At 22:00 Beijing time on January 16, the 22nd round of the Premier League, Liverpool sat at Anfield Stadium to meet Brentford.
In the first half, Van Dijk's shot was saved by Fernandes, and Fabinho's header broke the deadlock on the field; in the second half, Jota was in the middle of the post, Chamberlain's header extended the score, and Takushi Minamino sealed the victory off the bench.
In the end, Liverpool beat Brentford 3-0 to finish second by two points over Chelsea, but still 11 points behind Manchester City.
Liverpool 3 goals vs Brentford, still exposed many problems!
Salah, Mane and Keita will play in the Africa Cup of Nations, with Liverpool facing the difficulty of being weak. In this round of the Premier League, Liverpool played Brentford at home, Klopp let Firmino, Jota and Chamberlain form an attacking trident, and Jones, Fabinho and Henderson form a three-midfielder. Firmino is still looking for form, but he is good at gluing his teammates together; Jones is really so unique, he knows to dribble + wave shooting, and has missed many passing opportunities, especially not to give Takushi Minamino a pass that time, choosing to go to the wave shooting himself. This also shows that Asian players are not easy to gain a foothold in the five major leagues, Takumi Mino Nanno runs very well, only Firmino will give the Japanese international ball, and finally lock up the winning goal, Firmino is really an adult beauty, Nanno Takumi scored and Firmino happily celebrated, this is team football, and Jones simply can't do this. Salah and Mane are not there, Firmino played the tactical value of the No. 9 and a half, and the big white teeth are really Liverpool's wealth.
Liverpool did not play well in this campaign, but the difference in strength between the two sides is obvious! Liverpool had 68 per cent possession of the ball and had 21 shots on goal, 13 of which were on target; Brentford had a total of four shots on goal, one of which was on target.