Liverpool stumble and falter, with their friends wondering what's going on! Despite their Champions League reaction against Eintracht, Arne Slott's side continued their Premier League slump as they lost 3-2 away to Brentford to keep a clean sheet for the fourth consecutive matchday!
In this way, the "reds" stayed at 15 points and are now outside the top four, even though they started with 5X5. On the other hand, the winners reached 13 points and climbed to 10th place in the standings.
The hosts came into the match very strongly and took the lead with scorer Dango Ouattara, who executed Kelleher from close range after a long cross and a little... volley into the "reds" area, making it 1-0 in the 6th minute.
Liverpool tried to mount a response and pushed for an equaliser, but it was Brentford who got the second goal. After a mistake by Hugo Ekitike just behind the centre, Mikel Damsgaard unleashed a stunning vertical pass taking advantage of the visitors' poor defensive transition, with Kevin Sande making it 2-0 in the 45th minute by slotting home from a four-four position.
Where it looked like the Bees would go into half-time with a significant lead, Arne Slott's men managed to fight back. After a parallel turn by Connor Bradley into the area, the ball went past Hugo Ekitike to Milos Kerkez, who scored from touch to make it 2-1 at 45'+5'.
Although most would have expected Liverpool to come out in the second half determined to push for an equaliser, it was Brentford who came on stronger after the break, finding moments to grab another goal. Eventually, he did, with the help of… Virgil van Dijk.
Indeed, the Dutch stopper kicked Ouattara for no reason, with Simon Hooper initially giving a foul. However, after a VAR review, it was determined that the marking was on the penalty area line, resulting in a penalty. Igor Thiago took charge and scored for 3-1 in the 60th minute.
Liverpool looked for a reaction without having significant chances until the final stretch of the match. There, after a mistake by the home team's defence, Dominik Soboslay headed in a cross and Mo Salah finished the spell, making it 3-2 in the 89th minute and putting the visitors back in the match.
