Liverpool suffer 4th successive Premier League defeat: Key stats
What's the story
Liverpool suffered their fourth consecutive Premier League defeat, losing 2-3 to Brentford on Sunday. Dango Ouattara and Kevin Schade scored in the first half for Brentford. A controversial goal from Milos Kerkez in added time of the first half gave Liverpool a glimmer of hope, but Igor Thiago's second-half penalty sealed the victory for Brentford despite Mohamed Salah's late volley.
Points
Liverpool 6 points off top 4
The loss leaves Liverpool sixth in the Premier League table, behind Sunderland and Manchester United, who won their respective games on Saturday. The Reds are also four points behind league leaders Arsenal, who will take on Crystal Palace on Sunday. After 9 matches, Liverpool own 15 points. They have 5 wins and 4 defeats. A win for the Bees saw them get to 10th. They own 13 points.
Opta stats
Unwanted records for the Reds
Liverpool have now lost as many Premier League games this season as they did in the entirety of last season (4). Meanwhile, they have lost four consecutive league games for the first time since February 2021, while their previous four defeats came across a run of 47 matches (W32 D11). Liverpool are just the fourth reigning Premier League champions to lose four consecutive games after Leicester City in 2016-17 (5), Liverpool themselves in 2020-21 (4) and Manchester City last season (4).
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A look at the match stats
Both sides had 17 attempts each. Brentford managed 8 shots on target with Slot's men managing 5. Brentford had 35 touches in the opponent's box. The Reds managed 31 such touches. Liverpool had 66% ball possession.
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Away blues for the Reds
As per Squawka, Liverpool have lost five consecutive games in London for the first time ever in the Premier League. Meanwhile, the Reds have lost six of their last nine away games in the Premier League.
Salah
Salah races to 249 goals for Liverpool
Salah owns 4 goals from 13 matches this season in all competitions for the Reds (A3). In the Premier League 2025-26 season, Salah owns 3 goals and 2 assists from 9 matches. This was Salah's 310th Premier League appearance. He now owns 189 goals (A89). Out of his 189 goals in the Premier League, 187 have come for Liverpool. Overall, the Egyptian owns 249 Liverpool goals from 414 appearances.