance.It takes a deflection off Kilman, wrong-footing Areola, and heads straight into the back of the net.Credit: GettyCopy linkCopiedGoal – Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool)Copy linkCopiedWest Ham 0-3 Liverpool52. As it seems technology is here to stay in the game, maybe we need to go full tilt and have fully automated officiating.Bowen looks the run away from Mac Allister, who slides in and wins the ball before looking to go forward.Anthony Taylor blows up for a free-kick, what even are the rules of football now?The Liverpool man clearly won the ball there.Copy linkCopiedWest Ham 0-3 Liverpool48. We are back underway at the London Stadium.A threaded ball finds Salah but as he looks to bend one in the far corner, Areola tips it around the post for a corner.The Hammers have brought on Fullkrug and Todibo at the interval.To be fair, unless this was a FIFA game and they were bringing on a peak Bobby Moore, Paulo Di Canio and Carlos Tevez they are unlikely to worry The Reds too much.Copy linkCopiedHT: West Ham 0-3 LiverpoolBig test for The Hammers in their own backyard now.They need to try and get the next goal or they could be on the end of the same sort of hiding The Reds gave Tottenham.For the league leaders, it is all about keeping the levels up and not taking their foot off the gas.Copy linkCopiedHT: West Ham 0-3 LiverpoolIt is a footballing masterclass from Arne Slot’s side in the capital.They are so much better than this West Ham team that the hosts look a punch-drunk boxer each time they attack.The important thing for the league leaders now is not to take their foot off the gas and put The Hammers to the sword.Copy linkCopiedHT: West Ham 0-3 LiverpoolCopy linkCopiedView from SunSport’s Charlie Wyett in LondonLiverpool are good value for a three-goal lead and this could now get really messy for West Ham manager Julen Lopetegui in the second half.West Ham fell to pieces once Mohammed Kudus saw his shot hit the post with the team trailing at 1-0. Lots of boos at half-time although some fans have already gone home.Copy linkCopied More

THE Premier League returns today for another round of bumper action. Leicester vs Manchester City and Tottenham vs Wolves are the standout ties from the five afternoon kick offs.Sunday’s evening match sees West Ham host league leaders Liverpool in a blockbuster clash at the London Stadium.Kick off times: 2.30pm/3pm/5.15pm GMTFOOTBALL FREE BETS AND SIGN UP DEALSFollow our live blog below…HT: Everton 0-1 Nott’m ForestThe draw specialists are losing at Goodison Park.They have failed to register a single shot on target in the first-half.Forest have not created a great deal and will need to take it up a gear or two to put this game to bed.Copy linkCopiedLeicester 0-2 Man City74. The Foxes get their just desserts for their wastefulness.De Bruyne spreads it out wide to Savinho, who whips in an inch-perfect cross to the Norwegian.Haaland heads into the far corner to double the visitors’ lead.Copy linkCopiedGoal – Erling Haaland (Man City)Copy linkCopiedHT: Crystal Palace 1-1 SouthamptonWill Southampton be in the Premier League next season?Yes, in the form of Tyler Dibling who is guaranteed to picked up by somebody as The Saints are relegated.Palace should be out of sight in this game but are proving to be wasteful in front of goal.Copy linkCopiedHT: Tottenham 2-1 WolvesAs ever it is the same old story for Spurs.They look great going forward but defensively they look like they could not stop a marauding toddler making it through the middle of the park.However, they lead at the break, which would be enough to take some pressure off Ange Postecoglou.Copy linkCopiedView from SunSport’s Dan King at the King PowerIt really is all Leicester. They’ve had three decent openings in this second half, without forcing Stefan Ortega into a save yet. Guardiola had seen enough and so he sent on…James McAtee, whose Premier League experience so far this season amounted to two minutes. It’s Phil Foden who is off and the form of the Footballer of the Year is a symbol of City’s struggles. And Vardy has just put a golden chance over the bar.Copy linkCopiedView from SunSport’s Ken Lawrence at Goodison ParkSean Dyche’s right – he frequently says that every time things start to look brighter at Everton another cloud shows up.His side valiantly navigated their way through three successive draws against Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City.The Toffees had lost only one of their last seven games and Dyche and should have been on something of a high  – instead their first half performance against upwardly – mobile Forest has been a real downer for him and the home fans.Copy linkCopiedView from SunSport’s Tom Barclay in North LondonWHAT a huge goal that could prove to be for Ange Postecoglou.Just as the Aussie was preparing to go in for half-time downbeat after Son Heung-min’s penalty miss, Brennan Johnson put his side in front with a fine finish.Dejan Kulusevski teed it up and it feels at times today the Swede has been carrying Spurs, who may be winning but are not playing particularly well.Copy linkCopiedView from SunSport’s Jordan Davies at Selhurst ParkDecent half between two struggling teams, but Ivan Juric needs to find something else from his Saints. They have had their moments but Palace look so dangerous, yet so wasteful.In his programme notes, Palace boss Oliver Glasner wrote: “There is a great quote from Kobe Bryant: ‘Try to be better today than you were yesterday, and better tomorrow than you were today’. This won’t stop in 2025.”How about simply being better in the second half?Copy linkCopiedView from SunSport’s Andy Dillon at Craven CottageBOURNEMOUTH are lucky to still be in this game. They are a goal down but could easily be a man down too.Ryan Christie has escaped with a booking for what to everyone except ref Rob Jones and VAR Peter Bankes a cast-iron studs up challenge on Antonee Robinson.The midfielder took out Andreas Pereira and lost control of the ball in doing so, he then went full throttle to reclaim and came together with Robinson’s left shin. How that is not a red I wait to be informed by the PGMOL.Copy linkCopiedTottenham 2-1 Wolves45+3. Some great play from Kulusevski once again.This time he finds Johnson in the middle of the box, who slots into the bottom right-hand corner of the goal.Are you not entertained?Credit: ReutersCopy linkCopiedGoal – Brennan Johnson (Tottenham)Copy linkCopiedView from SunSport’s Ken Lawrence at Goodison ParkNuno Espirito Santo had to deal with what looked like a major blow after defensive rock Murillo was forced to pull out in the warm up.Winger Ramon Sosa replaced him with midfielder Nico Williams dropping to left back in a re – build back four.But the rear guard that suffered was Everton’s – no thanks to sloppy work from the midfield ahead of them and there was little surprise when Chris Wood delivered a fine opener.Copy linkCopiedLeicester 0-1 Man City58. We may be missing a trick with some Premier League players.Bernardo Silva could be the answer to ending third-world hunger, he can make a meal out of anything.A slight contact from Soumare sends the Portuguese midfielder flying in the air and rolling another twenty yards down the pitch.Copy linkCopiedFulham 1-0 Bournemouth40. Classic from Fulham.Under the cosh for most of the game, they force a corner and take the lead in West London.Pereira’s delivery picks out Jimenez who heads home to get the Craven Cottage crowd going.Copy linkCopiedGoal – Raul Jimenez (Fulham)Copy linkCopiedView from SunSport’s Jordan Davies at Selhurst ParkAaron Ramsdale is still complaining about that Palace equaliser. Mateta certainly has a big shove on the former Arsenal keeper before Chalobah’s header bobbles over the line from the corner.Ramsdale has been having a good moan to himself with the ball up the other end, but he was called into action just now with a strong palm to deny Sarr and then getting behind an acrobatic overhead kick from Lerma.Copy linkCopiedEverton 0-1 Nott’m Forest37. If you wanted to ensure you didn’t get hit in the face by the ball at Goodison Park, the opposition goal seems the safest place to be.The Toffees really do not create enough chances.Forest have only had one shot on target in the game so far, but it seems enough to win this game currently.Colleen Rooney is in the stands for the game today and you start to wonder if she could be a better job than Broja up top.Credit: PACopy linkCopiedViiew from SunSport’s Andy Dillon at Craven CottageSOMETHING YOU don’t  see everyday. Bournemouth take shape for an attacking corner and play stops so that Fulham keeper Bernd Leno can have a drink of red bull from a tin beside his post.Leno points to his throat as if to suggest he has a sore throat. Odd.Copy linkCopiedCrystal Palace 1-1 Southampton34. It is going to be a close run thing this season to see who lets more in, The Saints or Southampton ferry terminal.As a Will Hughes cross comes into the box, Chalobah heads home from close range.Selhurst Park erupts into a cauldron of noise.Copy linkCopiedGoal – Trevor Chalobah (Crystal Palace)Copy linkCopiedView from SunSport’s Jordan Davies at Selhurst ParkThe first Southampton goal of the Ivan Juric era is here and it was scored by the teenage sensation Tyler Dibling.Whisper it quietly, but for all the direct, back-to-front long balls Juric likes his side to execute, this opener was Russell Martin-esque.Lots of great passing on the deck, switching the play from right to left and ending with a brilliant, low cross flicked on by Adam Armstrong and tapped in by Dibling from a few yards out.This was meant to be the battle of the big men: Crystal Palace’s Jean-Philippe Mateta at 6ft4 vs Saints giant Paul Onuachu at 6ft7.But so far, it was a skinny teenager who has seemingly-doomed Southampton dreaming of just a second win in the Prem this term.Copy linkCopiedView from SunSport’s Andy Dillon at Craven CottageWHAT started at breakneck speed is now rather flat-footed. A chance each and not much else. Maybe the excitement of recent results – and Bournemouth’s absentee list – is catching up with them. Fulham are not taking advantage of eight players missing from the visiting line up.Copy linkCopiedView from SunSport’s Tom Barclay in North LondonWELL it would not be a Spurs game without plenty of incident and goals – and there has been more than enough for most games inside the first 23 minutes here.Wolves went 1-0 up through Hwang Hee-Chan’s excellent strike to have the away fans singing boss Vitor Pereira’s name from the stands.But then Rodrigo Bentancur levelled things up with a bullet header from Pedro Porro’s corner – the same routine that worked against Ipswich last month.Ange Postecoglou must have had his heart in his mouth though when back-up goalkeeper Fraser Forster went down clutching his left leg, though he is carrying on for now.Oh and Matheus Cunha has looked like a Champions League-level player with some of his touches.Copy linkCopiedFulham 0-0 Bournemouth28. It is the visitors who are dominating in West London.The Cherries have had all the possession and most of the attempts at goal in the opening half an hour.The Cottagers seem to using the same tactic they did against Chelsea, absorb all they can throw at us and try and hit them on the counter-attack.Copy linkCopied More