The hosts took the lead after only three minutes when Mohamed Salah scored his 20th league goal of the season, and that looked as though it would be enough to earn the Reds the points until Victor Wanyama levelled things up with a stunning strike 10 minutes from time.
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German midfielder Emre Can fired the visitors ahead in the 26th minute with a fine first-time effort from 25 metres which took a slight deflection to beat goalkeeper Jonas Loss
The Reds did not take any of the momentum earned from their groundbreaking win over Manchester City last week into a sluggish opening period
Salah scored six goals and provided four assists during his eight appearances last month, helping the Reds claim five wins and three draws from those fixtures.
Cameroon striker, Vincent Aboubakar, and Burkina Faso’s Bertrand Traore were placed fifth and sixth in a demographic made available by the Confederation of African Football on Friday.
The 25-year old Salah and 23-year-old Oshoala won the topmost prize at the Aiteo CAF Awards Gala 2017 held at the International Conference Centre in Accra, Ghana
The German, while speaking ahead of Friday’s FA Cup third-round match against local rivals, Everton, is therefore keen for his squad to prove it on the pitch
This win would mean Salah has won the two biggest personal accolades for African footballers, the BBC Player of the Year and the CAF Player of the Year, in the space of a few weeks
The Reds fell behind after less than three minutes as Jamie Vardy continued his remarkable record against the Merseysiders, and despite creating a string of chances the hosts could not restore parity before half time.
These two sides put on a seven-goal thriller last season, in which Bournemouth came from behind to win 4-3, and it was clear from the off that this would be another open game
The Reds dominated the contest from the very first whistle and finally broke the deadlock against an obdurate defensive display through Mohamed Salah in the closing stages of the first half
The result sees Liverpool finish top of Group E, while Spartak Moscow are condemned to Europa League football
The 24-year-old has scored 47 goals in 46 games for his club and England in the calendar year
Liverpool dominated possession from the off, but found Chelsea difficult to break down as a compact midfield saw Antonio Conte’s side setup adroitly to exploit the hosts on the brea
West Ham’s early solidity was undone by some very sloppy defending as Liverpool countered from a Hammers corner to open the scoring on 21 minutes
The hosts were quickest out of the starting blocks but were up against a resilient side that held firm at the back for the entirety of the first half.
The Reds fell just one goal short of equalling their own all-time Champions League record for the biggest win in the competition
More than 80,000 supporters at Alexandria’s Borg El-Arab erupted into ecstasy when Salah broke the deadlock three minutes past the hour mark as Egypt looked close to realizing a long-held dream, having made the last of their two World Cup appearances 27 years ago in Italy
This result piles on the disappointment for Jurgen Klopp, whose side were frustrated in a similar manner by Sevilla in the Champions League on Wednesday, and were thrashed 5-0 by Manchester City last weekend
As for Arsenal, this will go down as one of their worst performances in their recent history, and Arsene Wenger will have questions to field over the manner in which his side capitulated against one of their biggest rivals