Brentford 1-2 Liverpool: result, goals, stats and reaction

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Liverpool came from behind to beat Brentford 2-1 in the Premier League at the Gtech Community Stadium on Saturday 17 October. Keane Lewis-Potter scored for Brentford in the 44th minute, and Víctor Muñoz (62) and Alexander Isak (70) scored for Liverpool. Brentford led 1-0 at half-time.

The Matchweek 7 fixture kicked off at 3pm and was refereed by John Brooks. Brentford were shown two red cards, to Yegor Yarmolyuk and Vitaly Janelt, and finished the match with nine players.

How the goals came

Brentford scored the first goal of the match in the 44th minute. Igor Thiago provided the assist for Lewis-Potter, who put the home side 1-0 ahead. That was the score at half-time.

Liverpool equalised in the 62nd minute through Muñoz, with Florian Wirtz credited with the assist. Eight minutes later, in the 70th minute, Isak scored to make it 2-1, with Bradley Barcola providing the assist. There were no further goals, and Liverpool held the lead to the final whistle.

Lewis-Potter was substituted in the 77th minute, replaced by El Hadji Malick Diouf. Muñoz and Isak both came off in the 79th minute, replaced by Joe Gomez and Lewis Koumas respectively.

Match stats

Liverpool had 60% of possession to Brentford’s 40%. Liverpool had 21 shots, five of them on target, while Brentford had 10 shots, two of them on target. Each side was credited with one big chance.

Liverpool won 10 corners to Brentford’s three. Pass accuracy was 83% for Liverpool and 74% for Brentford. Brentford made three saves and Liverpool one.

Liverpool committed 13 fouls and Brentford seven. Liverpool were flagged offside twice and Brentford once. Brentford were shown four yellow cards and two red cards, and Liverpool three yellow cards and no red cards.

Cards and changes

Barcola was the first player booked, in the 31st minute for a foul. Yarmolyuk was sent off for violent conduct in the 45+8 minute, the last act of the first half. A VAR check involving Alexis Mac Allister was recorded in the 41st minute.

Thiago was booked for a foul in the 46th minute. Jérémy Jacquet was booked for a foul in the 49th minute, and Mac Allister for an argument in the 53rd. Kevin Schade was booked for a foul in the 60th minute, and Janelt for an argument in the 63rd. Janelt was then sent off for a foul in the 90+2 minute.

Liverpool made their first change in the 32nd minute, when Trey Nyoni replaced Dominik Szoboszlai. Jeremie Frimpong replaced Ronald Araujo in the 46th minute, and Rio Ngumoha replaced Frimpong in the 52nd. Brentford made two changes at half-time, with Mamadou Sangaré replacing Mathias Jensen and Schade replacing Dango Ouattara. Aaron Hickey replaced Sepp van den Berg in the 71st minute, and Mikkel Damsgaard replaced Jaidon Anthony in the 77th.

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