Liverpool ended the year 2024 in the best possible way, defeating its host West Ham United (5-0), this evening, Sunday, in the 19th round of the English Premier League.

The Liverpool quartet scored: Luis Diaz (30), Cody Jacobo (40), Mohamed Salah (44), Trent Alexander-Arnold (54) and Diogo Jota (84).

The Reds' balance rose to 45 points at the top, 8 points ahead of Nottingham Forest, who is in second place, while West Ham's balance remained 23 points, temporarily in 13th place.

West Ham goalkeeper, Alphonse Areola, blocked several dangerous balls from Liverpool, especially in the 23rd minute, when he blocked a powerful shot from Luis Diaz.

Liverpool ended Areola's steadfastness in the 30th minute, when he opened the scoring through Diaz, who penetrated the penalty area and tried to pass, so the ball bounced off the defense and returned to him, so he fired a creeping shot that landed in the goal.

Reds coach, Arne Sloat, made an emergency substitution, through which Jarrell Quansah replaced the injured Joe Gomez.

West Ham almost equalized in the 38th minute, after Quddus exchanged the ball with Paqueta, before the former sent a low shot that bounced off the post.

Liverpool added the second goal, in the 40th minute, when the ball reached Salah inside the penalty area, who passed it in the crowd to Jacobo, and the latter only put it into the net.

Salah left a new mark, as he scored the third goal in the 44th minute, after receiving a pass from Jones on the outskirts of the penalty area, and fired a shot towards the near bottom corner of West Ham’s goal.

Although West Ham improved slightly in the second half, Liverpool maintained their advantage, and Alexander-Arnold scored the fourth goal in the 54th minute, via a long-range shot that bounced off defender Kelman and deceived the goalkeeper.

Areola tried to clear the ball from Salah, and it fell in front of substitute Diogo Jota, but the French goalkeeper skillfully blocked the Portuguese striker's shot, in the 71st minute.

Quddous's header bounced off the frame of Liverpool's goal in the 75th minute, after which Alexander-Arnold set up the ball for Salah, who shot from the heart of the penalty area over the crossbar.

Jota scored the fifth goal, in the 84th minute, after receiving a pass from Salah, and shot a curved ball that Areola tried to clear to no avail, so the match ended with Liverpool’s victory (5-0).