West Ham admit they targeted one Liverpool player all week – it still didn’t work

Liverpool’s set-piece threat was the story West Ham United could not solve at Anfield, and Mateus Fernandes has now admitted the visitors targeted Virgil van Dijk before kick-off but still failed to stop the damage.

Arne Slot’s side beat West Ham 5-2 in the Premier League on Saturday, with three first-half goals giving us control of the match, even if the second half carried an edge at 3-1 and again at 4-2.

Fernandes, speaking to whufc.com after the game, made it clear West Ham felt...