Liverpool plunged further into crisis on Saturday night as they suffered their fourth-straight league defeat in a 3-2 loss at Brentford.
Arne Slot's side were sloppy again as Dango Ouattara, Kevin Schade and Igor Thiago netted before the hour, with strikes from Milos Kerkez and Mohamed Salah ultimately in vein.
LIVERPOOL (4-2-3-1)
Conor Bradley - 5
Ibrahima Konate - 5
Virgil van Dijk - 4.5
Milos Kerkez - 5
Curtis Jones - 5
Dominik Szoboszlai - 6
Mohamed Salah - 5
Florian Wirtz - 4.5
Cody Gakpo - 6
Hugo Ekitike - 4.5
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Giorgi Mamardashvili - 7
The only Liverpool player to leave this match with any credit. Without the big Georgian goalkeeper, the champions would have been out of the game before half-time.
Some nice attacking work but all of Liverpool’s defenders were bullied.
Was not calamitous like at other times this season but the Frenchman used to be a calm figure – today he looked anxious.
Whether it was in the penalty area or not, Van Dijk was guilty of giving away the spot-kick that decided this game. The whole back four was poor.
Would be a three out of 10 if he had not scored a poachers-like goal to keep Liverpool’s chances alive. Targeted and did not cope. Andy Robertson deserves a run in the team.
Got on the ball a lot and kept the side ticking over but could not help unlock Brentford’s stubborn defence enough.
Had some pleasing moments and the Hungary captain kept plugging away at a number of positions – but like the rest of his team-mates was lacking the final ball.
A brilliant goal to ensure his goalless streak is over – but overall the Egyptian knows he can do much better. Just was not at the races for most of the game.
Got on the ball lots and must gain credit for trying to unlock the defence but most of his passes did not come off. For £116million, Reds fans are expecting more.
Looked dangerous in the first half – perhaps the most so of any away player – but a skewed effort into the stands summed up Liverpool’s night.
Not good enough. Against the low block of the Bees defence, Ekitike barely had a sniff and could not impact proceedings how he would have liked.
Alexis Mac Allister (for Bradley, 61) - 5
Federico Chiesa (for Gakpo, 61) - 6
Andy Robertson (for Kerkez, 61) - 5
Rio Ngumoha (for Jones, 70) - 5
Joe Gomez (for Wirtz, 83)
Not used: Freddie Woodman, Wataru Endo, Trey Nyoni, Kieran Morrison.
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Salah is good but no one see him running in the left.New player cannot help him to get the ball and let him score or assist them. Last season he contribute many goals because all players in the squad know how to pass the ball to him so that they can run and score with his assist but Slot bring new player that make him difficult to get the ball in a proper way to contribute the team to win the match.