THAT is more like it.

After a record 34 unconverted shots at Anfield against Manchester United on Sunday, Liverpool finally got their reward for their scattergun approach to finding the net.

Dominik Szoboszlai broke the deadlock with a brilliant strike

Szoboszlai now has four goals this season

Curtis Jones squeezed a second in from a tight angle

Jones scored a brace on a fine evening for the young midfielder

Jones produced some hugely impressive stats against West Ham

Liverpool’s strange lineup in the match against West Ham

Seven more wayward attempts and 28 minutes into their Carabao Cup quarter final against West Ham, the net rippled at the eighth attempt with a 25-yard scorcher from Dominik Szoboslai.

With their shooting boots laced up, the hosts found their killer instinct at long last – Curtis Jones, Cody Gakpo and Mohamed Salah adding the extras after the break. This time, 28 shots, five goals.

Far from perfect, but the sort of shot-to-goal ratio that would have easily seen off Man Utd, and will definitely have title rivals Arsenal taking note ahead of their Saturday night visit.

Szoboszlai was everywhere for Liverpool on Wednesday evening 

Cody Gakpo added a third for Jurgen Klopp’s side

Liverpool will not have an easier evening all season, ensuring they remain unbeaten at home, winning 13 out of 12. Ominous form with Mikel Arteta’s Gunners shortly in town.

Klopp also took this as a chance to rotate, leaving the likes of Salah, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Luis Diaz and Ibrahima Konate among the substitutes.

Harvey Elliott – keen to prove he is more than a super sub having started just one Premier League match so far this season – produced a hat-trick of attempts inside the first 20 minutes with only one on target.

Liverpool were utterly dominant with plenty of chances but none forcing visiting keeper Alphonse Areola into a meaningful save.

Sound familiar? Anfield certainly felt so, the groans becoming louder.

Mo Salah got in on the act as he scored Liverpool’s fourth

The Egyptian already has 15 goals in all competitions this season

Those groans were soon interrupted by a screamer.

Poor by Said Benrahma, a weak attempt at a counter attack giving Szoboslai the time and space to pick his spot, and then some.

It was a knuckleball technique by the Hungarian that sparked memories of Cristiano Ronaldo during his prime Man Utd years.

Gakpo’s header on the brink of half-time should have nestled in Areola’s bottom corner – a warning sign the visitors did not take heed of in the second half with some woeful defending.

Tomas Soucek decided to let Jones wander into the box unmarked in the 56th minute and was duly punished as the midfielder produced a neat finish from a tight angle through Areola’s legs.

Paqueta was brought on moments later, out of desperation more than anything, while Klopp threw on Salah, Alexander-Arnold and Konate.

West Ham’s night got worse in the 71st minute.

More Soucek dallying and another long range hit, this time by Gakpo with stunning precision, before an equally fine hit by Bowen at the other end eight minutes later.

Yet Liverpool were keen to make up for missed chances against United.

Coming from the bench, Salah’s energetic runs helped him break the offside trap to catch a long pass from Alexander-Arnold. He scored a low cross-angle shot when facing Areola.

Less than two minutes later, Curtis Jones’ turn to complete the double with a breakthrough, finishing in front of the siege of four away players. And Liverpool’s last of a superb night, even if West Ham’s disastrous backline had all but given up at this point.