Draw at West Ham dents Liverpool title hopes

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By Jess AndersonBBC Sport

Last updated on 10 minutes ago.From the section Premier League

Jarrod Bowen scores for West HamBowen has scored 16 Premier League goals this season

Liverpool's Premier League title hopes seem all but over as Michail Antonio scored to rescue a point for West Ham at London Stadium.

Jarrod Bowen opened the scoring just before the break when he rose highest to meet Mohammed Kudus' cross into the area as Liverpool showed little evidence that their Merseyside derby loss in midweek had done much in the way of spurring them on.

But the visitors were much improved in the second half and Andy Robertson equalised when he scored from Luis Diaz's low pass into the penalty area.

They were then rewarded for their pressure when Cody Gakpo's effort from a corner bounced off Angelo Ogbonna, Tomas Soucek and Alphonse Areola before finding the back of the net.

It looked like they were on their way to bouncing back from back-to-back defeats in the league until Antonio's thumping header put the Hammers back on level terms.

Liverpool sit third in the table with three games remaining, two points behind leaders Arsenal, who face Tottenham on Sunday, while Manchester City are second but have two games in hand.

Liverpool's title hopes appear to be all but over, with the Reds relying on both of their title rivals to slip up to get back in the race.

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West Ham United

  1. Squad number23Player nameAreola

  2. Squad number5Player nameCoufal

  3. Squad number4Player nameZouma

  4. Squad number21Player nameOgbonna

  5. Squad number33Player nameEmerson

  6. Squad number28Player nameSoucek

  7. Squad number19Player nameÁlvarez

  8. Squad number20Player nameBowen

  9. Squad number10Player nameLucas Paquetá

  10. Squad number14Player nameKudus

  11. Squad number9Player nameAntonio

  1. Squad number7Player nameWard-Prowse

Liverpool

  1. Squad number1Player nameAlisson

  2. Squad number66Player nameAlexander-Arnold

  3. Squad number78Player nameQuansah

  4. Squad number4Player namevan Dijk

  5. Squad number26Player nameRobertson

  6. Squad number10Player nameMac Allister

  7. Squad number3Player nameEndo

  8. Squad number38Player nameGravenberch

  9. Squad number19Player nameElliott

  10. Squad number18Player nameGakpo

  11. Squad number7Player nameDíaz

  1. Squad number2Player nameGomez

  2. Squad number8Player nameSzoboszlai

  3. Squad number9Player nameNúñez

  4. Squad number11Player nameMohamed Salah

Line-ups

West Ham

Formation 4-2-3-1

  • 23Areola
  • 5Coufal
  • 4Zouma
  • 21Ogbonna
  • 33Emerson
  • 28SoucekSubstituted forWard-Prowseat 74'minutes
  • 19Álvarez
  • 20Bowen
  • 10Lucas Paquetá
  • 14Kudus
  • 9Antonio

Substitutes

  • 1Fabianski
  • 2Johnson
  • 3Cresswell
  • 7Ward-Prowse
  • 11Phillips
  • 17Cornet
  • 18Ings
  • 42Casey
  • 45Mubama

Liverpool

Formation 4-3-3

  • 1Alisson
  • 66Alexander-ArnoldSubstituted forGomezat 79'minutes
  • 78QuansahSubstituted forSzoboszlaiat 90+1'minutes
  • 4van Dijk
  • 26Robertson
  • 10Mac AllisterBooked at 90mins
  • 3EndoBooked at 30minsSubstituted forNúñezat 79'minutes
  • 38Gravenberch
  • 19Elliott
  • 18Gakpo
  • 7DíazSubstituted forSalahat 79'minutes

Substitutes

  • 2Gomez
  • 5Konaté
  • 8Szoboszlai
  • 9Núñez
  • 11Salah
  • 17Jones
  • 21Tsimikas
  • 43Bajcetic
  • 62Kelleher

Live Text

  1. Match ends, West Ham United 2, Liverpool 2.

  2. Second Half ends, West Ham United 2, Liverpool 2.

  3. Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Alexis Mac Allister.

  4. Attempt blocked. Michail Antonio (West Ham United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by James Ward-Prowse.

  5. Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

  6. Foul by Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool).

  7. Jarrod Bowen (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

  8. Foul by Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool).

  9. Michail Antonio (West Ham United) wins a free kick on the left wing.

  10. Attempt missed. Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Andy Robertson with a cross following a corner.

  11. Substitution, Liverpool. Dominik Szoboszlai replaces Jarell Quansah.

  12. Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Vladimír Coufal.

  13. Harvey Elliott (Liverpool) hits the bar with a left footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Darwin Núñez following a fast break.

  14. Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Jarell Quansah.

  15. Delay over. They are ready to continue.

  16. Delay in match because of an injury Alphonse Areola (West Ham United).

  17. Attempt blocked. Ryan Gravenberch (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.

  18. Attempt blocked. Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Andy Robertson with a cross.

  19. Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Edson Álvarez.

  20. Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

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