Brentford vs Liverpool live: Home crowd 'erupts' as Lewis-Potter powers in goal. but Yarmolyuk receives red card for headbutt in Premier League
Keane Lewis-Potter's emphatic header put Brentford ahead at home to Liverpool in the Premier League on Saturday - but the Bees then had Yehor Yarmolyuk dismissed during first-half added time. After Lewis-Potter powered in Igor Thiago's delivery, midfielder Yarmolyuk was adjudged to have headbutted Jeremy Jacquet following a Video Assistant Referee review.
Liverpool midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai, who had returned to the starting line-up following injury, was forced off with an issue before the goal, slapping the turf in frustration as the Hungary international sat on the turf. Brentford vs Liverpool: 'Chaos' creates goal Former Premier League striker Glenn Murray praised Brentford for breaking up play beyond the halfway line in the build-up to the goal and striker Thiago's cross.
"All of a sudden, there's a little bit more energy," Murray told BBC Radio 5 Live. "That's what Brentford like: that chaos.
I always feel as though I want my number nine inside the 18-yard box… this time, he's not. [Thiago's] on the right-hand side.
But what you quite often find with a striker, when they are pulling into those wide areas, is that they know the kind of balls they like. He puts it perfectly right on the onrushing Lewis-Potter's head.
As he strides onto it, he's just got to redirect it on target. The pace is on the ball and he does just that, right into the top left-hand corner of Alisson's goal.
Premier League, Round 7 Brentford BRE Live 1-2 81' Liverpool LIV Keane Lewis-Potter 44' Víctor Muñoz 62' Alexander Isak 70' Brentford team vs Liverpool Brentford made three changes from their preceding draw at Aston Villa. Sepp van den Berg returned from a groin injury for his first appearance of the season in defence in place of Jannik Schuster, who had an ankle issue.
Mathias Jensen and Dango Ouattara also came in for El Hadji Malick Diouf and Kevin Schade, the latter injuring a shoulder at Villa Park. Mikkel Damsgaard (ankle) and Nathan Collins (calf) returned to the matchday squad following injuries.
Antoni Milambo (knee) and Josh Dasilva (hamstring) were out. Brentford: Caoimhin Kelleher, Michael Kayode, Sepp van den Berg, Kristoffer Ajer, Yehor Yarmoliuk, Vitaly Janelt, Dango Ouattara, Mathias Jensen, Keane Lewis-Potter, Igor Thiago, Fabio Carvalho Substitutes: Hakon Valdimarsson, Mark Flekken, Aaron Hickey, Kevin Schade, Josh Dasilva, Mikkel Damsgaard, Yunus Emre Konak, Nathan Collins, Paris Maghoma Liverpool team vs Brentford Liverpool made six alterations from their defeat to City, bringing in Virgil van Dijk, Milos Kerkez, Alexis Mac Allister, Szoboszlai, Alexander Isak and Victor Munoz."