Full TimePosted at 90’+5′ Second Half ends, Liverpool 1, Brentford 0.Post updatePosted at 90’+4′ Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Pontus Jansson.Post updatePosted at 90’+3′ Attempt blocked. Diogo Jota (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.Post updatePosted at 90’+2′ Attempt blocked. Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.Post updatePosted at 90’+1′ Attempt saved. Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.SubstitutionPosted at 90’+1′ Substitution, Liverpool. James Milner replaces Curtis Jones.Post updatePosted at 90′ Attempt blocked. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.Post updatePosted at 89′ Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Pontus Jansson.SubstitutionPosted at 88′ Substitution, Brentford. Mads Roerslev replaces Ivan Toney.Post updatePosted at 88′ Attempt missed. Divock Origi (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.SubstitutionPosted at 88′ Substitution, Brentford. Marcus Forss replaces Bryan Mbeumo.Post updatePosted at 87′ Attempt blocked. Diogo Jota (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.SubstitutionPosted at 82′ Substitution, Brentford. Vitaly Janelt replaces Mathias Jensen.SubstitutionPosted at 82′ Substitution, Brentford. Christian Nørgaard replaces Emiliano Marcondes.SubstitutionPosted at 82′ Substitution, Brentford. Mads Bidstrup replaces Rico Henry.SubstitutionPosted at 82′ Substitution, Liverpool. Kostas Tsimikas replaces Andrew Robertson.SubstitutionPosted at 82′ Substitution, Brentford. Mads Roerslev replaces Ivan Toney.SubstitutionPosted at 82′ Substitution, Brentford. Marcus Forss replaces Bryan Mbeumo.SubstitutionPosted at 82′ Substitution, Brentford. Christian Nørgaard replaces Emiliano Marcondes.SubstitutionPosted at 82′ Substitution, Brentford. Mads Bidstrup replaces Rico Henry.SubstitutionPosted at 82′ Substitution, Liverpool. Kostas Tsimikas replaces Andrew Robertson.SubstitutionPosted at 82′ Substitution, Brentford. Vitaly Janelt replaces Mathias Jensen.SubstitutionPosted at 73′ Substitution, Liverpool. Jordan Henderson replaces Diogo Jota.Post updatePosted at 71′ Attempt saved. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.Post updatePosted at 70′ Rico Henry (Brentford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.SubstitutionPosted at 72′ Substitution, Brentford. Marcus Forss replaces Emiliano Marcondes.SubstitutionPosted at 72′ Substitution, Brentford. Mads Roerslev replaces Mathias Jensen.Post updatePosted at 69′ Attempt saved. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.Post updatePosted at 68′ Attempt missed. Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Ozan Kabak.Post updatePosted at 67′ Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Ozan Kabak.Post updatePosted at 65′ Substitution, Liverpool. Thiago Alcântara replaces Yasser Larouci.Post updatePosted at 64′ Attempt blocked. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Mohamed Salah continued his superb scoring form as Liverpool made it six Premier League wins in a row by defeating Brentford to move one point behind Manchester United in the race for the top four. The Egypt forward became the first player in Reds history to score in nine consecutive home appearances, while his winner was his 100th goal for the Reds at Anfield – a record-equalling 186th goal for Liverpool overall – and his 30th goal of the season set Jurgen Klopp’s side on the way to another crucial win that keeps alive Liverpool’s outside hopes of qualifying for next season’s Champions League.
At a vibrant Anfield, Bryan Mbeumo thought he had equalised for Brentford only for it to be ruled out for offside after a video assistant referee (VAR) check, while Cody Gakpo missed a great chance to make it 2-0 after the break from point-blank range and Trent Alexander-Arnold produced the pass of the match to set up Darwin Nunez who should have made it 2-0 but was thwarted by David Raya in the closing stages.
Before the game, many Liverpool fans booed the national anthem which was played as a tribute to King Charles III on the day of his coronation, after the club said they know some fans “have strong views on it”. Klopp said he was “really proud” of Salah after he wrote his name into the club’s history books and Alisson made it 100 clean sheets for Liverpool – with Fabinho heavily involved in the move for Salah’s goal – while Liverpool are now on 62 points and have just three more games left in their bid to qualify for the Champions League – Leicester away, Aston Villa at home and Southampton away – with Manchester United remaining strong favourites to seal a top-four finish with three of their five games at home to Wolves, Chelsea and Fulham.
Brentford have had another fine season under Thomas Frank and continue to win a legion of new admirers for the way they have established themselves in the top half of the table – chasing a first league double over the Reds after defeating Klopp’s side 3-1 in London in January – but were fully committed at Anfield with Ivan Toney and Mbeumo both lively but registering just one attempt on target and Aaron Hickey also having a chance to equalise – despite defeat they remain ninth in the table five points clear of 10th-placed Fulham and remain on course for their best top-flight finish since 1938 with Frank saying his side “definitely could have got something out of it”.
Player of the match Virgil van Dijk with an average of 8.40 was awarded to Liverpool while Toney was awarded 5.60 for Brentford