West Ham captain Jarrod Bowen believes his side deserved more after losing 2-1 to Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday. 

The Hammers looked like they were set to earn a point at Anfield after Andy Robertson turned a Wan-Bissaka cross into his own net past Alphonse Areola. However, a swift response from Van Dijk meant the Reds left with all three points.

The first 30 minutes of the match were completely dominated by the hosts, however, after that, the Hammers really started to get into the game. In the second half, even Jamie Carragher thought we were the better side.

Bowen said: “It was a really good second-half performance.. You come to Anfield, they’re top of the league by ten points, it’s not going to be easy and we suffered with that early on. They got the goal and then by the end of the first half, I think we started to play a little bit, got a bit more bravery, a bit more confidence with the ball.

“We had a couple of half chances here and there. We had a chance with the corner at the end of the first half and then I think we just grew into the game as the game went on. We worked all second half to get back into the game and felt we were in a really good position at 1-1, but then a set-piece has undone us at the end.”

It was gutting to see another decent performance go to waste, but again, like many performances under Graham Potter, the Hammers only really came alive in the second half and that just isn’t enough to beat Champions elect Liverpool.

If we can start to turn these second half performances into good performances over 90 minutes we could really hit some form at the end of this season and go into pre-season with a lot of optimism.