English Premier League

FT Sunday, January 16, 2022
Brentford LLWWL 0
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Liverpool WLDWD 3
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Anfield · 52,824 att.

Match Report

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Liverpool storm to victory over Brentford to go second in Premier League

Goals from Fabinho, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Takumi Minamino helped Liverpool to a 3-0 win over Brentford at Anfield on Sunday.

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Team Stats

6
Fouls
6
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
7
Offsides
2
0
Corner Kicks
9
10
Saves
1
31.7
Possession
68.3
6
SHOTS
27
1
ON GOAL
13
0.2
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
213
Accurate Passes
589
340
Passes
712
0.6
Pass Completion %
0.8
0
Accurate Crosses
4
4
Crosses
32
0.0
Cross %
0.1
70
Long Balls
75
16
Accurate Long Balls
35
0.2
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
6
9
Effective Tackles
7
21
Tackles
9
0.4
Tackle %
0.8
15
Interceptions
9
32
Effective Clearances
5
32
Clearances
5

Head to Head

Lineups

LIV · 4-3-3

  1. 1Alisson BeckerG
  2. 4Virgil van DijkCD-L
  3. 32Joël MatipCD-R
  4. 26Andy RobertsonLB
  5. 66Trent Alexander-ArnoldRB
  6. 3FabinhoCM
  7. 17Curtis JonesLM
  8. 14Jordan HendersonRM
  9. 9Roberto FirminoF
  10. 20Diogo JotaLF
  11. 15Alex Oxlade-ChamberlainRF

BRE · 3-5-2

  1. 40Álvaro FernándezG
  2. 18Pontus JanssonCD
  3. 5Ethan PinnockCD-L
  4. 20Kristoffer AjerCD-R
  5. 27Vitaly JaneltCM-L
  6. 26Shandon BaptisteCM-R
  7. 6Christian NørgaardAM
  8. 3Rico HenryLM
  9. 30Mads RoerslevRM
  10. 17Ivan ToneyCF-L
  11. 19Bryan MbeumoCF-R

Timeline

  1. 19' Kristoffer Ajer (Brentford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 44' Goal! Liverpool 1, Brentford 0. Fabinho (Liverpool) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold with a cross following a corner.
  3. 49' Substitution, Brentford. Sergi Canós replaces Rico Henry.
  4. 68' Substitution, Brentford. Yoane Wissa replaces Shandon Baptiste.
  5. 69' Goal! Liverpool 2, Brentford 0. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Andrew Robertson with a cross.
  6. 74' Substitution, Liverpool. Takumi Minamino replaces Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain because of an injury.
  7. 75' Substitution, Brentford. Mathias Jensen replaces Bryan Mbeumo.
  8. 77' Goal! Liverpool 3, Brentford 0. Takumi Minamino (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Roberto Firmino.
  9. 78' Substitution, Liverpool. James Milner replaces Roberto Firmino.
  10. 82' Substitution, Liverpool. Kaide Gordon replaces Diogo Jota.

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