West Ham punished with three costly mistakes liverpool Goalkeeper Alison Baker came as the Reds lost their 25-match unbeaten 3-2 at the London Stadium on Sunday. Had they avoided the loss in East London, Jurgen Klopp’s side would have broken the club’s unbeaten run record in all competitions, which had stood since 1982. But instead Alisson’s disastrous performance condemned Liverpool to their first defeat since Real Madrid beat him in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals in April. Liverpool have not lost in the league since Fulham won at Anfield in March. It was a day to forget for Alisson, whose own goal gave West Ham a first-half lead.
Trent Alexander-Arnold equalized with a brilliant free-kick, but Alisson was at fault again after half-time as Pablo Fornals and Kurt Zouma.
Divock Origi got once again for Liverpool, but it was not enough to sustain his long unbeaten streak.
Liverpool fell to fourth place in the Premier League as West Ham climbed above them to third.
The Reds are four points behind leader Chelsea, while West Ham are only three points behind Thomas Tuchel’s men.
West Ham’s first league win against Liverpool since 2016 was also their manager David Moyes’ first league success against Klopp in the eighth attempt.
Moyes has done an amazing job in his second spell at West Ham and it will be a challenge to earn a place in the Champions League if he maintains this level of performance.
It took just four minutes for West Ham to take the lead with a controversial opener.
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Fornals’ inswinging corner ran to Angelo Ogbona, who came past Alisson with a jump that obstructed the Brazilian’s approach.
Ogbona’s hand made contact with Alisson as the keeper’s attempt to punch clearly turned the ball behind him and into his net.
After a lengthy VAR investigation, Liverpool players surrounded referee Craig Poson, claiming that Alisson had been claimed both a foul and a handball by Ogbona, but the goal was allowed to stand.
There was more VAR anger after Klopp’s moments when Aaron Cresswell escaped a red card for an ugly foul on Jordan Henderson that caught the Liverpool captain on his knee.
Liverpool lost their first goal when unmarked Diogo Jota went past Henderson’s cross.
Klopp’s smile returned briefly in the 41st minute as Alexander-Arnold brought Liverpool level.
Mohamed Salah’s sharp legs pulled a foul from Declan Rice on the edge of the field and Alexander-Arnold struck a brilliant strike over the wall and into the top corner of Lukasz Fabianski’s net.
Alexander-Arnold’s first goal since April was just a reward for an impressive performance from the right-back, who regularly moved to central midfield to help control Liverpool’s attacks.
After scoring from his first corner, West Ham’s second goal followed shortly after the interval when Craig Dawson led against the bar from Fornals’ corner.
Sadio Mane threatened a volley from Andrew Robertson’s cross, but the forward effort was too close for Fabianski.
Liverpool’s commitment to throwing bodies forward in search of victory came back to bite them in the 67th minute.
After losing to Mane’s possession, Jarrod Bown began a mesmerizing run through several challenges from the Reds before slipping a pass to Fornals, whose low shot from the edge of the field slipped under Alison’s weak effort.
Alisson’s nightmare was not yet over and the keeper was forced out of position at the far post as the unmarked Zouma led West Ham’s third goal from Bowen’s 74th-minute corner.
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Salah’s shot came his way in the 83rd minute, after which Origi scrambled into the house.
Mane widened the away post to avoid a tense West Ham finale.
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