English Premier League

Liverpool vs Brentford 2021-22 English Premier League

  • 44': Fabinho
  • 69': Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
  • 77': Takumi Minamino
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3 - 0

Liverpool storm to victory over Brentford to go second in Premier League

Goals from Fabinho, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Takumi Minamino helped Liverpool to a 3-0 win over Brentford at Anfield on Sunday.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 19': Kristoffer Ajer (Brentford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 44': Goal! Liverpool 1, Brentford 0. Fabinho (Liverpool) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold with a cross following a corner.
  • 45'+2': First Half ends, Liverpool 1, Brentford 0.
  • 49': Substitution, Brentford. Sergi Canós replaces Rico Henry.
  • 68': Substitution, Brentford. Yoane Wissa replaces Shandon Baptiste.
  • 69': Goal! Liverpool 2, Brentford 0. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Andrew Robertson with a cross.
  • 74': Substitution, Liverpool. Takumi Minamino replaces Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain because of an injury.
  • 75': Substitution, Brentford. Mathias Jensen replaces Bryan Mbeumo.
  • 77': Goal! Liverpool 3, Brentford 0. Takumi Minamino (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Roberto Firmino.
  • 78': Substitution, Liverpool. James Milner replaces Roberto Firmino.
  • 82': Substitution, Liverpool. Kaide Gordon replaces Diogo Jota.
  • 90'+3': Second Half ends, Liverpool 3, Brentford 0.

Game Information

Competition: English Premier League

Venue: Anfield
Location: Liverpool, England
Attendance: 52,824

English Premier League Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
69 Arsenal 28 3 3
61 Manchester City 27 4 4
50 Manchester United 26 5 6
49 Tottenham Hotspur 28 4 9
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Statistics

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6 Fouls 6
0 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 7
9 Corner Kicks 0
1 Saves 10
68.3 POSSESSION 31.7
27 SHOTS 6
13 ON GOAL 1
0.5 On Target % 0.2
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
589 Accurate Passes 213
712 Passes 340
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.6
4 Accurate Crosses 0
32 Crosses 4
0.1 Cross % 0.0
75 Long Balls 70
35 Accurate Long Balls 16
0.5 Long Balls % 0.2
6 Blocked Shots 2
7 Effective Tackles 9
9 Tackles 21
0.8 Tackle % 0.4
9 Interceptions 15
5 Effective Clearances 32
5 Clearances 32

Line-Ups

LIV Liverpool (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Alisson (GK)
4 Virgil van Dijk
32 Joël Matip
26 Andy Robertson
66 Trent Alexander-Arnold
3 Fabinho
17 Curtis Jones
14 Jordan Henderson
9 Roberto Firmino
20 Diogo Jota
15 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

BRE Brentford (3-5-2)

No. Name
40 Álvaro Fernández (GK)
18 Pontus Jansson
5 Ethan Pinnock
20 Kristoffer Ajer Yellow Card
27 Vitaly Janelt
26 Shandon Baptiste
6 Christian Norgaard
3 Rico Henry
30 Mads Roerslev
17 Ivan Toney
19 Bryan Mbeumo

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