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02/28 11:12 CST Liverpool thrashes West Ham but Salah's Premier League goal
drought up to 10 games
Liverpool thrashes West Ham but Salah's Premier League goal drought up to 10
games
By STEVE DOUGLAS
AP Sports Writer
Mohamed Salah's run of Premier League games without scoring is up to 10.
Fortunately for the Egypt star, his Liverpool teammates had no problem finding
the net in a 5-2 thrashing of West Ham on Saturday that continued the defending
champion's midseason recovery.
Hugo Ekitike, Virgil van Dijk, Alexis Mac Allister and Cody Gakpo all scored
for Liverpool, which also forced an own-goal as the team racked up more than
four goals in a league game for the first time this season.
Liverpool has won four games in a row in all competitions and six in its last
seven --- the only blip being the home loss to Manchester City. Arne Slot's
side moved level on points with fourth-placed Manchester United, which plays on
Sunday at home to Crystal Palace.
Salah's last league goal for Liverpool was way back on Nov. 1 against Aston
Villa. It's his longest scoring drought in the competition since joining from
Roma in 2017.
On a high-scoring day in the Premier League, Brentford gave up a three-goal
lead before grabbing a stoppage-time winner through Mikkel Damsgaard to beat
next-to-last Burnley 4-3 --- though there was late drama as Ashley Barnes
thought he equalized in the final seconds only for his goal to be ruled out by
VAR.
Everton won at Newcastle 3-2 and Bournemouth's unbeaten run stretched to eight
games by fighting back to draw with Sunderland 1-1.
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