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It was another good win and three points for Liverpool at the London Stadium against West Ham.

Apart from 15 minutes in the game where they lost their way they got the job done well.

It was brilliant to see Sadio Mane in the starting line-up after his injury, making a return two weeks ahead of schedule.

I applaud Jurgen Klopp for deciding to play him because in this day and age he’ll have all sorts of medical and scientific people in his ear giving his information.

For me though he went old school, had a look at him in training and put him in.

And it worked.

The excellent breakaway for the first goal from Mohamed Salah not only opened the scoring but will also bring Liverpool benefits at the other end of the field.

As we know we’ve been susceptible at corners for a while but when you break with that sort of pace and that sort of result it will get people thinking.

Yes, they’ll want to score from their own set piece but they’ll be worried about what Liverpool might do if they win the initial cross. They’ll be nervous and that can help Liverpool.

We’ve scored that type of goal a few times, against Arsenal for instance at Anfield and on Saturday, and it won’t go unnoticed.

To be honest I’d go a step further - I’d leave one upfront if I was Jurgen Klopp.

That way the opposition will often have to leave a couple of their defenders back to defend.

At the other end of the field we hadn’t scored a goal from a corner all season and now we’ve scored three on the bounce.

Joel Matip should have scored a few this season already with his head - he’ll know that - but this one fell to him on the floor and he made no mistake.

It was nice for him to get a goal because he hasn’t scored for a while and needs to contribute a few more.

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Mo's a real bargain

What can you say about Mo Salah?

He plays like he’s been at the club for years.

He’s full of confidence, he’s getting in there himself and he’s creating good chances for others as well.

I think with his pace he’ll always get good chances.

Another two goals in the bag on Saturday and to score 12 in 17 games is a brilliant statistic - he’s been the player of the season without doubt for Liverpool.

He’s so dangerous and for what we paid for him he’s been an absolute bargain.

Oxlade-Chamberlain just needs to play, it doesn't matter where

I thought Alex Oxlade-Chamberlian had his best game for us after starting on Saturday.

He’s needed a couple of games but it’s obvious he’s starting to settle in now.

Jurgen played him on the right of midfield but he’s a player who is starting to give the manager so many options now.

He can play wide right or wide left and of course we know he wants to play in centre midfield.

For now though it's just important that he plays and then see what happens further down the line.

Those central midfield positions are incredibly competitive at Liverpool and we've got the likes of Philippe Coutinho and Adam Lallana coming back soon who can play in there as well.

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Big week for the boys in green

This international break brings a couple of huge games for the Republic of Ireland as they take on Denmark in their World Cup play-off.

I think it will be close as there's not much between the two sides.

The possible exception is Christian Eriksen of Tottenham and the Irish defence will need to keep him well shackled.

the key will be that Irish defence for me.

I'd love two clean sheets because I don't see us scoring too many goals.

I really think we've got a good chance though and I'd like to wish all the players the very best of luck