Brentford vs Liverpool, 2026-27 English Premier League
· English Premier LeagueAlexander Isak completes Liverpool comeback at nine-man Brentford
Alexander Isak marked his return from injury with the winner as Liverpool came from behind to beat nine-man Brentford 2-1.
Match Commentary
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Foul by Florian Wirtz (Liverpool).
- 1': Keane Lewis-Potter (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 2': Kristoffer Ajer (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 2': Foul by Ronald Araujo (Liverpool).
- 3': Offside, Liverpool. Alexander Isak is caught offside.
- 5': Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Víctor Muñoz.
- 6': Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Virgil van Dijk.
- 7': Attempt blocked. Jaidon Anthony (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Keane Lewis-Potter.
- 8': Attempt missed. Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Florian Wirtz.
- 9': Milos Kerkez (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 9': Foul by Igor Thiago (Brentford).
- 11': Foul by Víctor Muñoz (Liverpool).
- 11': Keane Lewis-Potter (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 12': Jaidon Anthony (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 12': Foul by Ronald Araujo (Liverpool).
- 15': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Sepp van den Berg.
- 15': Attempt missed. Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Florian Wirtz following a corner.
- 16': Kristoffer Ajer (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 16': Foul by Florian Wirtz (Liverpool).
- 18': Foul by Igor Thiago (Brentford).
- 18': Milos Kerkez (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 19': Attempt blocked. Michael Kayode (Brentford) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dango Ouattara.
- 19': Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Jérémy Jacquet.
- 20': Attempt missed. Bradley Barcola (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a fast break.
- 23': Attempt missed. Alexander Isak (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Alexis Mac Allister with a cross.
- 24': Yehor Yarmoliuk (Brentford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 24': Foul by Florian Wirtz (Liverpool).
- 24': Delay in match because of an injury Víctor Muñoz (Liverpool).
- 26': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 28': Attempt blocked. Igor Thiago (Brentford) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 31': Michael Kayode (Brentford) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 31': Foul by Bradley Barcola (Liverpool).
- 31': Bradley Barcola (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 31': Delay in match because of an injury Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool).
- 32': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 32': Substitution, Liverpool. Trey Nyoni replaces Dominik Szoboszlai because of an injury.
- 33': Attempt missed. Igor Thiago (Brentford) header from the left side of the six yard box is too high. Assisted by Kristoffer Ajer with a headed pass following a set piece situation.
- 35': Dango Ouattara (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 35': Foul by Trey Nyoni (Liverpool).
- 37': Attempt missed. Bradley Barcola (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Florian Wirtz.
- 39': Foul by Mathias Jensen (Brentford).
- 39': Trey Nyoni (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 41': VAR Decision: No Penalty Liverpool.
- 44': Attempt blocked. Jaidon Anthony (Brentford) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Keane Lewis-Potter.
- 44': Goal! Brentford 1, Liverpool 0. Keane Lewis-Potter (Brentford) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Igor Thiago.
- 45': Fourth official has announced 6 minutes of added time.
- 45'+3': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Keane Lewis-Potter.
- 45'+4': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Dango Ouattara.
- 45'+4': Attempt blocked. Florian Wirtz (Liverpool) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
- 45'+5': VAR Decision: Card upgraded Yehor Yarmoliuk (Brentford).
- 45'+8': Yehor Yarmoliuk (Brentford) is shown the red card for violent conduct.
- 45'+8': Attempt blocked. Trey Nyoni (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Florian Wirtz.
- 45'+9': Offside, Brentford. Dango Ouattara is caught offside.
- 45'+10': Michael Kayode (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+10': Foul by Milos Kerkez (Liverpool).
- 45'+11': First Half ends, Brentford 1, Liverpool 0.
- 45': Substitution, Brentford. Kevin Schade replaces Dango Ouattara.
- 45': Substitution, Brentford. Mamadou Sangaré replaces Mathias Jensen.
- 45': Substitution, Liverpool. Jeremie Frimpong replaces Ronald Araujo.
- 45': Second Half begins Brentford 1, Liverpool 0.
- 46': Foul by Igor Thiago (Brentford).
- 46': Jérémy Jacquet (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 46': Igor Thiago (Brentford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 46': Attempt missed. Jérémy Jacquet (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Jeremie Frimpong.
- 49': Attempt blocked. Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Florian Wirtz.
- 49': Kevin Schade (Brentford) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 49': Foul by Jérémy Jacquet (Liverpool).
- 49': Jérémy Jacquet (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 51': Delay in match because of an injury Jeremie Frimpong (Liverpool).
- 52': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 52': Substitution, Liverpool. Rio Ngumoha replaces Jeremie Frimpong because of an injury.
- 53': Attempt saved. Jaidon Anthony (Brentford) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Alisson Becker (Liverpool).
- 53': Michael Kayode (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 53': Foul by Bradley Barcola (Liverpool).
- 53': Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card.
- 56': Attempt missed. Trey Nyoni (Liverpool) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Florian Wirtz.
- 58': Attempt missed. Jaidon Anthony (Brentford) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
- 59': Attempt saved. Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner by Caoimhín Kelleher (Brentford). Assisted by Milos Kerkez.
- 59': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Caoimhín Kelleher.
- 59': Attempt missed. Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Rio Ngumoha with a cross following a corner.
- 60': Delay in match because of an injury Víctor Muñoz (Liverpool).
- 60': Kevin Schade (Brentford) is shown the yellow card.
- 61': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 62': Goal! Brentford 1, Liverpool 1. Víctor Muñoz (Liverpool) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Florian Wirtz following a fast break.
- 63': Foul by Igor Thiago (Brentford).
- 63': Jérémy Jacquet (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 63': Vitaly Janelt (Brentford) is shown the yellow card.
- 64': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Keane Lewis-Potter.
- 65': Attempt missed. Víctor Muñoz (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left following a corner.
- 66': Attempt missed. Bradley Barcola (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Florian Wirtz.
- 68': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Igor Thiago.
- 69': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Kevin Schade.
- 69': Attempt blocked. Rio Ngumoha (Liverpool) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Florian Wirtz.
- 70': Goal! Brentford 1, Liverpool 2. Alexander Isak (Liverpool) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Bradley Barcola with a headed pass.
- 71': Substitution, Brentford. Aaron Hickey replaces Sepp van den Berg.
- 71': Foul by Mamadou Sangaré (Brentford).
- 71': Rio Ngumoha (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 72': Attempt saved. Víctor Muñoz (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Caoimhín Kelleher (Brentford). Assisted by Trey Nyoni.
- 73': Attempt missed. Igor Thiago (Brentford) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
- 75': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Aaron Hickey.
- 77': Attempt missed. Keane Lewis-Potter (Brentford) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Michael Kayode with a cross.
- 77': Substitution, Brentford. El Hadji Malick Diouf replaces Keane Lewis-Potter.
- 77': Substitution, Brentford. Mikkel Damsgaard replaces Jaidon Anthony.
- 78': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Kristoffer Ajer.
- 79': Bradley Barcola (Liverpool) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the left side of the box following a corner.
- 79': Kevin Schade (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 79': Foul by Rio Ngumoha (Liverpool).
- 79': Substitution, Liverpool. Lewis Koumas replaces Alexander Isak.
- 79': Substitution, Liverpool. Joe Gomez replaces Víctor Muñoz.
- 81': Offside, Liverpool. Florian Wirtz is caught offside.
- 88': Igor Thiago (Brentford) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 88': Foul by Joe Gomez (Liverpool).
- 90': Fourth official has announced 6 minutes of added time.
- 90'+1': Foul by Vitaly Janelt (Brentford).
- 90'+1': Rio Ngumoha (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+2': Second yellow card to Vitaly Janelt (Brentford) for a bad foul.
- 90'+3': Attempt missed. Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right from a direct free kick.
- 90'+4': Attempt saved. Lewis Koumas (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Caoimhín Kelleher (Brentford). Assisted by Virgil van Dijk.
- 90'+7': Second Half ends, Brentford 1, Liverpool 2.
- 0': Match ends, Brentford 1, Liverpool 2.
Statistics
 LIV |
BRE |
|
|---|---|---|
| 13 | Fouls | 7 |
| 3 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 2 |
| 2 | Offsides | 1 |
| 9 | Corner Kicks | 3 |
| 1 | Saves | 3 |
| 59.9 | Possession | 40.1 |
| 21 | SHOTS | 10 |
| 5 | ON GOAL | 2 |
| 0.2 | On Target % | 0.2 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 413 | Accurate Passes | 244 |
| 499 | Passes | 329 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.7 |
| 2 | Accurate Crosses | 2 |
| 15 | Crosses | 16 |
| 0.1 | Cross % | 0.1 |
| 45 | Long Balls | 61 |
| 15 | Accurate Long Balls | 29 |
| 0.3 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 4 | Blocked Shots | 4 |
| 8 | Effective Tackles | 10 |
| 14 | Tackles | 16 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
| 9 | Interceptions | 15 |
| 32 | Effective Clearances | 32 |
| 32 | Clearances | 32 |
Game Information
Competition: English Premier League
Venue: Gtech Community Stadium
Location: Brentford, England
Venue: Gtech Community Stadium
Location: Brentford, England
Premier League Standings
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manchester City | 7 | +12 | 21 |
| 2 | Arsenal | 6 | +5 | 15 |
| 3 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 6 | +13 | 13 |
| 4 | Chelsea | 7 | +4 | 13 |
Line-Ups
Brentford (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Caoimhín Kelleher (GK) |
| 20 | Kristoffer Ajer |
| 4 | Sepp van den Berg |
| 23 | Keane Lewis-Potter |
| 33 | Michael Kayode |
| 8 | Mathias Jensen |
| 27 | Vitaly Janelt  |
| 6 | Yehor Yarmoliuk  |
| 9 | Igor Thiago |
| 19 | Jaidon Anthony |
| 11 | Dango Ouattara |
Liverpool (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Alisson Becker (GK) |
| 4 | Virgil van Dijk |
| 5 | Jérémy Jacquet |
| 6 | Milos Kerkez |
| 33 | Ronald Araújo |
| 7 | Florian Wirtz |
| 8 | Dominik Szoboszlai |
| 10 | Alexis Mac Allister |
| 9 | Alexander Isak |
| 29 | Bradley Barcola |
| 23 | Víctor Muñoz |
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