Henry is replaced for the final few seconds of the game, as Sorensen makes a brief cameo from the bench.
90' +5
Once again, Mee clears the ball away from near his goal-line, following Alexander-Arnold's whipped ball to the back post. Surely, Liverpool's last chance has passed them by.
90' +4
Intervening to stop a threatening low ball across his box, Alisson dashes out to push the ball away to relative safety.
90' +3
Henry hobbles back into action and is soon back in full flow on the left flank.
90' +2
Raya elaborately hangs onto the ball inside his area and Henry drops to the turf injured, as Brentford seek to see out six indicated minutes of stoppage time.
90'
Wrestling Salah to the ground inside Liverpool's defensive third, Jorgensen concedes a free-kick but receives no more punishment. He seems to have sustained a shoulder injury in the process, but still resumes his place in the Brentford defence.
88'
Sergi Canós enters the game and replaces B. Mbeumo.
Having surely sealed the points for his team, Mbeumo is withdrawn; Canos comes on.
87'
S. Ghoddos enters the game and replaces V. Janelt.
Following an industrious display in midfield, Janelt comes off for Ghoddos.
86'
Now on the way to victory today, Brentford have won their opening league game in each of the last three calendar years - only once before have they done so in four consecutive years (1929 to 1932), so will soon match that club record.
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84'
B. Mbeumo has scored a goal for Brentford!
BRENTFORD SURELY WIN IT! Mbeumo strikes to make it 3-1, and three points are winging their way to the Bees! After Keita loses the ball high up the pitch, Norgaard puts an excellent throughball into Liverpool's box, where Konate is shrugged off forcefully by the Cameroon striker, who then coolly threads it past Alisson!
83'
C. Jones enters the game and replaces A. Oxlade-Chamberlain.
Having scored Liverpool's goal in his 100th Premier League game for the club, Oxlade-Chamberlain is now replaced by Jones, who makes his 50th top-flight appearance.
80'
Salah's scuffed shot from the right side of the area brushes Mee's leg on its way behind and earns Liverpool a corner.
78'
Alert to the danger, Raya arrives outside his area to plant a well-directed header to his team-mate on the left, as Nunez lurks close by. Liverpool continue to press for an equaliser, but it's by no means a siege just yet.
76'
From behind, Thiago clatters Dasilva in an aerial challenge; bringing his midfield counterpart down to the turf, clutching the back of his head. After a brief delay, he is able to resume and the game goes on.
74'
J. Dasilva enters the game and replaces M. Jensen.
K. Lewis-Potter enters the game and replaces Y. Wissa.
Lewis-Potter is thrown on by Frank; goalscorer Wissa is withdrawn after a productive shift up front.
Brentford belatedly make their first changes. First, Jensen gives way for Dasilva.
73'
D. Núñez gets yellow.
72'
Perhaps partly in frustration, Nunez bundles Mee to the ground inside Brentford's box, as he tries to reach a cross. The Liverpool striker sees yellow as a result.
71'
Alexander-Arnold tracks the run of Wissa to calmly clear the danger from an inswinging cross by Mbeumo on the right. Liverpool's back four have been sharper so far in the second half.
69'
Played through by Salah once again, Nunez heavily drags a shot from the right side of the box, which only zips along the six-yard box harmlessly.
67'
Janelt concedes a corner, but Liverpool are unable to make anything of it. It looks like Frank is readying some changes, as Brentford look increasingly tired - particularly up against the fresh legs of those subbed on at half-time.
63'
The once-raucous crowd inside Brentford Community Stadium have been quietened a little by the shift in direction of play since the interval. Their team are being penned in now, and have barely crossed the halfway line.
61'
Liverpool's attacking momentum is broken when Keita arrives late into a challenge just outside Brentford's box; sending Norgaard sprawling and conceding a free-kick.
59'
Twice, Thiago has well-struck low shots blocked by Brentford defenders, all lined up on the edge of their box, and the second deflects behind for a corner.
57'
Thiago Alcântara gets yellow.
Fabinho dwells on the ball and is caught out by Wissa, so Thiago decides to take the fleet-footed forward down and accept a booking for his cynical foul.
54'
After Mee puts too much power on his header at the back post, Konate slams the ball away from immediate danger: Liverpool finally survive a corner without too much panic.
50'
A. Oxlade-Chamberlain has scored a goal for Liverpool! Assist by T. Alexander-Arnold.
LIVERPOOL PULL ONE BACK! Meeting Alexander-Arnold's delicious inswinging cross from the right, Oxlade-Chamberlain steers the ball into the bottom-left corner with his head from 10 yards! A bright start to the second half sees the Reds reduce their deficit to one: it's 2-1 to Brentford now!
Cutting inside onto his left foot from the right, Alexander-Arnold delivers a pinpoint ball into the box for Oxlade-Chamberlain to convert.
47'
Making an early impact from off the bench, Robertson wins a corner with a driving run and dangerous low cross, but following the set-piece, Salah is caught offside.
46'
A. Robertson enters the game and replaces K. Tsimikas.
J. Matip enters the game and replaces V. van Dijk.
N. Keïta enters the game and replaces H. Elliott.
Liverpool captain Van Dijk is the most surprising name to be withdrawn following the break; Matip comes on in his place.
A straight swap at left-back sees Robertson replace Tsimikas.
Klopp has boldly opted for a triple substitution at half-time. First, Elliott is replaced by Keita in midfield.
Brentford kick off the second half, and we are back under way!
45' +4
HALF-TIME: BRENTFORD 2-0 LIVERPOOL
45' +1
The red and white shirts of Brentford are now amassed deep inside their defensive third, as they now hang on for half-time. There are three stoppage-time minutes to be played.
44'
Liverpool are shellshocked here in West London, and can barely put together a response to slipping two behind: a Tsimikas header from the near the penalty spot is saved comfortably by Raya.
42'
Y. Wissa has scored a goal for Brentford! Assist by M. Jensen.
BRENTFORD DOUBLE THEIR LEAD! The home fans go wild, as the Bees go 2-0 up! After several close misses, Wissa is the scorer! He slips clear of Alexander-Arnold and Konate to nod the ball goalward from Jensen's cross, and despite Alisson's terrific leap to try and keep it out, the ball just about crosses the line!
Jensen sweeps over a dangerous cross to the centre of the box from the right flank; setting up Wissa's goal.
38'
At full stretch, Tsimikas just gets the ball clear with his head as Jensen arrives at the back post to meet a raking cross from the left. It'll be another corner for the hosts.
35'
Alisson gets away with a mishit clearance: when Wissa seizes upon it, the French forward is flagged offside. Faced by Brentford's direct approach, Liverpool have been a little jittery in defence.
33'
Lively so far today, Oxlade-Chamberlain tests Raya's readiness with a long-range drive which dips straight towards the Spanish keeper, following Elliott's headed pass.
31'
The home side are intent on keeping their shape and making it hard for their visitors to break them down now, and Liverpool are lacking a little urgency at the moment.
29'
Alert to the danger, Henry drops inside to clear the ball off Salah's boot inside the Brentford box, as Liverpool press on for an equaliser before the break.
27'
Liverpool escape conceding from another set-piece, as Wissa prods the ball home from close range following a penalty-box scramble. Alisson couldn't get the ball away and the striker stabbed it in, but he was narrowly offside while doing so.
26'
Jensen progresses into the box, as the game flows from end to end, and only a dangling leg from Fabinho deflects his shot over the crossbar for another corner to Brentford.
19'
I. Konaté is unfortunate, scores an own goal!
OWN GOAL! Under pressure from Mee on the edge of the six-yard box at a corner, Konate can't react to clear his leg in time and the ball flies into the net via Alisson's despairing fingertip touch - Brentford lead! It's 1-0 to the Bees!
17'
Mbeumo climbs highest at the back post to meet Wissa's cross from the right, but his header flies wide of goal from close range.
15'
As Brentford grow in confidence and move several yards up the pitch, Wissa misses the target with an acrobatic effort inside the area but is flagged for offside straight afterwards.
12'
Roerslev's cross from high up on the right flank is blocked out with a timely interception by Thiago, and Brentford build again from the throw-in. The move then ends with a speculative shot from 25 yards by Janelt, which skips straight into the waiting gloves of Alisson.
10'
Brentford captain Norgaard intervenes at the right time, after Nunez's pass to Oxlade-Chamberlain almost frees up his team-mate on the edge of the area.
9'
H. Elliott gets yellow.
As Henry threatens to skip past him on the right-hand side, Elliott clearly obstructs his opponent and is shown a yellow card as a result.
7'
Salah overhits a low throughball for Nunez down the right side of the area, and the ball trickles through harmlessly to Raya.
5'
Liverpool continue to make most of the early running, stroking the ball about confidently in midfield as Brentford sit back and soak up some pressure in the opening stages.
3'
Following a corner from the right by Alexander-Arnold, a dipping pass to Van Dijk at the back post from Elliott sees Raya make a stunning stop at close range. After the ball nestles on top of the goalkeeper's net, though, the assistant's flag finally goes up for offside.
2'
M. Jørgensen gets yellow.
Having been caught out of position by Nunez midway through his own half, then clumsily brought down the Liverpool forward, Jorgensen receives an early booking.
1'
Liverpool kick off, and we are under way in West London!
Hello and welcome to live coverage of today's Premier League encounter between Brentford and Liverpool at Brentford Community Stadium!
Brentford today aim to extend a five-match unbeaten streak in the Premier League, after posting a 2-0 win over West Ham United in their final fixture of 2022. Ivan Toney's 12th goal of the season set the ball rolling against the Hammers, as Thomas Frank's side confirmed their place in the top half of the table. Only leaders Arsenal have come away from Brentford Community Stadium with all three points this season, and since that sole loss, the Bees have strung together a four-game run without defeat on home soil. However, the capital club's long wait for a win over Liverpool stretches back to 1938.
Despite enduring an difficult start to the season, Liverpool have closed the gap to their fellow top-four contenders either side of the World Cup break by recording four straight Premier League wins. Last time out, Jurgen Klopp's men edged past Leicester City; coming from behind to win 2-1 at Anfield on Friday. They target a third away victory in a row today, having seen off Tottenham Hotspur and Aston Villa on their two most recent road trips; Mohamed Salah providing three goals and an assist in the process.
BRENTFORD (3-5-2): David Raya; Mathias Jorgensen, Ethan Pinnock, Ben Mee; Mads Roerslev, Mathias Jensen, Vitaly Janelt, Christian Norgaard, Rico Henry; Bryan Mbeumo, Yoane Wissa.
SUBS: Thomas Strakosha, Keane Lewis-Potter, Saman Ghoddos, Sergi Canos, Ryan Trevitt, Josh Dasilva, Mads Bech Sorensen, Mikkel Damsgaard, Tristan Crama.
LIVERPOOL (4-3-3): Alisson; Trent Alexander-Arnold, Virgil van Dijk, Ibrahima Konate, Kostas Tsimikas; Thiago, Fabinho, Harvey Elliott; Mohamed Salah, Darwin Nunez, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
SUBS: Caoimhin Kelleher, Stefan Bajcetic, Andrew Robertson, Joe Gomez, Naby Keita, Nat Phillips, Curtis Jones, Fabio Carvalho, Joel Matip.
The players are out on the pitch, under the floodlights at Brentford Community Stadium, and kick-off is now just moments away!
In a run stretching back to 1983, Liverpool have scored at least three goals in each of their last five meetings with Brentford. They will now have to extend that streak if they are to win today, but despite having 75 per cent possession so far they've yet to find the net.
Brentford rise to seventh in the Premier League standings before reconvening with previous victims West Ham in the FA Cup at the weekend, while Liverpool are now only one place and two points above their more modest counterparts in the pecking order - they will aim to bounce back by beating Wolves in the cup next time out.
That's all from a jubilant Brentford Community Stadium today, so thank you for joining us and goodbye!
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