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West Ham Too Hot for Shaky Reds Defence

 

Martin Skrtel, Dejan Lovren and Mamadou Sakho were all simply woeful as Liverpool succumbed to a 3-1 defeat at West Ham.

The Hammers tore Brendan Rodgers’ side apart in the opening exchanges, scoring twice in the opening seven minutes as Simon Mignolet and the entire Reds defence all failed to impress.

1411233254103_wps_29_LONDON_ENGLAND_SEPTEMBER_Martin Skrtel and Dejan Lovren looked in utter disarray right from the start, with Winston Reid putting the Hammers ahead after less than 90 seconds, before Diafra Sakho made it two with an outrageous dinked chip over Simon Mignolet within seven minutes.

Mamadou Sakho failed to make a single block, tackle or interception during his 70 minutes on the pitch

This was just Skrtel and Lovren’s third start together, with their most recent outing alongside each other coming in their 3-1 defeat away at Manchester City.

And they simply could not deal with the power of Enner Valencia and Diafra Sakho, who were both superb throughout.

Raheem Sterling fired one in to bring Liverpool back to within a goal of the Hammers.

Liverpool conceded two or more goals in 16 of their Premier League games last season. They managed to wrestle 23 points out of a possible 48 in those games, but it is something that will need to be addressed if they are to challenge again at the Premier League summit this time round.