Premier League 2023-24, Liverpool sink Brentford 3-0: Key stats
Liverpool thrashed Brentford in an emphatic 3-0 win on matchday 12 of the 2023-24 Premier League on Sunday at Anfield. A brace from Mohamed Salah and a second-half strike from Diogo Jota helped Jurgen Klopp's men. They have now won all of their six home league matches this season. Liverpool have propelled to the second position in the standings momentarily with their eighth win.
Liverpool script these records
As per Opta, Liverpool have now won their last eight home matches against Brentford in all competitions. They have scored 19 goals in these matches, conceding only once. The Reds have won all nine of their games at Anfield in all competitions this season. In all of their wins, they have maintained a margin of 2-plus goals.
Salah ran the show for Liverpool
Salah slammed home a brilliant brace against Brentford and as per StatmanDave, he owns 39 goals and assists in all competitions for Liverpool so far in 2023. As per Opta, he has been involved in 118 goals in 117 appearances for Liverpool at Anfield (86 goals, 32 assists). Salah has scored 149 goals in 243 Premier League appearances, 147 of them for Liverpool.
The Nunez-Salah partnership on show for Liverpool
As per Opta, all seven of Darwin Nunez's Premier League assists have come for Salah's goals. This is the third occasion when a player's first seven PL assists have been for the same teammate. The Liverpool duo is behind Kevin Campbell for Ian Wright (first 10 assists) and Troy Deeney's first seven PL assists for team-mate Odion Ighalo.
Goals in Liverpool's first six home league games
Salah is the first player in history to score in each of Liverpool's first six home league games of a particular season. As per Squawka, he is now the fourth player to score in the first six home league games. Alan Shearer (1995-95 - Blackburn Rovers), Les Ferdinand (1995-96 - Newcastle United) and Thierry Henry (2004-05 - Arsenal) have achieved this PL feat.
Here's the match summary
It was a bright start for Liverpool and they almost scored but VAR ruled out Nunez's goal due to offside. Nunez scored again in six minutes and it was chalked off again due to another offside call. Ultimately, Salah handed Liverpool the lead from a Nunez assist. In the second half, Salah completed his brace before Jota slammed home the third.
Here are the match stats
The hosts had 17 attempts in comparison to Brentford's 16. However, Liverpool had 10 shots on target to Brentford's only three. Jurgen Klopp's men maintained 59% possession while clocking 497 passes with an 82% passing accuracy. Brentford amassed eight corners and couldn't convert any.
Liverpool climb up to second spot
With their eighth win in the current PL season, Liverpool jumped up to the second spot surpassing Arsenal on goal difference as they both have 27 points. Manchester City are still on top but they also own 27 points with a match in hand. They also have a superior goal difference to the other two teams. Tottenham Hotspur are fourth with 26 points.
