Despite the moral victory of coming back twice while down a player, this was still a huge missed opportunity in the relegation battle. A draw keeps Liverpool within two points of West Ham, but the Reds still have yet to pick up a league win and remain behind the Hammers going into 2026.

Still, West Ham look more comfortable in Nuno’s tactics and are dangerous on the counter and from set pieces and if they win this game they will be just four points behind Liverpool in the table. Liverpool are in freefall and have lost six of their last seven games in the Premier League and were hammered 4-1 at home by PSV Eindhoven in the UEFA Champions League in midweek.

Arne Slot, whose side were sitting in the bottom half prior to the game after six league defeats in seven, dropped Mohamed Salah for the first time in a league game and the result was encouraging.

Beata Olsson's late goal rescues Liverpool by earning a priceless point at West Ham in the meeting of the Women's Super League bottom two at Chigwell Community Stadium.