Liverpool staged an impressive fightback as the Reds scored twice in the closing stages to secure a 3-2 win over West Ham at Upton Park yesterday.

Brendan Rodgers’ side were in danger of suffering the latest setback of a disappointing campaign after Mark Noble’s penalty and a Steven Gerrard own goal put the Hammers 2-1 up following former West Ham player Glen Johnson’s early opener.

But, to their credit, Liverpool dug deep to equalise through another Hammers old boy Joe Cole before West Ham defender James Collins turned a Jordan Henderson cross into his own net with 11 minutes remaining.

Liverpool’s second successive Premier League win lifted them up to 10th place and remarkably they are now within four points of the top four despite their early-season struggles.

The result was all the more impressive as they achieved it without suspended star striker Luis Suarez.

“It was a brilliant win for us. West Ham have been terrific this year but I thought our team were outstanding,” Rodgers said.

“We’ve threatened to score three, four and five goals through most of this season, but through not being ruthless or having bad luck we haven’t scored as many as we would have liked.”

Hammers boss Sam Allardyce added: “You are never in control of a game completely against a Liverpool side. We knew it would be difficult.

“We lost (Mohamed) Diame with a hamstring injury which didn’t help and then we lost some of our forward momentum.”

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