Liverpool v Brentford, 25 August 2024

Score2-0 to Liverpool
RefereeStuart Attwell
CompetitionPremier League
VenueAnfield
Attendance60,107

View Liverpool v Brentford head to head

Kick-off: 4.30pm . Premier League Head to Head Played: 7 Liverpool won: 5 Drawn: 1 Brentford won: 1 Liverpool scored: 17 Brentford scored: 7 . Brentford now lost all of their six league visits to Anfield since March 1939 without scoring a goal.

2 Liverpool

Manager: Arne Slot

0 Brentford

Manager: Thomas Frank

Goals:

Luis Díaz 13 G
Mohamed Salah 70 G

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Alisson Becker
Defender Ibrahima Konaté
Defender Virgil van Dijk
Defender/Midfielder Trent Alexander-Arnold
Defender/Midfielder Andy Robertson
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Dominik Szoboszlai
Midfielder Ryan Gravenberch
Midfielder Alexis Mac Allister
Midfielder/Forward Luis Díaz
Midfielder/Forward Diogo Jota
Midfielder/Forward Mohamed Salah

Starting lineup:

Mark Flekken Goalkeeper
Nathan Collins Defender
Ethan Pinnock Defender
Kristoffer Ajer Defender/Midfielder
Christian Norgaard Defender/Midfielder
Mads Roerslev Defender/Midfielder
Keane Lewis-Potter Defender/Midfielder/Forward
Vitaly Janelt Midfielder
Mathias Jensen Midfielder
Bryan Mbeumo Midfielder/Forward
Yoane Wissa Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Conor Bradley for Trent Alexander-Arnold 72
Cody Gakpo for Luis Díaz 72
Darwin Núñez for Diogo Jota 72
Harvey Elliott for Mohamed Salah 83
Wataru Endo for Ryan Gravenberch 90+1

Substitutions:

Mikkel Damsgaard for Keane Lewis-Potter 66
Fábio Carvalho for Mathias Jensen 66
Frank Onyeka for Vitaly Janelt 73
Kevin Schade for Yoane Wissa 73

Cards:

Dominik Szoboszlai 30 Y
Ryan Gravenberch 38 Y

Cards:

Christian Norgaard 40 Y
Mathias Jensen 45 Y
Bryan Mbeumo 90+4 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher
Defender Joe Gomez
Defender Jarell Quansah
Defender/Midfielder Conor Bradley
Defender/Midfielder Wataru Endo
Defender/Midfielder Kostas Tsimikas
Midfielder Harvey Elliott
Midfielder/Forward Cody Gakpo
Midfielder/Forward Darwin Núñez

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Hákon Valdimarsson
Defender Ben Mee
Defender Sepp Van Den Berg
Midfielder Fábio Carvalho
Midfielder Frank Onyeka
Midfielder Ryan Trevitt
Midfielder Yegor Yarmolyuk
Midfielder/Forward Mikkel Damsgaard
Midfielder/Forward Kevin Schade

Comments:

League position: 4th . Liverpool were now unbeaten in their opening home game in the last 21 seasons in the Premier League since a 2-1 loss to Chelsea in 2003-04. . Arne Slot had now become the first permanent Reds manager to win his first two league games in charge since Graeme Souness in April 1991. . The attendance of 60,107 had now become their highest-ever for a home league game. The Anfield attendance record in all competitions is 61,905 versus Wolverhampton Wanderers in the FA Cup on 2 February 1952.

Comments:

League position: 13th . Brentford failed in their attempt to win their opening two games of a season for the first time since 2006-07 in League One. . The Bees had now conceded two or more goals in 14 of their last 24 games in the Premier League. . Bryan Mbeumo became the fourth player to make 100 appearances for the Bees in the Premier League, following Vitaly Janelt, Yoane Wissa and Mathias Jensen.

2 Liverpool

Manager: Arne Slot

Goals:

Luis Díaz 13 G
Mohamed Salah 70 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Alisson Becker
Defender Ibrahima Konaté
Defender Virgil van Dijk
Defender/Midfielder Trent Alexander-Arnold
Defender/Midfielder Andy Robertson
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Dominik Szoboszlai
Midfielder Ryan Gravenberch
Midfielder Alexis Mac Allister
Midfielder/Forward Luis Díaz
Midfielder/Forward Diogo Jota
Midfielder/Forward Mohamed Salah

Substitutions:

Conor Bradley for Trent Alexander-Arnold 72
Cody Gakpo for Luis Díaz 72
Darwin Núñez for Diogo Jota 72
Harvey Elliott for Mohamed Salah 83
Wataru Endo for Ryan Gravenberch 90+1

Cards:

Dominik Szoboszlai 30 Y
Ryan Gravenberch 38 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher
Defender Joe Gomez
Defender Jarell Quansah
Defender/Midfielder Conor Bradley
Defender/Midfielder Wataru Endo
Defender/Midfielder Kostas Tsimikas
Midfielder Harvey Elliott
Midfielder/Forward Cody Gakpo
Midfielder/Forward Darwin Núñez

Comments:

League position: 4th . Liverpool were now unbeaten in their opening home game in the last 21 seasons in the Premier League since a 2-1 loss to Chelsea in 2003-04. . Arne Slot had now become the first permanent Reds manager to win his first two league games in charge since Graeme Souness in April 1991. . The attendance of 60,107 had now become their highest-ever for a home league game. The Anfield attendance record in all competitions is 61,905 versus Wolverhampton Wanderers in the FA Cup on 2 February 1952.

0 Brentford

Manager: Thomas Frank

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Mark Flekken Goalkeeper
Nathan Collins Defender
Ethan Pinnock Defender
Kristoffer Ajer Defender/Midfielder
Christian Norgaard Defender/Midfielder
Mads Roerslev Defender/Midfielder
Keane Lewis-Potter Defender/Midfielder/Forward
Vitaly Janelt Midfielder
Mathias Jensen Midfielder
Bryan Mbeumo Midfielder/Forward
Yoane Wissa Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Mikkel Damsgaard for Keane Lewis-Potter 66
Fábio Carvalho for Mathias Jensen 66
Frank Onyeka for Vitaly Janelt 73
Kevin Schade for Yoane Wissa 73

Cards:

Christian Norgaard 40 Y
Mathias Jensen 45 Y
Bryan Mbeumo 90+4 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Hákon Valdimarsson
Defender Ben Mee
Defender Sepp Van Den Berg
Midfielder Fábio Carvalho
Midfielder Frank Onyeka
Midfielder Ryan Trevitt
Midfielder Yegor Yarmolyuk
Midfielder/Forward Mikkel Damsgaard
Midfielder/Forward Kevin Schade

Comments:

League position: 13th . Brentford failed in their attempt to win their opening two games of a season for the first time since 2006-07 in League One. . The Bees had now conceded two or more goals in 14 of their last 24 games in the Premier League. . Bryan Mbeumo became the fourth player to make 100 appearances for the Bees in the Premier League, following Vitaly Janelt, Yoane Wissa and Mathias Jensen.