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Liverpool striker Luis Suarez may not have stolen the show in quite the way he did earlier in the week but his influence in the win at home to West Ham was just as significant.
It was the Uruguay international's shot which produced Guy Demel's own goal just before half-time, he won the free-kick from which Mamadou Sakho scored his first goal for the club and then added a late goal to calm the nerves after Martin Skrtel put past his own goalkeeper.
He might even have laid claim to the fifth goal of the afternoon but the ball had taken a fateful deflection off Joey O'Brien.

Getting the show on the road: Luis Suarez (second right) saw his shot saved then go in off of Guy Demel

Opener: Suarez celebrates after he helped Liverpool open the scoring against West Ham

Tough task: West Ham's defence could not keep Suarez in check for the full 90 minutes

English scrap: Mark Noble lunges in to tackle Steven Gerrard as the teams fight for possession

Over the top: Jordan Henderson is challenged by Mohamed Diame as he tries to go for goal

His pace on the diagonal run from the right started to open up the Hammers' defence - especially with Coutinho's weight of pass timed to perfection - but he lacked an end product and his scuffed shot having outpaced his opponents failed to trouble Jussi Jaaskelainen.
That task fell to Suarez, of course, whose angled shot just before the break was not held by the Finn and bounced into the path of Demel who diverted the ball back past his own goalkeeper.
It was just the lucky break the home side needed after a first half of toil.

Feeling the strain: Gerrard was substituted with an injury but did not have to use the stretcher

Organising the troops: Sam Allardyce gives instructions while Brendan Rodgers looks on (background)

Unstoppable: Suarez struck once and also forced the opening goal as Liverpool won comfortably

West Ham could feel slightly aggrieved as they had created the best chance when Modibo Maiga's header was brilliantly tipped over by Simon Mignolet.
They also saw Matt Jarvis' cross evade Mignolet and roll through the six-yard area after Johnson had given away possession to George McCartney.
The goal forced the visitors to be more open after the break but only two minutes in they were further behind.
James Tomkins went through the back of Suarez and Gerrard's free-kick picked out Sakho at the far post.
The France defender, making his first start since the November 2 defeat at Arsenal, completely fluffed his shot but did just enough to divert it goalwards and Collins could not keep it from crossing the line.
All done and dusted, you would have thought, but soon after Liverpool lost Gerrard to injury as he raced down the inside-right channel.

Tussle: Hammers defender James Tomkins challenges Liverpool midfielder Raheem Sterling

Watching the world go by: Tomkins and Liverpool's Brazilian midfielder Philippe Coutinho

Battle for the ball: Sakho, right, gets there before West Ham's Modibo Maiga

West Ham drew confidence from a sharp reflex save by Jaaskelainen to deny Sterling's first-time effort and then were handed a way back into the game when Skrtel scored his second own goal in a week after turning Jarvis' header past Mignolet.
That really cranked up the tension as the home side conceded the initiative and it was only wrested back thanks to Suarez.
Glen Johnson produced the perfect shot for the striker to head home at the far post and then smashed what would have been a second against O'Brien, across goal then home via the crossbar.
Uncharacteristically he squandered the chance of scoring another late goal after rounding Jaaskelainen with five minutes to go, instead running the ball out of play.
He was obviously having an off-day.

Respect: The Liverpool and West Ham players acknowledge a minutes applause for the late Nelson Mandela

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