- Matthew Henry
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Yoann Wissa has scored more goals for Liverpool than any other team in the Premier League
Scotland left-back Andrew Robertson said Liverpool’s performance in their defeat at Brentford “wasn’t good enough” after a series of defensive mistakes missed the Reds’ opportunity to move closer to the top four in the league table. English Premier League.
Brentford achieved a deserved victory over Liverpool, with three goals to one, in the match which was played at the “Brentford Community” stadium.
In the first half, Ibrahima Konate scored a reversed goal against Liverpool from a corner kick, and the result could have gotten much worse than that, as the referee disallowed two Brentford goals from two set pieces for offside after returning to the assistant referee’s technique.
Liverpool conceded a second goal after Harvey Elliott made a mistake which allowed the ball to reach Matthias Jensen, who scored the second goal for Yuan Wessa.
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp made three substitutions between the break and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain managed to narrow the score, but Konate made another mistake which allowed Brian Mbeumo to score Brentford’s third .
If Liverpool had won that game they would have moved within a point of fourth place, but after this defeat they have dropped 23 points this season, one more than the total number of points dropped throughout last season.
“For the fans who watched the game from home, or who watched the game from the stadium and on the bus back to Liverpool, it wasn’t good enough,” said Robertson.
He added: “We’ve talked about the need to introduce fixed levels and other things like that, but we haven’t succeeded.”
And he continued: “It seems that we are taking a step forward, and then a step back, as has happened at the moment, which unfortunately makes it difficult to climb the standings”.
Meanwhile, Brentford went unbeaten in their last six games – the team’s best Premier League finish for over 80 years – and climbed to seventh.
Another bad performance for Liverpool
Liverpool’s defense has been bad in a way that reminds us of what the team presented last week against Leicester City when they won by two goals to one goal, but their defense has been bad on many occasions.
Konate was unlucky in the opening goal as the ball hit his foot and went into the goal, but the corner kick that came off goal came after a very dangerous counter-attack from Mbiumu, which was brilliantly saved by the Reds goalkeeper Alisson Becker.
All the Liverpool players were very disoriented in the next two corners and fortunately for Liverpool, Wesa’s goal was disallowed for offside.
Seconds later, Elliott made a fatal error by losing the ball in his own half as the second half began. Liverpool improved slightly going into the second half and Virgil van Dijk was one of the players to be replaced after suffering a hamstring injury, but Konate should have been stronger in the 84th minute when Mbeumo knocked him down, he took possession and slotted the ball home for Brentford’s third. .
Speaking to Sky Sports, former Reds defender Jamie Carragher said Liverpool needed to spend “£200m” to be able to challenge for the league title again, while Robertson criticized the performance of the whole squad.
He said: “We lost all the fights for the ball in the first half and couldn’t really throw ourselves into the gaps.”
He added: “We have to be the first to reach the ball in the penalty area, and we have to be more aggressive in the penalty area for our team, and we have to avoid corner kicks counting against us in the first place.” but we didn’t do any of that.”
He continued: “We could have conceded three goals in the first half.”
He said: “Our performance against Leicester City should have been a wake-up call, so let’s say to ourselves: well, we won, but now we have to do better.”
He added: “After three days, we had another bad performance. It’s about delivering consistent levels and we have to do that.”
Tony’s absence has not been a problem for Brentford
It was another remarkable night in the spotlight for Brentford, who beat Liverpool, having won at home against Manchester United and Arsenal since returning to the Premier League.
It was also Brentford’s first victory over Liverpool since 1938.
The win was all the more impressive as it came in the absence of top scorer Ivan Toni, who missed the match after picking up an injury in Brentford’s 2-0 win over West Ham on 30 December.
It was only Brentford’s second Premier League win without Tony since the team’s promotion and it took a huge collective effort from all players to secure victory.
After the match ended, Brentford players and fans celebrated this victory, which has led them to wonder how far this club can continue to grow!
