Liverpool strike early and Hammers are nailed

LIVERPOOL’S 200th league victory since the formation of the Premiership 11 seasons ago halted their miserable recent run and increased West Ham’s relegation fears.

Milan Baros and Steven Gerrard struck inside the opening nine minutes to kill off the game as a contest and Emile Heskey continued his recent scoring form after 67 minutes to seal only Liverpool's second Premiership win in 14 matches, and their first triumph at Upton Park since 1996.

The first blow for West Ham came after six minutes as John Arne Riise delivered an in-swinging corner from the right and Baros rose unchallenged inside the six-yard box to head home his sixth Premiership goal of the