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Liverpool 2-2 West Ham

Third-placed Liverpool lost further ground on Premier League leaders Chelsea drawing 2-2 draw at home to West Ham.

Divock Origi's fourth goal in as many matches salvaged a point after a Dimitri Payet free-kick and Michail Antonio's first non-headed strike of the season had turned things around following Adam Lallana's fifth-minute opener.

But despite four goals, all the focus was on the goalkeepers as Loris Karius and West Ham's Darren Randolph both made costly errors.

When Payet lined up his 25-yard free-kick Karius generously offered him about 80 per cent of the goal to his right.

The France international duly accepted with the goalkeeper only able to get half a hand on the shot even though it was not right in the corner.

Karius was not as culpable for the second as that dubious honour went to Joel Matip, who got himself in a terrible tangle trying to deal with an optimistic looping ball forward, although a deflection did contribute to the centre-back's unfortunate moment.

It allowed Antonio to skip through and roll a shot past the German goalkeeper, whose hesitation for a fraction of a second gave the Hammers' forward just enough time to compose himself for his seventh of the season.

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It was the first time Liverpool had conceded more than once at home since April and was the 20th time their defence had been breached this campaign, a record only surpassed by Watford of the Premier League's top-half teams. Origi netted for 2-2 just after the restart but they couldn't find a winner.

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