Brentford’s prowess from set pieces has been well-documented in recent years, though few may have perhaps expected Liverpool to expose the hosts using the same tactic.
Thomas Frank praised the visitors as ‘the best team on the counter’, noting that Darwin Nunez’s opener was the first effort they’d conceded from a counter on a set piece in two years.
“For me the best team on the counter, also from set pieces,” the Danish manager told TNT Sports.
“Of course, we knew that. We know we are one of the best teams on offensive set pieces, so it’s a risk I will take.
“That was something we normally do better [with]. It’s the first goal we conceded on a counter from a set piece in the last two years. So it just happened to drop for them there.”
The Merseysiders widened the gap at the top to five points ahead of Manchester City’s meeting with Chelsea.
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Liverpool finding ways to win
It’s a hugely positive sign that we managed to secure the lion’s share of the points at the Gtech Community Stadium for myriad reasons.
Firstly, it hadn’t escaped notice that our last two visits to the Bees’ hive (sorry) had resulted in us dropping points.
To still coast to a victory despite losing two key stars in Diogo Jota and Curtis Jones also speaks of a resilience worth highlighting.
Very impressive on all accounts from a side that keeps finding ways to win this term.
Well done Liverpool
Really impressed with the team performance today. Jota was contender for man of the match before his injury, and Jones wasn’t far behind. This was always potentially a points-dropping clash but we looked composed for the vast majority of the game.
This team always somehow knows how to win matches on home or away.whichever players klopp put in the line up plays 100%
Players playing their position well n win n bring results for pools.pools are always in the pools somehow they grind results wit new midfields klopp assemble.great team great win.
As great a performance in the game against Brentford, our game away to Arsenal still give me the shivers. In that game, we could always blame it on the bounce of the ball but Liverpool has come too far to ever let the bounce of the ball to affect their performance. We need to be clinically efficient not unlike Man City to wrap up this season’s Premiere League.