After Liverpool defeated West Ham United 2-1 in the English capital, James Pearce won’t be the only person to praise Cody Gakpo for his “outstanding” play.
The Reds won their third straight game to preserve their fragile dreams of playing in the top four football alive for another day, and the Athletic reporter tweeted his post-game views online.
FT: West Ham 1 #LFC 2: Matip the hero as Liverpool make it three successive PL wins. Had to really fight for it and enjoyed some good fortune along the way. Gakpo, who was outstanding, slammed home the equaliser after Paqueta had fired the hosts in front.
A bit of momentum.— James Pearce (@JamesPearceLFC) April 26, 2023
The visitors go up to sixth position in the Premier League league as a result of the results, level on points with seventh-place Tottenham and just six back of Newcastle United (albeit the Magpies still have a game left to play).
The Dutch player, who is reportedly paid £120,000 per week, according to Capology, deserves a lot of praise for settling in with a Liverpool team that was already having trouble before he moved to England.
In the former PSV player, it seems as though we have discovered an odd but no less lovely synthesis of some of the best qualities of Bobby Firmino and leaving forward Gini Wijnaldum. The striker is a strong presence who frequently drops deep to link-up play.
If players like Gakpo, Curtis Jones, and Trent Alexander-Arnold maintain their brilliant form into 2023/24, there are still many reasons to be enthusiastic about the upcoming season, even though we might wind up playing a season without Champions League football.