Liverpool continued their pursuit of Manchester City at the top of the English Premier League, with a difficult victory over its guest West Ham, with a goal without a response, in the 28th round of the competition. Liverpool owes this victory to Senegalese player Sadio Mane, who scored the only goal of the match in the 27th minute, of the match held at Anfield. Liverpool raised its score to 63 points in second place, 3 points behind leaders Manchester City, in contrast, West Ham’s balance stopped at 45 points in fifth place. Liverpool had missed a real chance to open the scoring early in the second minute, after Arnold passed to Salah Binya, who shot, but the West Ham goalkeeper brilliance in stopping it. Liverpool reappeared in the 12th minute, with a powerful shot from Mohamed Salah from inside the penalty area, which passed next to the post. West Ham appeared for the first time in the 14th minute, with a powerful shot from Antonio from inside the area, Alison starred in removing it to a corner kick. Until Liverpool opened the scoring in the 27th minute, after Arnold hit a ball from the edge of the area, Mane followed it up with another shot that hit the net. Liverpool almost added the second goal in the 33rd minute, after Arnold committed a violation on the borders of the area. West Ham missed the opportunity to equalize, after Fornals was completely alone with Alisson, hitting a lobing ball that Arnold kept off the goal line. Liverpool started the second half strongly with a shot from Arnold from outside the area in the 50th minute. Then Mohamed Salah appeared for the first time in the second half in the 66th minute, with a powerful shot from the borders of the area, which was caught by goalkeeper Fabiansky. Lanzini missed a chance for West Ham, after receiving a cross, and manipulating Arnold to single out Alisson, but he hit it over the crossbar. The remaining time of the second half passed without anything new, before the referee blew the whistle at the end of the match, with Liverpool winning with a clean goal.