JOHN BRADLEY: Well, this is where the games really start to count,
and where the pressure starts to tell.
Liverpool with the opportunity to open up a 19-point gap
at the top of the Premier League.
Masuaku, that's towards Lanzini, onside!
Could have scored, the flag does go up now.
Manuel Lanzini, for a moment, thought he was in on goal.
STEPHEN: Brilliant ball from Masuaku, Lanzini offside but Alisson, brilliant bravery,
out at his feet, he doesn't know it's offside, he has to make a decision.
That's why he's the best at the moment.
JOHN: Lovely run from Firmino, on for Salah, and here comes Andrew Robertson!
Not going to go in. It's away by the intervention of Issa Diop.
It wouldn't have gone in anyway, Robertson trying to clip the ball home,
didn't quite get the connection he wanted.
STEPHEN: It's such lovely build-up from Liverpool,
the ball from Mohamed Salah is inch-perfect,
Fabianski does very well, he's quick, he's alert.
He's off his line, and if he doesn't come out, Robertson's got a free strike at goal.
JOHN: Nicely done by Arthur Masuaku.
Couldn't find Haller, looked a little cumbersome as he tried to change direction,
and Liverpool are trying to turn this from defence into attack.
It's towards Firmino.
It's a wonderful piece of close control, and now men are arriving,
Divock Origi - penalty kick, surely!
How about that for a first touch by Origi, how's he done that?
It all came from just a glorious moment of skill from Firmino,
and Origi, as laid-back as ever, wins the penalty.
STEPHEN: It's magnificent from Firmino and even better from Origi,
the skill to take the touch, most people would try and put their foot through it,
it's a great use of his body as well, gets his leg round the side,
Ogbonna doesn't know where he is, and then Diop, it's cumbersome,
he knows he's been beaten,
but everything coming from the Trent Alexander-Arnold break,
magnificent ball into the middle.
JOHN: Taking the responsibility with no James Milner fit at the moment,
and so up steps Salah...
Ah, brilliant. Never, ever a doubt,
Sent the goalkeeper the wrong way, gave him the eyes
and smashes the ball home, and Liverpool get themselves in front.
STEPHEN: Coolest man on the pitch, a lot of times he smashes it down the middle,
Fabianski tries to guess which way he's gonna go,
it's a magnificent penalty into the far side, plenty of pace and power on it,
and now West Ham have to change their game and come out of their shape.
JOHN: Towards Haller.
There was a ball on to Lanzini, he goes the other way to Snodgrass, and this is Rice.
And that's Lanzini, and that really is a chance for West Ham.
He's having a really bad barren spell at the moment.
STEPHEN: It's not even a brilliant ball in from Declan Rice,
it should be dealt with better by Liverpool, it's a chance again.
JOHN: It comes to Firmino!
Has Fabianski got fingertips on that? Think he has.
That's some save by the goalkeeper.
STEPHEN: Brilliant instinctive save,
great move from Liverpool, Salah just drifting in off that left-hand side,
then they do get a little bit fortunate here,
ricochets into the path of Firmino, and that close, the reactions from Fabianski,
outstanding, he keeps his team in at 1-0.
JOHN: It comes off Van Dijk and it does result in a West Ham corner.
It's their first. Ogbonna and Diop both forward.
Declan Rice no slouch either, delivery by Snodgrass,
and Van Dijk rises highest.
That's Salah.
Noble needed to get that touch, but now they're in trouble,
Salah has support, the ball is looking for Oxlade-Chamberlain,
who rides the challenge and scores for Liverpool.
One end of the field to the other, they do it better than anyone,
and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain was strong enough and smart enough
to double Liverpool's advantage.
STEPHEN: Magnificent play from Liverpool, the ball's bouncing,
Noble, Masuaku, they should deal with it better, they don't,
and this is a fantastic ball from Henderson,
but this is the key moment, Firmino doesn't get in Salah's way,
he allows him to play that ball cos he knows he's ahead of the game,
he knows he can see the run of Oxlade-Chamberlain,
and what a ball, the weight of the pass, but that touch,
can you get across the defender, can you bully him out the way?
It's brilliant from Oxlade-Chamberlain,
then it's all about the finish,
can you beat the keeper?
Great sidefoot into that bottom corner.
Fabianski with no chance.
JOHN: That's Snodgrass!
That's a big hand from Alisson, first time he's been called upon, Snodgrass denied.
STEPHEN: Snodgrass thinks he's scored, doesn't he? Lazy from Wijnaldum.
The ball isn't great into him from Lanzini,
but it's a great save again from Alisson.
JOHN: That was lost by Lanzini, and that's set off for Origi!
It's another good save by the goalkeeper, took the shot early,
and Fabianski responds well.
STEPHEN: It's picking the right pass and Oxlade-Chamberlain does it,
Origi on his left foot, forces a fantastic save again from Fabianski.
It's not the first time he's made a crucial save in this half.
JOHN: Fornals, managed to dance away
from a couple of Liverpool players before he lost it to Fabinho.
Who in turn loses it to Rice,
who bursts forward!
And Trent Alexander-Arnold...well, did his best to put it in his own net,
and it came back off the woodwork.
STEPHEN: It's a great save from Alisson, straight down his neck,
and it just ricochets so quickly into Alexander-Arnold's path,
he can do nothing to adjust his feet and knocks it off the post.
Good positioning from Alisson, fortunate for Liverpool.
JOHN: That's a touch by Firmino, it's beautifully weighted for Oxlade-Chamberlain,
and here comes Wijnaldum, and Salah!
Well, it's a clip, and it doesn't quite come round enough.
Beautiful from Liverpool again.
STEPHEN: It's so well-worked, the weight of pass, fantastic,
he just uses Cresswell and bends it round him,
Fabianski is beaten all ends up, there's hardly any backlift from Salah,
that's what takes Fabianski by surprise.
You often see Salah take a touch in that position, try and beat his man,
this time he takes everybody by surprise and he's very unlucky.
JOHN: Well, they're not out of this one yet, still seven minutes plus stoppage time to go,
and if they were to get one here they could grandstand it for their fans
in the final few minutes.
That's what they have to try and do.
STEPHEN: And this is where they've been most dangerous.
JOHN: Snodgrass, and the header...
Well, Alisson reacted so well, a fine save from the Liverpool goalkeeper.
STEPHEN: It's that high line again from Liverpool, great run from Declan Rice,
Oxlade-Chamberlain plays him onside,
and it's a fantastic header matched by an even better save.
JOHN: Jones.
In by Robertson.
Liverpool wanted to go and get another, but it's another good night for them,
another bad night for David Moyes against Liverpool,
as Jürgen Klopp's Reds march on.
They've now beaten absolutely everyone in the Premier League this season,
and there's still plenty more wins available.
Salah the hero on the night with a goal and an assist,
but Liverpool really, despite a couple of chances for West Ham,
won it with plenty to spare.