At the beginning of the match, Darwin Nunez continued to be called after the situation of escaping to catch Mohamed Salah’s slot. The Uruguayan striker took advantage of his long stride past the goalkeeper.
Opposite the empty goal, Nunez hit the Brentford player, thereby missing a favorable opportunity to open the scoring.
Nunez will regret his mistake even more because in the 19th minute, Alisson Becker had to go into the net to pick up the ball. From the corner kick, the ball found Ibrahima Konate in a passive position and bounced back into the home net. Alisson tried to fly to block but failed.
After 39 minutes, Yoane Wissa shot the ball into an empty net, but Brentford’s second goal was forfeited by offside.
Liverpool couldn’t get away with losing forever and Wissa continued to punish them. Wissa’s extremely difficult header in the 42nd minute doubled the lead for the home team. Liverpool shocked because they received a gap of 2 goals compared to the opponent after the first 45 minutes.
Darwin Nunez finally had a moment of good control and a classy finish to net Brentford at the beginning of the second half.
However, after VAR entered, the referee confirmed that the Liverpool striker was in an offside position. Another day of ungrateful competition of the former Benfica player.
No Nunez or Salah, after 50 minutes, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain was the one who rekindled hope for the visitors with a header from Trent Alexander-Arnold’s cross.
The Kop frantically struggled to find an equalizer in the next minutes but failed. In the 84th minute, Konate was defeated by Bryan Mbeumo in a 1-1 dispute. Konate had a miserable day.
Mbeumo defeated Alisson in the face-to-face, thereby setting the score 3-1 for Brentford.
Liverpool ‘dry clothes’ 1-3 face salt on away field. Jurgen Klopp’s teachers and students could not rise to 5th place of Tottenham when they owned 28 points after 17 rounds.
Lu Feng | 04:12 03/01/2023
