JOHN BRADLEY: In the quest to make it 19 for Liverpool,
an opportunity to make it 18, on the way to what they hope will be 19.
Of course the ultimate goal is the 19th league title,
tonight of course looking for their 18th successive Premier League win
and to equal that Premier League record, set by Manchester City.
It's been a season of making history for Liverpool,
why not make some more tonight?
Before we get underway we are to pause and remember a great of Liverpool past.
Brian Jackson, who sadly passed away last week.
The Anfield crowd applauding a former hero.
Here's Van Dijk for Liverpool.
Keita.
Lovely little run by Alexander-Arnold to create space for Salah.
Salah on the charge, Soucek with the challenge,
Salah again, Keita, it's slick from Liverpool, it comes to Firmino...
It will spin away for Alexander-Arnold.
His cross, Gini Wijnaldum!
Goal for Liverpool. Fabianski threw an arm and got something on it,
but he couldn't keep it out,
it's Alexander-Arnold supplying a goal for Gini Wijnaldum.
NIGEL SPACKMAN: I have to say, this is a brilliant header from Gini,
but you look at the goalkeeper and say, "You've got to do better than that."
It's good build-up play, the pressure is building on West Ham here,
they can't get it clear, good play between Mo and Naby Keita,
it comes out in the end
and what a ball this is,
going away, he hits it in first-time,
but you have to look at the goalkeeper,
at this level, knows he should have done better.
JOHN: Here's Mark Noble at the other end.
And Snodgrass.
Andrew Robertson holds up his compatriot.
Snodgrass goes very deep, it's a free header away for...
..Virgil van Dijk.
Alexander-Arnold with a miscue.
Angelo Ogbonna making sure the ball goes for another corner.
NIGEL: That was an up and under from Trent
but another corner, from the other side this time, for West Ham.
JOHN: It's Felipe Anderson who takes, lovely ball as well.
And it was Soucek who was arriving, he is a rangy boy in midfield,
is the man from the Czech Republic. He put a lot of pressure on Van Dijk there.
Here's the corner again - and down, and in!
And it's a really good header. West Ham level things up.
Liverpool caught out from the short corner, Alisson couldn't keep it out,
and Diop just happy to celebrate, West Ham get themselves on terms.
Robertson. Nice little gap opening up, lovely ball for Salah.
Salah attacking, and shooting!
And Fabianski going a little way towards redeeming himself
for the error that led to the Liverpool goal, with a good save.
That's a foul by Ngakia.
NIGEL: It should be a yellow card as well. That's a poor tackle.
Nicks it round the corner then he comes in the back.
JOHN: Good time for Alexander-Arnold to add to that one at Chelsea.
It is Alexander-Arnold.
And the goalkeeper watched it all the way,
he watched it well, it did get a little touch on the way through as well.
There's the corner -
oh, header, Van Dijk off the crossbar!
Beautiful delivery, firmly met.
Maybe just the pace on the ball, he couldn't quite get the control on the header.
NIGEL: Great header, just can't get above the ball and get it going down,
really good attempt though.
JOHN: Antonio.
Cresswell again.
Fornals.
And Noble.
And this is Snodgrass.
Noble again. Rice.
Dangerous-looking ball - Fornals, goal!
West Ham have come from behind,
and it's the substitute who's come on at the start of the second half
that has given them massive hope in their fight against relegation.
NIGEL: This was coming, we were getting a little sloppy, giving the ball away.
And when this breaks, Declan Rice just turns and whips it in first-time
and everybody switches off.
Fornals just pulls away from the two centre-backs,
gets in between that space in front of them and hits it first-time,
and the goalkeeper Alisson can't do anything about this.
Suddenly West Ham are 2-1 up here at Anfield.
JOHN: Here's Robertson, nicely done, Salah...
Oh, it's in! It's another gift from Fabianski,
and Liverpool are level, but my-oh-my, the West Ham goalkeeper, at the Kop end,
will want the ground to open up and swallow him.
NIGEL: Absolutely, a disaster for Fabianski and West Ham,
Mohamed Salah doesn't catch it as he wants to, terrible goalkeeping...
And that's just what Liverpool needed.
Terrible goalkeeping but we take the goal.
JOHN: Here's Firmino, it's glorious, and here comes Robertson.
The other way is Mane, and further over is Alexander-Arnold.
Big touch, Issa Diop.
NIGEL: Yeah, Diop just helped it out for a corner.
The momentum has completely changed with the goal;
the crowd are up for it, the players are up for it,
West Ham really don't know what to do.
JOHN: Diop with the header again.
Brave from Robertson, it will spin towards Virgil van Dijk.
Van Dijk's shot deflected and behind, off Ogbonna.
NIGEL: Liverpool have got the bit between their teeth here,
the crowd are willing them on and the players are responding.
It's another good header away by Diop, Robertson returns it with interest,
Salah round the corner!
And Firmino of all people hits the post, it was an almost impossible chance, it must be said.
Now they're appealing for handball.
NIGEL: It's going away from goal, he just tries to head it in,
lost his bearings a little bit.
JOHN: It's nigh-on impossible, isn't it, to score from there?
West Ham just trying to deny Liverpool areas to move into.
Firmino, always intelligent, always the one who can find space in tight areas.
This is Gomez.
Oh, it might come for Alexander-Arnold, it will!
And in by Sadio Mane!
Liverpool from behind, on a night when things were stakcing up against them,
they weren't playing well, they've had a couple of strokes of luck from the goalkeeper,
they get a break of the ball there for perhaps the first time all night,
and they make it count.
NIGEL: It's Joe Gomez this time who takes the responsibility of the shot,
the deflection there, pulled back by Trent,
and johnny on the spot is Mane, sticks it in the roof of the net.
JOHN: Sadio Mane scoring against West Ham again.
Here's Gini Wijnaldum, and here's Oxlade-Chamberlain,
and on the run is Alexander-Arnold, and across the face of goal for Sadio Mane!
And Liverpool wrap it up, and score four at home to West Ham for the third year running.
NIGEL: I think this goal is going to be knocked off for offside though,
I think Sadio's just gone in a little too early.
JOHN: Nigel Spackman knows the rules.
The goal is disallowed for offside.
Antonio.
Great run by Jarrod Bowen, what a moment this could be!
Oh, Alisson, the best in the business, with another big Liverpool save.
NIGEL: Bowen runs off Andy Robertson, in behind Van Dijk,
he's onside, lovely ball from Antonio as well,
but Alisson Becker stands up, makes himself big,
I think it comes off his chest. Big save from the big man.