Hammering leaves Bilic on brink of sack

Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah celebrates scoring his side’s fourth against West Ham MOHAMED Salah fired Liverpool back to sixth in the table with a fine goal brace in the Reds’ 4-1 Premier League win at West Ham.

The Egypt striker started and finished the rout at the London Stadium, with Joel Matip and Alex OxladeChamberlain also getting on the scoresheet for the visitors.

Manuel Lanzini found the net for West Ham, but the struggling Hammers were well beaten in a defeat to heap yet more pressure on beleaguered boss Slaven Bilic.

West Ham have just nine points from 11 matches – the same tally at this stage of the 2010/11 campaign that saw them relegated.

Salah’s 11th and 12th goals in all competitions this term moved the Reds back into the top six on goal difference, after Burnley briefly leapfrogged them earlier in the afternoon.

Sam Vokes headed the Clarets to a short-lived stay in sixth place as they edged home 1-0 at Southampton.

The Wales striker ended a barren five-match spell with his first Premier League goal since scoring twice in the surprise opening-day 3-2 win at champions Chelsea.

Southampton pushed hard throughout the second half but Sean Dyche’s men prevailed by netting the game’s only goal.

Dyche showed again why he is in such demand and linked to the vacant Everton managerial role, as he masterminded another important win for his high-flying Clarets.

Glenn Murray claimed his fourth goal in three Premier League games to hand Brighton a 1-0 win at Swansea.

The former Crystal Palace striker bundled the ball home with his thigh in an untidy but pivotal finish for Chris Hughton’s Seagulls.

Rajiv van La Parra curled home a fine strike for his maiden Premier League goal as 10-man Huddersfield clung on for a 1-0 home win over West Brom.

The hosts had Christopher Schindler sent off for two bookable offences but were still able to grind out an impressive victory.

Xherdan Shaqiri curled in a free-kick then laid on a Peter Crouch header as Stoke twice came from behind to grab a 2-2 draw at home to Leicester.

Vicente Iborra and Riyad Mahrez found the net for the Foxes, as new boss Claude Puel extended his unbeaten start with the east Midlanders.