Brentford is attempting to stop Liverpool’s domestic success.
When Liverpool hosts a resurgent Brentford team at Anfield on Sunday, they will look to keep their flawless home league record.
After losing 3-2 at Toulouse in the UEFA Europa League on Thursday night, the Reds (7-1-3, 24 points) start the weekend third in the table, three points behind leaders Manchester City.
This is their first two-game losing streak in all competitions.
The league’s 1-1 draw against recently promoted Luton Town the previous weekend preceded the loss in France. But both results come with significant disclaimers.
Luis Diaz tied the score deep into stoppage time in the second half for Liverpool, who had been clearly the better team against Luton. L
had fallen behind on the counter in the 80th minute and had to settle for a 1-1 draw.
Manager Jurgen Klopp stated, “I think there is one team who should have won the game, and that’s us.” “We wasted our opportunities.
That way, you can’t win a match. You need to score at least one goal to tie the score when we give up a goal, and that’s precisely what happened.
Liverpool was leading Group E when Klopp used a highly rotated team at Toulouse. With two games remaining, the Reds are comfortably guaranteed a spot in the next round as they lead the group by two points.
With his father’s release on Thursday from the grips of kidnapping, Diaz scored his first goal of the league season. His father had been held captive for 13 days by Colombian guerillas.
With eight goals, Mohamed Salah leads Liverpool.
With Curtis Jones missing due to a hamstring injury and Alexis Mac Allister serving a card-accumulation suspension, Liverpool will be lacking in midfield behind those strikers.
Since winning Premier League promotion three seasons ago, ninth-place Brentford (4-3-4, 16 points) has had a winning streak of three games and has had a moderate amount of success against the Reds.
However, they have only gained points in London.
The Bees have suffered two league losses at Anfield.
They haven’t scored in multiple league trips at any of the other two Premier League away venues.
Brentford manager Thomas Frank stated, “They are an incredible team at Anfield, which is one of the most difficult away grounds to go to.”
“As always, we have faith and confidence in ourselves, but we are aware that it will be extremely challenging.”
Frank’s team has been adjusting to Ivan Toney’s lengthy suspension, which will keep him out of the game until January because of his involvement in illicit gambling.
But lately, others have taken up the slack, as evidenced by the Bees’ three victories, when they have scored eight goals.
During that period, Bryan Mbeumo scored twice, giving him a team-high total of six goals.
The Bees defeated West Ham 3-2 last weekend, with five more goals and an own goal.
