Topic: HT: Liverpool 1 - 0 Brentford

[Zimagic]

A team only looking to win set pieces and a referee only interested in awarding them.

12 free kicks in one half with only 41% possession ffs.

Feel like the ball has only been in play for 5 minutes.

Yep, going down like there's shooters in the stands & the ref is gobbling it up

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This is the Olympic diving i'm watching isn't it?

[Yorkykopite]

Brentford are a drag to watch. They may have come up from the 4th Division which is an achievement, but they've certainly brought their football with them.

The ref is indulging them too. Their main aim it seems is to get a free kick in the Liverpool half. They hit the floor at any robust challenge and the ref blows his whistle.

Jota is some player.

[LovelyCushionedHeader]

Toney is a Liverpool fan and a terrific player btw.

And a gambling addict 

[Gerry Attrick]

Ref is fucking awful. Núñez has been great, some really good link up play from him today.

12 total touches, 5 out of 7 passes and one awful chance missed. Great?

[Fitzy.]

Brentford are incredibly direct - like Bolton circa 2006.

[rushyman]

The cheat Ivan Toney is btw

[Mister Flip Flop]

Referee is not allowing game to flow. Brentford are playing for set pieces. We've been decent enough.

The referee's directive this season is letting small fouls go and let the game flow which okay is fair enough but it seems to never work that way when we commit those small fouls. He's literally just given Brentford everything. VAR spent almost a minute ffs looking over one the most obvious offsides you'll ever see to try and find something to allow the goal.

[Son of Spion]

Disappointing from Brentford. Throwing themselves to the ground if anyone breathes near them. The ref buying it every time too. 

Embarrassing from both. We are playing ok. Some really good passing at times. Hopefully we kill them off early in the second half.

[Jean Girard]

That high foot Fab yellow card foul was ridiculous, Brentford player ran into his leg from the side.

He won the ball. Caught him as yer man ran through his follow through. Honestly like. What a prick.

Then blind when Jota got kicked

[Chakan]

Brentford are incredibly direct - like Bolton circa 2006.

I read that as "Bolton Carra" and I was agreeing with it.

[Mister Flip Flop]

Ref is fucking awful. Núñez has been great, some really good link up play from him today.

Sorry pal not seeing it from him at all. His touch has been really poor.

[proudred]

Stop giving away free kicks.

[KevLFC]

That high foot Fab yellow card foul was ridiculous, Brentford player ran into his leg from the side.

Nunez did the same on Wed to win a pen, you see it so often.

[rushyman]

Redknapp 'van dijk gets lucky'

Yeah he actually purposefully stepped out and played the bloke offside Jamie

[amir87]

But the ball from Trent, though...

Sensational. Said it before that he’s been Pirloesque in that position.

[Chakan]

Stop giving away free kicks.

Hard to do when every tackle is a freekick according to taylor.

[TheMissionary]

By the way, did you see the one long throw that went out off Robertson halfway in our half. They took the throw level with the edge of our box and no-one seemed to notice! Crazy.

I did, they got a corner from it.  It's not cheating nowadays it's "playing the game" just like the diving and face holding when nudged on the shoulder. 

[JackWard33]

12 total touches, 5 out of 7 passes and one awful chance missed. Great?

His movements been fantastic … him and Salah have looked v dangerous … our final third passing not great

[The G in Gerrard]

The referee's directive this season is letting small fouls go and let the game flow which okay is fair enough but it seems to never work that way when we commit those small fouls. He's literally just given Brentford everything. VAR spent almost a minute ffs looking over one the most obvious offsides you'll ever see to try and find something to allow the goal.

Was it City game at home as well as Spurs. They foul Salah for example left right and centre and let play carry on. Today every minor "foul" and he's blowing his flipping whistle. Absolute shite referee.

Don't even get me started on the Brentford offside. Was clearly offside yet took AGES.

[SvenJohansen]

According to the stats Brentford have only conceded 4 fouls. Yeah right!

[OkieRedman]

Decent half

Not sure how Mbeumo didn't get sent off - surely Jota is clear through on goal

It would have been 2 on 1 for sure.

[robertobaggio37]

Toney is a Liverpool fan and a terrific player btw.

He’d fit well here, shame we didn’t go for him when we could.

[The G in Gerrard]

12 total touches, 5 out of 7 passes and one awful chance missed. Great?

Thought he's been our best forward after Salah so far. Lacking confidence though.

[sminp]

Sorry pal not seeing it from him at all. His touch has been really poor.

Played Salah in early on, played Jota in when he was cynically brought down on the halfway line. Aside from our goal they were the 2 best moves in the match.

[Redsnappa]

Rubbish final pass again, just like the Fulham game.

When the ball is actually in play that is, not a Brentford free kick 

[WhereAngelsPlay]

Clean sheet and it's the perfect result.

[OkieRedman]

I do not get the accidental eye poke being a foul. It will happen if someone hangs on an attack's back and the attacker shields the ball. It is crazy how many times we get called for that nonsense.

[Crosby Nick]

Sorry pal not seeing it from him at all. His touch has been really poor.

His best moment was the lively pass to Jota when he got brought down.

Chance looked a bad miss. Think it was quite a hard one to deal with as it came so straight (as good a ball as it was). Think he maybe should have gone with his left foot, but that might just be my peg leg bias.

[Wingman]

These Brentford lads love a tumble

[Mighty_Red]

Great goal, should be 2 up but this game is not done yet. We've given a few too many free kicks away so need to tighten up especially as we have a couple of yellows.

[WhereAngelsPlay]

These Brentford lads love a tumble

Embarrassing from them.

[MBL?]

Fucking Booooooo

[Funky_Gibbons]

Great goal, should be 2 up but this game is not done yet. We've given a few too many free kicks away so need to tighten up especially as we have a couple of yellows.

No, the referee has given every contact on a Brentford player a free kick.

[TheMissionary]

Great goal, should be 2 up but this game is not done yet. We've given a few too many free kicks away so need to tighten up especially as we have a couple of yellows.

We've given very few free kicks away.  They have been awarded shed loads mind you......