Liverpool vs Brentford LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
Follow all the action from Anfield
Follow live coverage as Liverpool face Brentford today in the Premier League. Another top-flight season will be covered in full right here with The Independent, as reigning champions Manchester City look to make it an unprecedented five titles in a row come the end of 2024/25.
The likes of Arsenal and Liverpool will be chasing Pep Guardiola's side, but just as fascinating will be the race for Champions League places, with more teams than ever before having designs on top-four finishes. Chelsea remain big-spending, Manchester United's latest rebuild continues and both Tottenham and Newcastle will expect improvements this year - yet it was Aston Villa who snared fourth last term.
Meanwhile, it's Southampton, Leicester City and Ipswich Town who made it back to the elite after promotion last year and each will have hope they can make it more than a one-year stay. Follow the latest live action from the Premier League below:
Liverpool vs Brentford
Liverpool have lost just two of their last 61 Premier League home games, winning 46, while they haven’t lost at home during the season's opening month since 2015. Can they maintain that trend today, or will Brentford finally make their Anfield breakthrough?
Liverpool vs Brentford
Brentford kick off, and we are under way in Liverpool!
Liverpool vs Brentford
The players are out on the pitch, as Anfield hosts a record crowd for the Premier League era. Kick-off in this contest is now just moments away!
Liverpool vs Brentford
As transfer speculation surrounding the striker rumbles on, Ivan Toney is once again missing from Brentford's squad, along with injured quartet Rico Henry, Igor Thiago, Josh Dasilva and Aaron Hickey. In Toney's absence, Mbeumo makes his 100th Premier League appearance, becoming just the fourth Brentford player to do so. Elsewhere, Lewis-Potter replaces Schade, while ex-Liverpool pair Carvalho and Van den Berg are both on the bench.
Liverpool vs Brentford
Having been replaced at half-time against Ipswich, Quansah drops out of Liverpool's lineup today, with Konate coming into the hosts' back four. That is Slot's sole change to the XI that started last week, so Jota makes his 100th Premier League appearance for the club and Van Dijk his 200th.
Liverpool vs Brentford
SUBS: Hakon Valdimarsson, Sepp van den Berg, Kevin Schade, Fabio Carvalho, Frank Onyeka, Ben Mee, Yehor Yarmoliuk, Mikkel Damsgaard, Ryan Trevitt.
Liverpool vs Brentford
BRENTFORD (3-5-2): Mark Flekken; Nathan Collins, Ethan Pinnock, Kristoffer Ajer; Mads Roerslev, Christian Norgaard, Vitaly Janelt, Mathias Jensen, Keane Lewis-Potter; Bryan Mbeumo, Yoane Wissa.
Liverpool vs Brentford
SUBS: Caoimhin Kelleher, Joe Gomez, Wataru Endo, Darwin Nunez, Cody Gakpo, Harvey Elliott, Kostas Tsimikas, Jarell Quansah, Conor Bradley.
Liverpool vs Brentford
LIVERPOOL (4-2-3-1): Alisson Becker; Trent Alexander-Arnold, Ibrahima Konate, Virgil van Dijk, Andy Robertson; Ryan Gravenberch, Alexis Mac Allister; Mohamed Salah, Dominik Szoboszlai, Luis Diaz; Diogo Jota
Liverpool vs Brentford
Brentford have won just one of their six Premier League games against Liverpool, losing four, so history is certainly not on their side today. Forwards Bryan Mbeumo and Yoane Wissa were both on target in the Bees' opening-day win over Crystal Palace, so stretching back to last season, Thomas Frank's side have now won four of their last seven league matches.
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