With a 2-0 hard china cut victory against Brentford, Liverpool kept their Premier league title chase alive with two stunning late goals. The stronger home side did manage to resist plenty of Liverpool’s attacks for quite a time, however, the visitors were able to score due to their relentless effort. Here’s a game analysis along with a breakdown of the players’ performance:
Match Summary :- Liverpool
Liverpool came up against Brentford, a side who showed prevail once more after a close opportunity when Mads’s cross to three struggling forwards inside the box missed badly. Szoboszlai, Dominik and Cody Gakpo both missed key opportunities as Liverpool had a rough start.
Liverpool dominated the final thirty minutes after completing the first half. When Brentford’s goalkeeper Mark Flekken clipped Luis Diaz inside the area, there was controversy but neither the referee nor VAR detected foul play and turned down a penalty. It appeared as if the game would end without any goals until the last few moments when Darwin Nunez scored a beautiful finesse shot with Trent Alexander’s brilliant cutback. Right after that, Nunez scored with Harvey Elliott’s help in a well-executed counter-attack.
Goalkeeper & Defence:- Liverpool
Alisson (6/10): Seemed to be overly quiet during, only stepping up to kick the ball.
Trent Alexander-Arnold (7/10): Displayed some game discipline defensively and alongside his defensive work managed to grab an assist for an early goal.
Ibrahima Konate (6/10): Mostly unable to be effective offensively as he was engaged in the excessive physicality that took place higher up the pitch throughout the game.
Virgil van Dijk (7/10): Exhibited leadership in the defensive area of the pitch as he dealt with the forwards from Brentford efficiently.
Kostas Tsimikas (5/10): Was unproductive in the match and was sent off for Robertson.
Midfield:- Liverpool
Ryan Gravenberch (6/10): Managed to break some of the spells intermittently but could not be influential overall, similar to before the break.
Alexis Mac Allister (6/10): Tended to dazzle in some moments yet ,as before, was unable to make a tangible difference which led to him also being substituted out.
Dominik Szoboszlai (6/10): Shot a rolling thunderbolt against the crossbar in one of his attempts to score, which he very almost succeeded in, but sufficed in doing little else aside from that.
Attack
Mohamed Salah (7/10): While he was great at creating scoring opportunities and making chances I found it quite strange how he was unable to put the ball in the net.
Luis Diaz (4/10): Seemed quite off form as he was missing a lot of crucial chances and could barely get something going in the third section of the pitch.
Cody Gakpo (5/10): As the game continued he faded more and more while failing to score in a decisive one-on-one encounter. Substitutes & Manager
Andy Robertson (6/10): After coming on for Tsimikas, Robertson was able to add an attacking intuition to the overall game of the team.
Darwin Nunez (9/10): Responded to criticism with t
Main Points
In the competition for the title, Liverpool won thanks to their impeccable performance and last minute goals. Acknowledgments received by Brentford for their tough defensive performance were lost to a relentless Liverpool team.
