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 menace by, significantly from set-pieces, however targets from Luis Diaz and Mohamed Salah for sufficient for Liverpool to assert all three factors.
Participant of the Match
Proper from the get-go, Diaz regarded up for this one as his urgent and one-touch passing was sharp.
It did not take lengthy for him to seek out the again of the online, both, as the primary aim got here simply 11 minutes in. Brentford had a corner-kick however had been caught out by a fast Liverpool counter, with Salah profitable the ball on the sting of the field and laying a go into house for Diogo Jota.
The Portuguese star darted ahead and slid an ideal go by on aim for Diaz, who took a few good touches earlier than lashing a strike dwelling previous the keeper.
Remarkably, regardless of being all motion, Diaz truly accomplished 100% of his passes on the day, with 15 of these passes being despatched into harmful areas within the remaining third.
A kind of passes got here within the second half as he despatched a go by down the best channel for Salah to attain.
He received the vast majority of his duels, the vast majority of his tackles and made 4 ball recoveries.
Worst Participant
Mathias Jensen did not have a very good recreation for the guests.
He did not lookup for the battle in the midst 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 potential to get close to the Liverpool gamers, in worry of getting despatched off.
He was finally substituted.
