Liverpool: Striker Luis Suarez scored his fifth goal in two games as Liverpool beat West Ham 4-1 on Saturday to keep the pressure on Arsenal at the top of the Premier League.
The Uruguay international's shot produced Guy Demel's own-goal just before the interval at Anfield, he won the free kick from which Mamadou Sakho scored his first goal for the club and then added a late goal to calm the nerves after Martin Skrtel had put the ball past his own goalkeeper.
Suarez came close to claiming the fifth goal but the ball deflected off Joey O'Brien.
Suarez could have had back-to-back hat-tricks after getting four in midweek against Norwich. He has scored 26 goals in his last 25 league matches and 11th in the last four games at Anfield.
Also, Crystal Palace beat fellow struggler Cardiff 2-0 to take a big step toward escaping the relegation zone.
Cameron Jerome gave Palace the lead in the sixth minute and Marouane Chamakh added the second in the 58th as the London club continued its revival under new manager Tony Pulis.
It was Palace's second straight home win after beating West Ham on Tuesday, and they are now level on points with the 17th-place Hammers. Cardiff are one point ahead.
Jerome headed in his first Palace goal and remained a constant threat as the hosts dominated for large spells and deservedly doubled their lead as Chamakh finished coolly just before the hour mark.
Cardiff striker Fraizer Campbell wasted a good opportunity to put his side ahead inside the opening two minutes when his downward header was pushed over by Julian Speroni.
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