Mohamed Salah scored twice as Liverpool maintained their 100% record at Anfield this season with victory against Brentford to move up to second in the Premier League.
Salah opened the scoring just before the break, latching onto a pass from Darwin Nunez before placing a finish beyond Mark Flekken.
That was Salah’s ninth Premier League goal of the season and his 10th arrived midway through the second half when he nodded in from Kostas Tsimikas’ cross.
Salah – once again excellent on home soil – really should have had a hat-trick, having also volleyed over from a superb Trent Alexander-Arnold cross just before half-time.
Diogo Jota then rounded off another dominant home display with a thumping strike.
Brentford’s best chance had come in the first half, when Bryan Mbeumo raced through on goal but his chipped effort was tame and cleared off the line by Alexander-Arnold.
The victory means Liverpool have 27 points and move ahead of Arsenal on goal difference, while Brentford remain ninth.
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Squad number7Player nameDíaz![]()
Squad number19Player nameElliott![]()
Squad number53Player nameMcConnell![]()
Squad number78Player nameQuansah
Brentford
Squad number1Player nameFlekken
Squad number20Player nameAjer
Squad number22Player nameCollins
Squad number5Player namePinnock
Squad number16Player nameMee
Squad number30Player nameRoerslev
Squad number8Player nameJensen
Squad number6Player nameNørgaard
Squad number27Player nameJanelt
Squad number19Player nameMbeumo
Squad number11Player nameWissa
Squad number7Player nameMaupay
Squad number14Player nameGhoddos
Squad number15Player nameOnyeka
Squad number33Player nameYarmolyuk
Line-ups
Liverpool
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Alisson
- 66Alexander-ArnoldSubstituted forQuansahat 90′minutes
- 32MatipBooked at 37mins
- 4van Dijk
- 21Tsimikas
- 8SzoboszlaiSubstituted forMcConnellat 90+4′minutes
- 3Endo
- 18GakpoSubstituted forElliottat 83′minutes
- 11Salah
- 9Núñez
- 20JotaSubstituted forDíazat 83′minutes
Substitutes
- 7Díaz
- 19Elliott
- 44Chambers
- 48Scanlon
- 50Doak
- 53McConnell
- 62Kelleher
- 78Quansah
- 98Nyoni
Brentford
Formation 5-3-2
- 1Flekken
- 20AjerBooked at 30mins
- 22Collins
- 5Pinnock
- 16Mee
- 30RoerslevSubstituted forGhoddosat 72′minutes
- 8JensenSubstituted forYarmolyukat 72′minutes
- 6NørgaardBooked at 30mins
- 27JaneltSubstituted forOnyekaat 45′minutes
- 19Mbeumo
- 11WissaSubstituted forMaupayat 72′minutes
Substitutes
- 7Maupay
- 13M Jorgensen
- 14Ghoddos
- 15Onyeka
- 21Strakosha
- 25Peart-Harris
- 26Baptiste
- 33Yarmolyuk
- 37Olakigbe
Live Text
Match ends, Liverpool 3, Brentford 0.
Second Half ends, Liverpool 3, Brentford 0.
Attempt blocked. Neal Maupay (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Bryan Mbeumo.
Foul by Luis Díaz (Liverpool).
Yehor Yarmolyuk (Brentford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Harvey Elliott (Liverpool).
Frank Onyeka (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Liverpool. James McConnell replaces Dominik Szoboszlai.
Substitution, Liverpool. Jarell Quansah replaces Trent Alexander-Arnold.
Foul by Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool).
Neal Maupay (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Mark Flekken.
Attempt saved. Harvey Elliott (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Darwin Núñez with a headed pass.
Attempt missed. Yehor Yarmolyuk (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Saman Ghoddos.
Attempt missed. Saman Ghoddos (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Ben Mee.
Foul by Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool).
Saman Ghoddos (Brentford) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Liverpool. Luis Díaz replaces Diogo Jota.
Substitution, Liverpool. Harvey Elliott replaces Cody Gakpo.