This Sunday, as part of the 19e lifted from the Premier League, it was West Ham who paid the price for the Reds’ euphoria (0-5).
Diaz (30e), Gakpo (40e), Salah (44e), Alexander-Arnold (54e) and Jota (84e) took turns breaking the lock on the cage defended by the Hammers.
This will allow Liverpool to consolidate its leadership, eight steps ahead of the surprising provisional first runner-up, Nottingham Forest, who fell to Everton today (0-2).
Arsenal and Chelsea, third and fourth in the English elite with a game to make up like Liverpool, are nine and ten units from the top.