Fernando Torres scored twice as Liverpool held off a brave fightback
from West Ham to earn a deserved victory in a five-goal thriller
at Upton Park.
Torres put the Reds in front in the 19th minute with a fine solo
goal before debutant Alessandro Diamanti equalised from the penalty
spot. Dirk Kuyt' restored Liverpool's lead in the 40th minute but
Carlton Cole levelled again a minute before the interval. It was
the irrepressible Torres, though, who settled a pulsating contest
when he headed home from close range in the 75th minute.
The victory, Liverpool's fourth successive win, lifted Rafael Benitez's
side into third place in the Premier League and left West Ham in
14th.
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