#FT: Liverpool 3-0 Brentford
Venue: Anfield
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Liverpool
Alisson Becker, Virgil van Dijk, Joël Matip, Kostas Tsimikas, Trent Alexander-Arnold (Jarell Quansah), Wataru Endo, Cody Gakpo (Harvey Elliott), Dominik Szoboszlai, Darwin Núñez, Diogo Jota (Luis Díaz), Mohamed Salah.
Subs: Callum Scanlon, Ben Doak, Caoimhin Kelleher, Trey Nyoni, James McConnell, Luke Chambers.
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Brentford
Mark Flekken, Ethan Pinnock, Ben Mee, Nathan Collins, Mads Roerslev (Saman Ghoddos), Kristoffer Ajer, Christian Nørgaard, Vitaly Janelt (Frank Onyeka), Mathias Jensen (Yehor Yarmoliuk), Yoane Wissa (Neal Maupay), Bryan Mbeumo.
Subs: Myles Peart-Harris, Mathias Jorgensen, Michael Olakigbe, Shandon Baptiste, Thomas Strakosha.
MATCH EVENTS | via ESPN
30’ Christian Nørgaard (Brentford) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
30’ Kristoffer Ajer (Brentford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
37’ Joël Matip (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card.
39’ Goal! Liverpool 1, Brentford 0. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Darwin Núñez.
45’ Substitution, Brentford. Frank Onyeka replaces Vitaly Janelt.
62’ Goal! Liverpool 2, Brentford 0. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kostas Tsimikas.
72’ Substitution, Brentford. Neal Maupay replaces Yoane Wissa.
72’ Substitution, Brentford. Yehor Yarmolyuk replaces Mathias Jensen.
72’ Substitution, Brentford. Saman Ghoddos replaces Mads Roerslev.
74’ Goal! Liverpool 3, Brentford 0. Diogo Jota (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kostas Tsimikas.
83’ Substitution, Liverpool. Harvey Elliott replaces Cody Gakpo.
83’ Substitution, Liverpool. Luis Díaz replaces Diogo Jota.
90’ Substitution, Liverpool. Jarell Quansah replaces Trent Alexander-Arnold.
Well, it’s the same old story for us this season. Play well as a team, outperform our opponents on xG, concede from lapses in concentration and suffer from overall poor finishing.
We are desperately lacking our full-backs and Toney.
GG Liverpool, deserved the win. Oh, and fuck Paul Tierney.