Manchester United and Tottenham are in the midst of seasons they'd rather forget but consistent defeats means they have to keep looking over their shoulder at the bottom three
During this set of fixtures, Darwin Nunez rebooted his navigation software to lift Liverpool past Brentford, Arsenal gave up a late two-goal lead over Aston Villa to lose ground, Nottingham Forest continued to thrill, Manchester City romped back into the top four and the bottom three all lost (again).
Liverpool hope to go back to winning ways on Saturday, when they travel to Brentford in the hopes of hanging on to their lead atop the Premier League table. The Reds, who have a game in hand, boast a four point lead over second place Arsenal coming into the weekend and are the favorites heading into the game.
Substitute Darwin Nunez scores a late double to guide Liverpool to victory at Brentford and extend their lead at the top of the Premier League table to seven points.
Liverpool came out of the blocks quickly at the start of 2024-25 with new manager Arne Slot at the wheel, but have shown glimpses of slowing over recent weeks. Draws against Manchester United and Nottingham Forest in the Premier League came either side of defeat against Tottenham in the first-leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final.
Darwin Nunez was still trotting on to the pitch having been introduced midway through the second half when he was serenaded by chants from the home crowd that suggested the Uruguayan was, in polite terms, an inferior version of former Liverpool striker Andy Carroll.
Liverpool face Brentford in a huge Premier League encounter at the Gtech Community Stadium on Saturday. Details of the confirmed lineups will appear here when t
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Liverpool snatched a dramatic win over Brentford to extend their lead at the top to six points, helped by Arsenal dropping points in a draw with Aston Villa later
Their first-half capitulation goes straight into the club's hall of shame alongside the ignominy of falling 5-0 behind after 21 minutes at Newcastle in April 2023.
He looked just like his dad scoring a hat trick in a 4-1 Bournemouth win against his father’s old club, Newcastle. A winner-within-a-winner gong goes to Tyler Adams, as the American defensive midfielder stole Kieran Trippier’s pass and assisted on Kluivert’s screamer of a third goal.