English Premier League

Liverpool vs Brentford 2022-23 English Premier League

  • 13': Mohamed Salah
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1 - 0

Salah strike fires Liverpool to 1-0 win over Brentford

An early goal by Mohamed Salah gave Liverpool a 1-0 Premier League win over Brentford on Saturday to keep the pressure on the top four.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 5': Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 13': Goal! Liverpool 1, Brentford 0. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Virgil van Dijk with a headed pass following a corner.
  • 27': Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 42': Fabinho (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45'+4': First Half ends, Liverpool 1, Brentford 0.
  • 54': Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card.
  • 65': Substitution, Liverpool. Luis Díaz replaces Darwin Núñez.
  • 70': Rico Henry (Brentford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 72': Substitution, Brentford. Kevin Schade replaces Rico Henry because of an injury.
  • 72': Substitution, Brentford. Josh Dasilva replaces Frank Onyeka.
  • 73': Substitution, Liverpool. Jordan Henderson replaces Diogo Jota.
  • 77': Alisson (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card.
  • 81': Substitution, Brentford. Mikkel Damsgaard replaces Vitaly Janelt.
  • 82': Substitution, Liverpool. James Milner replaces Curtis Jones.
  • 82': Substitution, Brentford. Shandon Baptiste replaces Mathias Jensen.
  • 82': Substitution, Liverpool. Konstantinos Tsimikas replaces Andrew Robertson.
  • 88': Substitution, Brentford. Yoane Wissa replaces Aaron Hickey.
  • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Liverpool 1, Brentford 0.

Game Information

Competition: English Premier League

Venue: Anfield
Location: Liverpool, England
Attendance: 52,838

English Premier League Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+46 Liverpool 35 82 3
+33 Arsenal 35 67 4
+24 Manchester City 35 64 9
+21 Newcastle United 35 63 10
Full Table

Statistics

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10 Fouls 19
2 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 1
3 Corner Kicks 7
4 Saves 2
46.1 Possession 53.9
5 SHOTS 15
1 ON GOAL 5
0.2 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
244 Accurate Passes 308
326 Passes 378
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.8
1 Accurate Crosses 2
18 Crosses 19
0.1 Cross % 0.1
74 Long Balls 49
32 Accurate Long Balls 21
0.4 Long Balls % 0.4
1 Blocked Shots 4
6 Effective Tackles 5
11 Tackles 9
0.5 Tackle % 0.6
8 Interceptions 4
18 Effective Clearances 27
18 Clearances 27

Line-Ups

LIV Liverpool (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Alisson Becker (GK) Yellow Card
4 Virgil van Dijk Yellow Card
5 Ibrahima Konaté Yellow Card
26 Andrew Robertson
66 Trent Alexander-Arnold
3 Fabinho Yellow Card
17 Curtis Jones
18 Cody Gakpo
20 Diogo Jota
27 Darwin Núñez
11 Mohamed Salah

BRE Brentford (5-3-2)

No. Name
1 David Raya (GK)
5 Ethan Pinnock
16 Ben Mee
13 Mathias Jorgensen
3 Rico Henry Yellow Card
2 Aaron Hickey
8 Mathias Jensen
27 Vitaly Janelt
15 Frank Onyeka
17 Ivan Toney
19 Bryan Mbeumo Yellow Card

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