2nd January, 2023
Rampant Brentford thrashed Liverpool 3-1 on Monday at home as the Reds drift far from claiming the league this season.
The homers opened scoring on 19th minute after Ibrahima Konate scored an own-goal.
Konate attempted to clear the ball away after the opposition’s corner kick into the box, but instead miskicked the clearance and put it into his own net, specifically inside the right post.
Brentford added a second goal on 39th minute but the referee ruled out the goal for an offside after VAR’s check.
But this did not stop the homers from scoring their second goal three minutes later.
Yoane Wissa jumped highest to connect with a perfect cross from Mathias Jensen and planted his close-range header into the bottom left corner.
Liverpool scored on 48th minute by Darwin Nunez, but the goal was ruled offside.
Liverpool did made it 2-1 two minutes later. Trent Alexander-Arnold sent a precise lofted pass into the box, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain rose above the defenders to meet the ball near the penalty spot and headed it straight into the bottom left corner.
But Brentford hit back six minutes to duration time to make it 3-1. Bryan Mbeumo converted a killer cross with a powerful low shot that went into the middle of the net.