Liverpool comfortably dispatched Brentford 2-0 on Sunday as Arne Slot earned his first Premier League victory at Anfield.
Thomas Frank’s aspect carried a risk by way of, notably from set-pieces, however targets from Luis Diaz and Mohamed Salah for sufficient for Liverpool to say all three factors.
Participant of the Match
Proper from the get-go, Diaz appeared up for this one as his urgent and one-touch passing was sharp.
It did not take lengthy for him to search out the again of the online, both, as the primary purpose got here simply 11 minutes in. Brentford had a corner-kick however had been caught out by a speedy Liverpool counter, with Salah profitable the ball on the sting of the field and laying a cross into area for Diogo Jota.
The Portuguese star darted ahead and slid an ideal cross by way of on purpose for Diaz, who took a few good touches earlier than lashing a strike house previous the keeper.
Remarkably, regardless of being all motion, Diaz really accomplished 100% of his passes on the day, with 15 of these passes being despatched into harmful areas within the last third.
A type of passes got here within the second half as he despatched a cross by way of down the correct channel for Salah to attain.
He received nearly all of his duels, nearly all of his tackles and made 4 ball recoveries.
Worst Participant
Mathias Jensen did not have a superb recreation for the guests.
He did not search for for the battle in the course of the pitch on the day and received zero tackles and made zero interceptions, whereas he accomplished simply two ball recoveries.
Simply earlier than half-time, he was booked and that additional impaired his skill to get close to the Liverpool gamers, in worry of getting despatched off.
He was ultimately substituted.
