Player Ratings for Liverpool's 3-1 Victory Over West Ham with Nunez Scoring Goal for 5th Consecutive Win.

Goals from Mohamed Salah, Darwin Nunez, and substitute Diogo Jota were enough for Liverpool to secure their fifth straight Premier League win on Sunday.

The Reds took the lead through Salah before Jarrod Bowen bagged an equalizer just before halftime. Liverpool came out strong in the second half, securing the win thanks to goals from Nunez and Jota.

The victory keeps Liverpool within two points of league leaders Manchester City.

It was the visitors who created the first clear-cut chance of the game in the sixth minute. Tomas Soucek was found by a Lucas Paqueta cross after ghosting into the middle of the penalty box completely unmarked. However, despite finding the corner with his subsequent headed effort, Alisson Becker was able to dive down brilliantly and tip the ball wide of the post.

Moments later, Liverpool were caught napping once again by a cross into the box. This time Soucek turned provider for an unmarked Michail Antonio, but his header was tame and well wide of the post.

West Ham would come to regret those missed chances just 10 minutes later when the referee pointed to the penalty spot after Neyef Aguard clumsily chopped Mohamed Salah down in the box. The resulting spot-kick was confidently scored by Salah, who rifled the ball into the middle of the net to make it 1-0.

After taking the lead, Liverpool began to control proceedings without really creating many chances. And despite making 100 more passes and enjoying 62% possession, it was West Ham who created the next real opportunity on goal - an opportunity that Jarrod Bowen would take.

Once again, a cross into the box caused problems for the Reds as Bowen stole a march on Virgil van Dijk from a Vladimir Coufal cross and executed a fantastic diving header into the bottom corner of the net.

On the stroke of halftime, Liverpool thought they had retaken the lead when Dominik Szoboszlai dinked a delightful cross into the back post area. Curtis Jones was on hand to volley it home, but he was deemed to have been just offside when the ball was played into the box.

Liverpool came out strong at the start of the second half, with Darwin Nunez spurning a glorious chance to give his side the lead in the 52nd minute. The Uruguayan was cleverly found in the heart of the penalty box by Salah, but despite being completely unmarked and having just the goalkeeper to beat, he sliced his effort well wide of the post.

Nunez would make amends on the hour mark, volleying home the ball after latching onto an inch-perfect chip over the top of the West Ham defense executed by Alexis Mac Alliser.

The Reds firmly secured all three points in the 85th minute when substitute Diogo Jota tapped home a Van Dijk flick down from a corner kick.