O Liverpool won the Brentford this Saturday by 1-0, at Anfield, in a duel valid for the 35th round of the English Championship. With this result, the Reds reach their sixth consecutive victory and remain in fifth place, in the Europa League classification zone, with 62 points.
The Liverpool team has just one point less than Manchester United, the last team in the Champions League qualifying zone. However, the Red Devils It has two rounds less. Brentford have 50 points and are in ninth place.
Klopp’s team now returns to the field on May 15, when they face Leicester City, at 4 pm (Brasília time), at the King Power Stadium. Brentford, in turn, duel with West Ham, on Sunday, the 14th, at 10 am.
Making it six wins on the spin.
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At 12 minutes Liverpool opened the scoring. Fabinho crossed in the area for Vin Dijk, the defender headed for Salah, who almost lost control, but recovered and filled the net.
Shortly after, Darwin Nunes received a free kick and had a chance to extend, but the Uruguayan kicked over the Brentford goalkeeper. In the 40th minute, Brentford came very close to equalizing, but Ivan Toney’s shot went just wide of Alisson’s crossbar.
Before ten minutes of the second half, the Reds almost extended. Diogo Jota made a good pass to Cody Gakpo, who narrowly missed the goal. Darwin Nunez also received a good ball from Alexander-Arnold, but sent it over Raya’s goal.
In the final stretch, Gakpo missed another clear chance. He dominated in the chest and finished out.
Check out all the results of this Saturday’s English games:
Bournemouth 1 x 3 Chelsea
Manchester City 2 x 1 Leeds United
Tottenham 1 x 0 Crystal Palace
Wolverhampton 1 x 0 Aston Villa
Source: Gazetaesportiva
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