He Liverpoolwith the Argentine Alexis MacAllister as a starter, he agonizingly beat Brentford 2-0, as a visitor, and moves away at the top of the Premier Leagueafter the twenty-second date was partially played this afternoon.
Without a doubt, The first season of the Dutchman Arne Slot in charge of the ‘Reds’ is impeccable with 15 wins, five draws and only one defeat in the domestic league while, in the Champions Leaguethe outlook is even better with an ideal score with two dates left until the end of the regular phase and with one foot in the round of 16.
Despite this great season they are having, Liverpool had not yet been able to make a big difference in the leadership of the English League with respect to their immediate followers such as Arsenal and Nottingham Forest.
Precisely, the Merseyside team had its last presentation at Anfield Road against Nottingham Forest where they tied 1-1 and, prior to that, lost 1-0 with Tottenham Hotspurs in what meant, for now, the only defeat of the season .
At the Gtech Community Stadium, Liverpool was vastly superior to the mid-table team that is seeking a historic entry into the Europa League. The Slot team tried to breach Brentford’s goal in every way but found the Dutch goalkeeper Mark Flekken unbeatable.
However, towards the end of the match, the English giant opened the scoring with a goal from Uruguayan Darwin Núñez in the 46th minute. On the right vertex of the rival area, Harvey Elliott played deep for Trent Alexander Arnold who, after a rebound in the defense, put his foot into the location of the former Benfica of Portugal who only had to push the ball and make it 1-0 .
The match had time for one more emotion that occurred at 48 minutes, again with the signature of Núñez. In the middle of the field and with all of Brentford in Liverpool’s field, defender Keane Lewis-Potter lost the ball to the Italian Federico Chiesa who began a lethal counterattack, reaching three quarters of the rival field, opening the ball to his right for Elliott crossed it for the Uruguayan who cut back and broke Flekken’s goal.
With this result, Slot’s team moves away at the top of the table with 50 points, five behind Arsenal, which drew 2-2 with Aston Villa at the Emirates stadium. The Brazilian Gabriel Martinelli and the German Kai Havertz scored for those from London while for those of the Spanish Unai Emery, who had the Argentine goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez Belgian Youri Tielemans and Ollie Watkins scored as starters.
In other matches, Crystal Palace beat West Ham United 2-0, with the Argentine Guido Rodriguez headline, at the London Olympic Stadium. French forward Jean-Phillipe Mateta scored the two winning goals.
At the King Power stadium, Fulham beat Leicester City 2-0, which included the Argentine’s entry Facundo Buonanotte in the complement. For those from London, Emile Smith-Rowe and the Spanish Adama Traoré scored.
Furthermore, at Saint James Park, Bournemouth surprised Newcastle United and beat them 4-1. The Dutch striker Justin Kluivert, son of the legendary Patrick, scored a hat trick and the Hungarian Milos Kerkez scored the fourth while the Brazilian Bruno Guimaraes scored a goal for the ‘Magpies’.
Source: Ambito