• Saturday, January 31st, 2015
• Venue: Anfield Stadium
• Scores: Liverpool 2 - 0 West Ham
• Liverpool - (2)
- Raheem Sterling (51)
- Daniel Sturridge (80)
• West Ham - (0)
» Referee: Andre Marriner
» Attendance: 44,718
Daniel Sturridge was on target in his first Barclays Premier League appearance since August as he rounded off Liverpool's scoring in a 2 - 0 win over West Ham United at Anfield.
Daniel Sturridge has been plagued with groin and thigh injuries so far this term, but came off the bench to add to Raheem Sterling's opener after the forward had given the home side the lead shortly after the break.
The mood was positive around Anfield prior to the fixture due to Sturridge being named on the bench and Sterling added to the feel-good factor by helping maintain Liverpool's mid-season revival with a smart finish following a clever pass from Philippe Coutinho.
Chances continued to prove few and far between, but Sturridge's return for the final 22 minutes gave Liverpool added impetus.
The England international then finished from close range to put the game to bed and extend Liverpool's unbeaten run in the league to seven matches as the hosts leapfrogged Sam Allardyce's side into seventh.
It was Liverpool who were on the front foot early on as Lazar Markovic went close from inside the area and Coutinho tested Adrian with a side-footed effort after some slick build-up play.
Despite struggling to create much of note in the attacking third, West Ham went closest before the break with Andy Carroll's header from inside the area after the half-hour mark.
Strong running from Raheem Sterling created a chance that Adam Lallana was unable to finish, while Markovic spurned another opportunity late in the half when he shot wide following careless play in possession from Stewart Downing.
The hosts' pressure continued after the interval and Liverpool were rewarded when Coutinho's clipped pass evaded James Tomkins and put Sterling clean through.
Sterling calmly slotted the ball past Adrian and things looked to have got worse for the visitors when Carroll appeared to hurt himself in a challenge with Emre Can.
The striker returned to action having initially hobbled off, but was replaced by Carlton Cole after the hour mark.
Without Carroll's presence up top, West Ham continued to struggle to gain a foothold in the game, while Liverpool introduced Sturridge to a rapturous applause from the Anfield faithful.
The striker - influential in Liverpool's title tilt last term - needed just 12 minutes to score his first goal since the opening day as he slipped Coutinho's ball past Adrian to seal the points.
It leaves Liverpool looking upwards at the European places, while West Ham remain without a win at Anfield since 1963.
• Liverpool Manager - Brendan Rodgers:
"We were obviously disappointed in midweek with the result at Chelsea in the Capital One Cup. We knew coming into today it was going be a tough game. West Ham have done great this season, but we had to win the battle and compete, fight and press. My players did that magnificently well. Maybe we could have had more than two goals.
"......Daniel Sturridge is a top class player, he has shown that in his career so far. He worked very hard and the first opportunity that came his way he took. It was a wonderful pass by Philippe Coutinho."
• West Ham Manager - Sam Allardyce:
[We had] too many injuries [today], James Collins had a hamstring [injury] at half-time and we didn't have a replacement really. He tried to play with a strapping but that made us drop too deep really. Because of that we probably allowed Raheem Sterling a bit more space than in the first half and Andy got injured, Reidy got injured and we end up with 10 men.
"We had a few problems before today with the team - Kouyate came back from Africa Cup of Nations injured, Tomkins and Jenkinson not making it and Sakho not being in the team. Having put in a nice show in the first half, looking comfortable, it became too much based on what happened to us as a team more than what happened to us as a team."
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