Liverpool thrashed West Ham United 5-0 at the London Stadium to stretch their Premier League lead to eight points on Sunday with Mohamed Salah once again in irrepressible form.

The Egyptian has been enjoying a vintage season despite uncertainty over a new contract and scored once and provided two assists as Liverpool dismantled their outclassed hosts.

He now has 20 goals in all competitions this season, has scored and assisted in eight Premier League games and appears to be firing Liverpool towards a 20th league title in Dutchman Arne Slot's first season in charge.

Liverpool have 45 points from 18 games with surprise package Nottingham Forest their closest pursuers with 37 points having played a game more. Fourth-placed Chelsea could cut the gap to seven on Sunday when they take on struggling Ipswich Town.

"The only thing on my mind is I want Liverpool to win the league and I want to be part of that," Salah told Sky Sports.

"I will do my best for the team to win the trophy. There is a few other teams catching up with us and we need to stay focused and humble and go again. I am almost hungry for more."

Asked if there was any breakthrough in extending his contract beyond this season, Salah added: "No we are far away from that and I don't want to put anything in the media."

While that impasse will concern Liverpool's fans, they are enjoying watching Salah reach new levels every week, as is his appreciative manager Slot who has lost only one match this calendar year, including his results with former club Feyenoord.

"If you look at his number you can't argue with that," Slot said when asked if Salah was currently the best in the world.

"Mo is definitely up there at the moment."

Liverpool had scored nine goals in their last two league games and the only surprise on Sunday was that they could not make their superiority tell in the opening stages at West Ham.

But once Luis Diaz swept a shot past home keeper Alphonse Areola after the ball rebounded kindly into his path after 30 minutes there was no stopping Slot's men.