Liverpool surpassed the century mark for goals this season by seeing off West Ham United 4-1 at Anfield in a Premier League clash on Saturday.
The Reds, now unbeaten in 16 matches on home soil in the top flight since last April, climb above Manchester United into second place with their fourth win in five matches.
Forward trio Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane were again on target, adding to Emre Can’s headed opener a third of the way through the contest as the hosts kept their impressive run going.
For all their intricate play in the opening half an hour, Liverpool’s breakthrough goal arrived via a set piece as Can glanced the ball past Adrian with his head, moments after the West Ham stopper had produced two saves.
That was the Reds’ 100th goal of the season in all competitions, and 101 did not look to be too far behind as Can curled a shot marginally wide and Salah headed over the bar when picked out at the back post.
Three goals arrived in the opening 14 minutes of the second half, starting with Salah’s composed finish through the legs of Aaron Cresswell and past Adrian after some good work from Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain to prod the ball through.
After seeing Mane kept out from close range, Firmino had less trouble as he poked the ball past the outrushing Adrian and had the simple task of rolling it into the unguarded net.
West Ham did attempt to make a contest of it, though, with the fourth goal of the day falling their way – Michail Antonio picking out the far corner from 10 yards just a minute after coming off the bench.
Mane converted from a few yards out once spotted by Andrew Robertson at the end of another free-flowing move to complete the scoring.