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2021/22 English Premier League
Matchday 28
Liverpool v West Ham United
Anfield
Liverpool, England
Saturday, 5 March 2022
Kick-off is at 19h30
Liverpool will be looking to keep their
Premier League title challenge alive when they welcome West Ham to Anfield on Saturday, March 5.
Jurgen Klopp's side has won their last six matches to close within six points of league leaders Manchester City with a game in hand.
Last week's 6-0 thrashing of Leeds extended their unbeaten run to seven outings, while morale will be at an all-time high after the Reds beat Chelsea on penalties to secure the EFL Cup on Sunday.
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The Merseysiders have now won the competition a record nine times, although for Klopp it was his first triumph since taking charge in 2015 and he was delighted to have contained the Blues in the end.
"I'm not sure 100 per cent but the first half was like 63 or something [per cent] possession - against Chelsea that's not that easy, so there was a lot of good football stuff obviously," he said in the post-match press conference at Wembley.
"But over 120 minutes you cannot hold them back and away from your goal, so they had their chances and obviously they scored 'goals' more than us, but they all were offside.
"That's pretty harsh to take for them I can imagine but I'm really happy about the effort and all these kind of things and yes, it's a big one for us because it's the first time for this group but the ninth time for the club, which is very important as well."
The east Londoners remain in the hunt for UEFA Champions League football, with the 1-0 win over Wolves on Sunday taking them within two points of the top-four in fifth place.
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Hammers boss David Moyes has seen his team go undefeated in their last four encounters and he's urging them to keep the momentum going ahead of a tough run of fixtures.
"We're going to need resilience because we've got so many games coming up," Moyes said. "I think the tightness in the Premier League is as close as it's ever been. I can hardly call a game at the moment with the way the results are going.
"Whether it be trying to avoid relegation or trying to get into Europe, whatever position you are, you can see it's really, really tight this season. We might find that we have lots of this type of game this season, where we're under pressure, and we're going to have to try to win them at all costs."
Head-to-Head (Last Five Premier League Meetings)
Matches - 5
Liverpool - 4
West Ham - 1
Draws - 0
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