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Player Ratings: Liverpool stars disappoint as Collins shines in West Ham victory
WEST HAM got 2016 off to a flying start with a 2-0 win to end Liverpool’s recent revival.
James Collins impresses for West Ham
And here, Express Sport take a look at how Slaven Bilic and Jurgen Klopp’s men got on at Upton Park.
West Ham:
Adrian: 6, Aaron Cresswell: 7, James Collins: 8, Angelo Ogbonna: 7, James Tomkins: 6, Cheikhou Kouyate: 6, Mark Noble: 7, Manuel Lanzini: 7, Enner Valencia: 7, Michail Antonio: 7, Andy Carroll: 7
Subs:
Pedro Obiang: 6, Dimitri Payet: 6, Carl Jenkinson: 6
STAR MAN
James Collins. You could have been forgiven for not realising that Christian Benteke was playing as Welsh centre-half Collins completely marked him out of the game, winning every single header the pair went up for.
MOMENT OF THE MATCH
Andy Carroll's goal clearly meant a lot to the striker after his disappointing spell at Liverpool - and boy did he celebrate it.