Brentford v Liverpool, 18 January 2025

Score2-0 to Liverpool
RefereeAndy Madley
CompetitionPremier League
VenueGtech Community Stadium
Attendance17,215
Kick-off: 3.00pm . Premier League Head to Head Played: 8 Brentford won: 1 Drawn: 1 Liverpool won: 6 Brentford scored: 7 Liverpool scored: 19 . Liverpool had now scored in all eight meetings in the Premier League.

0 Brentford

Manager: Thomas Frank

2 Liverpool

Manager: Arne Slot

Goals:

Goals:

Darwin Núñez 90+1 G
Darwin Núñez 90+3 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Mark Flekken
Defender Nathan Collins
Defender/Midfielder Christian Norgaard
Defender/Midfielder Mads Roerslev
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Keane Lewis-Potter
Midfielder Vitaly Janelt
Midfielder Yegor Yarmolyuk
Midfielder/Forward Mikkel Damsgaard
Midfielder/Forward Bryan Mbeumo
Midfielder/Forward Yoane Wissa

Starting lineup:

Alisson Becker Goalkeeper
Ibrahima Konaté Defender
Virgil van Dijk Defender
Trent Alexander-Arnold Defender/Midfielder
Kostas Tsimikas Defender/Midfielder
Dominik Szoboszlai Defender/Midfielder/Forward
Ryan Gravenberch Midfielder
Alexis Mac Allister Midfielder
Luis Díaz Midfielder/Forward
Cody Gakpo Midfielder/Forward
Mohamed Salah Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Kevin Schade for Vitaly Janelt 66
Mathias Jensen for Mikkel Damsgaard 81

Substitutions:

Darwin Núñez for Luis Díaz 65
Andy Robertson for Kostas Tsimikas 65
Harvey Elliott for Dominik Szoboszlai 80
Curtis Jones for Alexis Mac Allister 80
Federico Chiesa for Cody Gakpo 87

Cards:

Christian Norgaard 68 Y
Mads Roerslev 69 Y

Cards:

Kostas Tsimikas 8 Y
Dominik Szoboszlai 43 Y
Darwin Núñez 90+1 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Hákon Valdimarsson
Defender Rico Henry
Defender KIM Ji-soo
Defender Ben Mee
Midfielder Fábio Carvalho
Midfielder Mathias Jensen
Midfielder Paris Maghoma
Midfielder Yunus Konak
Midfielder/Forward Kevin Schade

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher
Defender Jarell Quansah
Defender/Midfielder Conor Bradley
Defender/Midfielder Wataru Endo
Defender/Midfielder Curtis Jones
Defender/Midfielder Andy Robertson
Midfielder Harvey Elliott
Midfielder/Forward Federico Chiesa
Midfielder/Forward Darwin Núñez

Comments:

League position: 11th . Brentford remain as the only team that had yet to keep a clean sheet in a home game in this Premier League season. . The Bees had now lost six of their eight games in the Premier League against a team starting the day at the top of the table (drawn two). . They had now failed to keep a clean sheet in 42 of their last 50 games in the Premier League.

Comments:

League position: 1st . Liverpool avoided drawing three consecutive games in the Premier League for the first time since August 2023 (three). . Darwin Núñez had now become the second substitute to score both the goals in a 2-0 league win in the Reds' history; previously David Fairclough against Burnley in League Division One on 27 March 1976. [c/o Michael Reid] . They had now become the fourth team to score in 1,000 games in the Premier League. [c/o @onionbagstats]

0 Brentford

Manager: Thomas Frank

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Mark Flekken
Defender Nathan Collins
Defender/Midfielder Christian Norgaard
Defender/Midfielder Mads Roerslev
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Keane Lewis-Potter
Midfielder Vitaly Janelt
Midfielder Yegor Yarmolyuk
Midfielder/Forward Mikkel Damsgaard
Midfielder/Forward Bryan Mbeumo
Midfielder/Forward Yoane Wissa

Substitutions:

Kevin Schade for Vitaly Janelt 66
Mathias Jensen for Mikkel Damsgaard 81

Cards:

Christian Norgaard 68 Y
Mads Roerslev 69 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Hákon Valdimarsson
Defender Rico Henry
Defender KIM Ji-soo
Defender Ben Mee
Midfielder Fábio Carvalho
Midfielder Mathias Jensen
Midfielder Paris Maghoma
Midfielder Yunus Konak
Midfielder/Forward Kevin Schade

Comments:

League position: 11th . Brentford remain as the only team that had yet to keep a clean sheet in a home game in this Premier League season. . The Bees had now lost six of their eight games in the Premier League against a team starting the day at the top of the table (drawn two). . They had now failed to keep a clean sheet in 42 of their last 50 games in the Premier League.

2 Liverpool

Manager: Arne Slot

Goals:

Darwin Núñez 90+1 G
Darwin Núñez 90+3 G

Starting lineup:

Alisson Becker Goalkeeper
Ibrahima Konaté Defender
Virgil van Dijk Defender
Trent Alexander-Arnold Defender/Midfielder
Kostas Tsimikas Defender/Midfielder
Dominik Szoboszlai Defender/Midfielder/Forward
Ryan Gravenberch Midfielder
Alexis Mac Allister Midfielder
Luis Díaz Midfielder/Forward
Cody Gakpo Midfielder/Forward
Mohamed Salah Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Darwin Núñez for Luis Díaz 65
Andy Robertson for Kostas Tsimikas 65
Harvey Elliott for Dominik Szoboszlai 80
Curtis Jones for Alexis Mac Allister 80
Federico Chiesa for Cody Gakpo 87

Cards:

Kostas Tsimikas 8 Y
Dominik Szoboszlai 43 Y
Darwin Núñez 90+1 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher
Defender Jarell Quansah
Defender/Midfielder Conor Bradley
Defender/Midfielder Wataru Endo
Defender/Midfielder Curtis Jones
Defender/Midfielder Andy Robertson
Midfielder Harvey Elliott
Midfielder/Forward Federico Chiesa
Midfielder/Forward Darwin Núñez

Comments:

League position: 1st . Liverpool avoided drawing three consecutive games in the Premier League for the first time since August 2023 (three). . Darwin Núñez had now become the second substitute to score both the goals in a 2-0 league win in the Reds' history; previously David Fairclough against Burnley in League Division One on 27 March 1976. [c/o Michael Reid] . They had now become the fourth team to score in 1,000 games in the Premier League. [c/o @onionbagstats]