Liverpool crashed to a shock 3-1 defeat towards Brentford as a sequence of defensive blunders broken their bid for a high 4 end within the Premier League on Monday.
Jurgen Klopp’s aspect endured a nightmare begin to 2023 they usually had solely themselves in charge for the horror present in west London.
Ibrahima Konate’s first half personal aim set the tone for a night scarred by errors on the again from Liverpool.
Yoane Wissa doubled Brentford’s lead and though Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain acquired one again, Bryan Mbeumo wrapped up Brentford’s first victory towards Liverpool since 1938.
In his first look since enjoying in France’s World Cup remaining defeat towards Argentina in December, Konate took a big share of the blame for Liverpool’s woeful defensive efficiency.
But the centre-back was removed from alone in deserving criticism for a Liverpool show that left them in sixth place, 4 factors behind fourth positioned Manchester United who play their recreation in hand towards Bournemouth on Tuesday.
Although seventh positioned Brentford are on a six-game unbeaten run within the league, together with a powerful win at champions Manchester City simply earlier than the World Cup, it was nonetheless stunning to see Liverpool torn aside so simply.
Darwin Nunez, signed from Benfica for £64 million ($77 million) final yr, was one other poster-boy for Liverpool’s struggles.
The 23-year-old had 13 pictures with out scoring in his earlier two league video games and was out of luck once more within the early phases on the Brentford Community Stadium.
Mohamed Salah’s excellent cross unhinged the Brentford defence and Nunez regarded sure to finish his barren run when he rounded David Raya.
But Ben Mee scampered again to clear his shot off the road as Nunez held his head in disbelief.
