Brentford 0-0 Liverpool LIVE! Premier League match stream, latest score and goal updates today
Liverpool will look to make it five Premier League wins on the bounce as they travel to face Brentford this evening. Jurgen Klopp’s side had a fairly miserable first few months of the season, but there are signs they could finally be starting to click into gear as we enter 2023.
The Reds were not entirely convincing against Leicester on Friday but got the job done through two own goals from Wout Faes, with victory leaving them just four points off the Champions League spots. There was plenty of talk again about Darwin Nunez’s wastefulness in front of goal – he leads the line once again here. New signing Cody Gakpo will have to wait for his debut with Jordan Henderson also out as Ibrahima Konate, Fabinho and Kostas Tsimikas all start.
Brentford have reason to be confident too, picking up four points from recent London derbies against Tottenham and West Ham. However, Ivan Toney is out injured today as Yoane Wissa and Vitaly Janelt come in. Follow Brentford vs Liverpool LIVE below, with expert analysis from Malik Ouzia at Gtech Community Stadium.
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Malik Ouzia at Gtech Community Stadium
Jurgen Klopp isn’t happy with the way Christian Norgaard was left unmarked out wide to attack that set-piece.
If I remember rightly, Liverpool were undone by a similar free-kick routine in that mad 3-3 draw last year.
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8 mins: One yellow card each now as Rico Henry looks to lead a fast Brentford counter-attack and is brought down by Elliott, who joins Jorgensen in the book.
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6 mins: Brentford are living extremely dangerously early on here as the glaring chances keep coming for Liverpool.
Nunez rounds Raya after a super pass from Salah, but Ben Mee gets back to clear off the line.
Another huge opportunity goes begging for the divisive Uruguayan.
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Malik Ouzia at Gtech Community Stadium
The flag went up but even so that is some save from my London team of 2022 goalkeeper David Raya.
Given the goalkeeping situation at one or two of the top sides, I do wonder whether Brentford might be staving off interest for him again this summer.
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4 mins: What an astonishing save from Brentford ‘keeper David Raya, who somehow scoops Van Dijk’s effort from close range onto the crossbar and over with the offside flag raised following a searching Harvey Elliott cross to the back stick.
Brentford under pressure early after an initial corner forced by the men in dark green.
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2 mins: Not even 90 seconds on the clock and Mathias Jorgensen is already into the book after an iffy header from Ethan Pinnock that was chased down by the determined Darwin Nunez, who was cut down.
An immediate yellow card brandished by referee Stuart Attwell.
There was some early defending to do for Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate at the other end too, with Yoane Wissa looking to pick out Bryan Mbeumo with a smart flick-on.
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1 min: Cameras quickly pan to behind the Brentford bench, where Ivan Toney is an interested spectator.
Such a huge miss for the hosts, who will be delighted he is set to return so soon.
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KICK-OFF
Underway amid a cracking atmosphere in west London, following a traditional minute’s applause before kick-off to remember all the members of the Brentford football family who sadly passed away in 2022.
Will it be another home game unbeaten for the Toney-less Bees, or can Liverpool notch a fifth straight Premier League win to move up to fifth and within a point of the top four?
Time to find out. This should be a cracker!
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A superb atmosphere bubbling at this cracking little ground as the two teams emerge from the tunnel.
Liverpool are in their green third strips this evening, with Brentford in those familiar red and white vertical stripes.
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Malik Ouzia at Gtech Community Stadium
Every time I come to this ground I’m reminded of what a brilliant place it is to watch football.
It feels such a rarity among new stadiums to have developed such an atmosphere and such a fortress-like advantage for the home side so quickly after opening.
