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Liverpool suffered their fourth straight Premier League defeat on Saturday as Brentford overpowered the defending champions with a 3–2 win at the Gtech Community Stadium.
Goals from Dango Ouattara, Kevin Schade, and Igor Thiago earned the Bees a deserved victory, lifting them to 10th place in the table. Liverpool, meanwhile, dropped to sixth, with their title defence in tatters after a run of five defeats in six matches across all competitions.
Manager Arne Slot has struggled to form a cohesive side despite spending a record £450 million in the transfer window. His team looked disorganised once again as they failed to cope with Brentford’s trademark long throw-ins from Michael Kayode, which led to the opener—Kristoffer Ajer flicked the delivery for Ouattara to volley home.
Liverpool briefly rallied, but Florian Wirtz wasted a golden chance before Schade raced clear to double Brentford’s lead following a fine pass from Mikkel Damsgaard.
Although Milos Kerkez pulled one back in first-half stoppage time, Brentford restored their two-goal cushion after VAR awarded a penalty for Virgil van Dijk’s foul on Ouattara. Thiago calmly converted from the spot.
Mohamed Salah ended his six-match goal drought with a late strike off the crossbar in the 89th minute, but the effort came too late to change the outcome.
The result deepens Liverpool’s crisis, coming amid their turbulent rebuild and the lingering emotional impact of Diogo Jota’s tragic death in a car accident last July.
