Liverpool vs Brentford Preview

Liverpool will welcome Brentford to Anfield this Sunday for the 22nd round of the 2021/22 Premier League season.

The Reds come into this tie on the back of a disappointing Carabao Cup game against Arsenal in midweek. Despite dominating the game from start to finish and playing with a man advantage for over 70 minutes following an early red card to Granit Xhaka for a reckless foul on Diogo Jota, Liverpool could only draw the game. That result leaves their chances of progressing to the Carabao Cup final hanging in the balance ahead of the return leg at the Emirates.

That game also offered Jürgen Klopp who is  missing his key attacking players Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah (both away with their national teams at the ongoing AFCON) a sense of what his team will be without the duo.

Nevertheless, the German will fancy his side’s chances of picking up maximum points against Brentford and end their three game winless run in the league.

With Manchester City not looking like they will drop points, the Merseyside outfit cannot afford to drop points and will have to be on their best to win against this side, especially judging by the trouble the Bees gave them the last time both teams met.

Thomas Frank’s side played out an entertaining 3-3 draw with Klopp’s men in the reverse fixture, with Ivan Tooney in particular troubling the hosts.

That game at the Brentford Community Stadium showed the rest of the league what this Brentford side is about and proved that on their day they can hurt any side.

However, the visitors come into this tie on the back of a disappointing loss to Southampton in midweek. Frank’s men were beaten 4-1 by Ralph Hassenhuttle’s side last Tuesday thanks to goals from Jann Bednarek, Alvaro Fernandez (own goal) Armado Broja and Che Adams, with Vitaly Janelt scoring what was a consolation goal for Brentford.

That loss was the Bee’s ninth loss of the season and pushed them down to 13th place with 23 points. Although they are in no danger of relegation at the moment as they are currently 12 points clear of the relegation zone, they will still be aware that things can change easily in the PL and they will want to win this game to push themselves up the table.

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