Premier League giants sink to 85-year low

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Liverpool has mislaid much crushed successful the contention for a top-four English Premier League decorativeness aft going down to Brentford for the archetypal clip successful 85 years.

Sloppy defending outgo Liverpool doubly successful the archetypal half, prompting aggravated brag Jurgen Klopp to substitute cardinal defender Virgil van Dijk astatine halftime.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain pulled 1 backmost but Bryan Mbeumo killed disconnected Liverpool arsenic Brentford bushed the visitors 3-1. It's Brentford's archetypal triumph implicit Liverpool successful immoderate contention since 1938.

Brentford roseate from 10th to seventh successful the standings. It is 2 points down Liverpool.

Ibrahima Konate's ain extremity gave the Bees the pb and Yoane Wissa's header conscionable earlier halftime enactment them successful control.

Wissa, the replacement for Ivan Toney, the Bees' 13-goal apical scorer, had 2 goals ruled retired for offside earlier helium scored successful a breakneck archetypal half.

Liverpool's Darwin Nunez added to his increasing catalogue of wasted opportunities successful beforehand of goal. He was slipped successful down by Mohamed Salah and took the shot astir Bees goalkeeper David Raya and rolled it towards goal, lone for Ben Mee to get successful the nick of clip to descent successful and block.

At the different end, Wissa sent Mbeumo cleanable done connected extremity but the latter's changeable was good saved by Alisson. However, from the corner, Brentford took the pb erstwhile the shot ricocheted disconnected the genu of France World Cup finalist Konate and squirmed past Alisson.

Mbeumo's corners continued to origin the visitors problems and Wissa enactment 2 of them into the nett lone for some goals to beryllium chalked off.

However, the winger made it 3rd clip fortunate 4 minutes earlier halftime erstwhile helium buried a superb header from Mathias Jensen's cross. Alisson got a manus to the shot and scooped it retired but referee Stuart Attwell's ticker buzzed to corroborate Wissa yet had his goal.

Klopp had seen capable of the shambles astatine the backmost and replaced Van Dijk with Joel Matip arsenic 1 of 3 halftime changes.

The luckless Nunez managed to find the nett soon aft the restart aft breaking done 1 connected 1 with Raya, lone for VAR to propulsion him up for offside.

Moments later, Liverpool made 1 count, Oxlade-Chamberlain glancing successful a header from Trent Alexander-Arnold's tempting cross.

They pressed for an equaliser but Raya did good to support retired a Fabinho changeable and Konate headed wide.

Brentford ended their hopes six minutes from clip aft Mbeumo brushed disconnected a feeble situation by Konate and tucked distant the third.

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