Liverpool vs Brentford LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Follow live coverage as Liverpool face Brentford in the Premier League today.
Manchester City are reigning champions after beating Liverpool to the finish line in a neck-and-neck 2021/22 title race where a comeback win on the final day of the season against Aston Villa secured a fourth title in five years for Pep Guardiola's side.
Jurgen Klopp's Reds were on course for a quadruple last season but were forced to settle for just an FA Cup and Carabao Cup win and will return trying to win the title again just as they did in 2020.
It was a dramatic season for Chelsea a year ago with Roman Abramovich now replaced by Todd Boehly as owner in west London. He will want an instant return on his hefty investment at Stamford Bridge while Tottenham, back in the Champions League, will want to kick on once more too.
It's not all about the action at the top though with Fulham, Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest promoted to the top tier for 2021/22 and hoping to hold their own against the best English football has to offer and avoid the drop.
We will bring you all the action and updates from today's game in the live blog below:
Liverpool vs Brentford
Liverpool make a couple of changes. Jones has established himself in the Liverpool team in the last few weeks, starting eight games in a row, but is now coming off. Milner replaces him in the midfield.
Liverpool vs Brentford
Of Toney's 20 Premier League goals for Brentford this season, 11 have come at home, and nine away. With Erling Haaland and Harry Kane both already doing so, this could be the second ever Premier League campaign to see three players score 10+ home and away goals after 1993-94 (five players – Andy Cole, Alan Shearer, Matt Le Tissier, Chris Sutton and Ian Wright). He has been good at start attacks today but has not been able to have many chances at shooting himself. He has had just one attempt at the goal.
Liverpool vs Brentford
SAVE! Raya keeps Brentford in the game. Alexander-Arnold has the ball just outside the box and powers an effort towards the top corner. it goes past a number of bodies and towards the top corner, but Raya pushes it behind. That was the first shot on target since the 20th minute.
Liverpool vs Brentford
Jensen plays the ball down the left to Schade. He tries to push the ball past Alexander-Arnold down the left, but the right-back gets ahead of him and lets it go out for a goal-kick.
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