Liverpool misplaced extra floor within the race for a top-four English Premier League end when it misplaced to Brentford 3-1 on Monday.
Sloppy defending price Liverpool twice within the first half, prompting offended boss Jurgen Klopp to substitute key defender Virgil van Dijk at halftime.
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain pulled one again however Bryan Mbeumo killed off Liverpool as Brentford beat the customer for the primary time since 1938 in all competitions.
Brentford rose from tenth to seventh within the standings. It was two factors behind Liverpool.
Ibrahima Konate’s personal aim gave the Bees the lead and Yoane Wissa’s header simply earlier than halftime put them in management.
Wissa, the alternative for Ivan Toney, the Bees’ 13-goal high scorer, had two objectives dominated out for offside earlier than he scored in a breakneck first half.
Liverpool’s Darwin Nunez added to his rising catalogue of wasted alternatives in entrance of aim. He was slipped in behind by Mohamed Salah and took the ball round Bees goalkeeper David Raya and rolled it in the direction of aim, just for Ben Mee to reach within the nick of time to slip in and block.
At the opposite finish, Wissa despatched Mbeumo clear by on aim however the latter’s shot was properly saved by Alisson. However, from the nook, Brentford took the lead when the ball ricocheted off the knee of France World Cup finalist Konate and squirmed previous Alisson.
Mbeumo’s corners continued to trigger the customer issues and Wissa put two of them into the web just for each objectives to be chalked off.
However, the winger made it third time fortunate 4 minutes earlier than halftime when he buried an outstanding header from Mathias Jensen’s cross. Alisson acquired a hand to the ball and scooped it out however referee Stuart Attwell’s watch buzzed to verify Wissa lastly had his aim.
Klopp had seen sufficient of the shambles on the again and changed Van Dijk with Joel Matip as one in every of three halftime modifications.
The luckless Nunez managed to seek out the web shortly after the restart after breaking by one on one with Raya, just for VAR to drag him up for offside.
Moments later, Liverpool made one rely, Oxlade-Chamberlain glancing in a header from Trent Alexander-Arnold’s tempting cross.
They pressed for an equalizer however Raya did properly to maintain out a Fabinho shot and Konate headed vast.
Brentford ended its hopes six minutes from time after Mbeumo dismissed a feeble problem by Konate and tucked away the third.
