Extended Highlights: Liverpool 2-0 Brentford | Luis Diaz & Mo Salah at Anfield

after getting off to a flying start at ipswitch on day one of the Premier League season it's time for lpool to make their bow at anfield for season 2024 25 a win at IP switch was the perfect way to start but as brenford roll into anfield and into Mery side today anfield expects as on a slot takes his seat as the Liverpool head coach for the first time at anfield in the Premier League well let's take a check on the two teams we'll start with liverpools the Liverpool side selected by Honor slot today is the side that started the second half at Portman Road last week Hest slot has brought in ibraim oate for Jerel quansa today K Quan's missed a few training sessions this week he isn't fully fit so it was a change that was forced upon the new Liverpool head coach anyway apart from that it's as you were with once again Ryan grenberg the The Anchor Man in the middle of that that Liverpool Midfield well brenford have never lost the opening two games of a Premier League season they got off to a flyer last week with a victory against Crystal Palace at home now they're on the road at anfield uh always tough venue for a changing shape for them today we're expecting them to play three at the back Christopher Aya played as a left back last week we're expecting him to join Collins and penck at the heart of that defense and Ros slav and Lewis Potter playing as Wing backs fairly quiet opening 10 minutes to anfield it's a foul by mallister he doesn't think so referee who's the important man felt otherwise a little soft that one it's taken very quickly for LS Potter and Bemo making ground as to is Yensen leis Potter decided to go for goal is Aya there Potter runs in behind Liverpool want it offside they look sharp going forward brenford Liverpool got to be on the toes first Corner again whipped in by Yensen it was it was Visa who nearly won it now Salah wins it and brings it away and Dogo jot is a man on a mission it's a lovely ball threaded for Lis Diaz now Diaz goes for goal and finds it quite wonderfully well what a Counterattack by Liverpool what a finished by Lis Diaz it lights up anfield and the first game here this season well people are asking why isn't gakpo playing after the way he played in the Euros that's the reason why he's not playing leis Diaz Corner Liverpool do well to win a canate brilliant Again by mosala winning the ball jotte pace and what a run down by Lis Diaz on his left foot you're wondering can he hit it can he hit it of course he can great strike for his left foot they've come alive Liverpool a it's such a clinical finish from Lis Diaz classic Liverpool Counterattack and the perfect way to open up the account at anfield for the new season delightful [Applause] goal well here's Andrew Robertson and Lewis Diaz again and Robertson goes again and it needs saving from fleen who managed to get down and just claw the ball away almost I think with his shoulder at the near post it's great watching Liverpool go forward Diaz Rubble runs outside him nearly into his near post keeper gets down but it's a joy to watch Theo when they attack like [Applause] that that's Salah good run by soos lovely take Alexander Arnold Salah and maybe it needed to go first time but everything about that intricate move from Liverpool again was so smooth yeah so it's a run look at the running up forward when you get players running forward like that there just that touch there was just a little bit too much wasn't it game is settled into a real pattern of Liverpool attacking and and brenford defending and everyone behind the ball just trying to keep Liverpool out here and stay in the game game that's what Thomas Frank will want them to do now Lis [Applause] Diaz there's a bump from norgard it's a Liverpool free kick he knew it as well didn't he as soon as he didn't win the ball is this the new Liverpool patience patience killed him with possession it's Alexander Arnold oh it's just a fraction too high fleen was coming well he will probably feel he had that covered as well [Applause] oh mallister With A Touch of Class soas can't keep it though and Visa is fouled by SAS might be a card as well that as soon as you grab a player touch him when they're breaking it's normally a yellow card these days yeah he's away isn't he we' got an elbow in the face as well for his troubles fleen fires long van djk heads away salah's going to be penalized here for a foul on on Lewis Potter he felt that he used his strength you would argue that Lis Potter's off off balance and Bemo is over the ball and delivers now for noard who doesn't make contact and that's a real chance it's a great chance isn't it great ball by Amo grenberg the thread is good there's mallister this is Alexander Arnold oh the deflection just takes it away and over the top lovely football from Liverpool again it's so so quick and clinical when they break forward it's quick passes people running forward on outside Trent this time get the little deflection oh so close to going in off Collins just over y son it's a nice changing direction it puts Liverpool on the back foot and puts Lewis Potter in on goal and it's his shot which is saved by Allison pretty straightforward in the end was a really nice piece of play by brenford probably their best he makes it look easy doesn't he Allison straight at him but he gets his whole body behind it again Liverpool will try to work their way down field and they've done it beautifully soos Li's taken up a really intelligent position now Andrew Robertson will join in a little further wide is leis Diaz his delivery it's towards Dogo jot with the overhead and Robertson's arriving well a poor attempt at goal from Dogo jot nearly turns into an outstanding pass in the end fleen saves with his face it was a poor effort by J but it's an extremely poor effort by Robo Andy Robinson he's in he's not offside he's got the simplest of header to knock a back across the goal which is completely and utterly empty and he hits it straight at the keeper and gets him in the face it's a a good flick by grenberg the two biggest the position between the post to come and meet the three big ones coming at them Jansen and the header is by Collins and beaten Away brilliantly by Allison didn't have much time to react but did so outstandingly well this is memo he stumbles and falls and he was offside anyway so Liverpool have a free kick of great reactions from the big fella let off Collins header reflexes from Allison Scoops it away in the end Branford are coming again very quick at Liverpool and and they've played that nicely again it's it's Salah and Aya Salah is coming inside mallister here's Andrew Robertson now leis Diaz Salah again mallister Alexander Arnolds appearing here and J is there and Collins comes across and gets just in front of of Doo J it's still a big big chance though it's brilliant football but what a block this is from Collins he just throws his body in behind J Alexander Aro makes a great run down the right lovely ball across the goal How He has blocked this Collins I don't know certainly that chance for Graford is is woke the crowd up an hour gone Liverpool were moving serenely through the game with without too much risk at one end looking for a reward at the other end and Salah trying to do that now mallister here comes Salah and that's brilliant defending it's absolutely outstanding defending from Vitali yanel it has to be outstanding because the passing and the movement from Liverpool players is unbelievable little balls knocked around the corner great ball by mallister how yanel got there I don't know but he gets there and gets a little toe on it Alexander Arnold whips oh it's come back off the woodwork the goalkeeper was struggling again Robertson van and then it's Kate who comes behind and forces fleen into another save or maybe Alexander Arnold meant it in the first half oh yeah you're look at it now he's whipped it in does anybody get a touch on it it doesn't look like but Liverpool getting on top Kate's head are straight at the keeper Salah going around Aya and goes across goal and there's Luis Diaz and fleen denies him with a fine flick of his left hand well they could be three or four up now Liverpool for some magnificent defending Collins goalkeeper fleing what a safe this is down low to his left Diaz tries to feed it into the bottom corner but fen's good enough to get it away all Liverpool so there's a ball for himo difficult ball to take in fell a little awkwardly as well Alexander Arnold made that look easy didn't he his ball is for Salah fleen didn't want to take the chance of handling the ball where he was so clears away oh that's Fabio carvalo in St saos L wins the ball mallis that stabs It Forward lovely ball here goes Salah aliv theol there goes Muhammad Salah poool there is the second goal they have so craved and who else could it be but Mohamad tala to find the goal for Liverpool makes it look so so simple as he's done so so often High Press again Liverpool looks at times they're going to lose the ball trying to play out from the back brenford give it away sub os does really really well and Mall's a little flick there it's very close to being offside but you're looking up at the top of the screen for a great great finish by Salah again but it is close yeah you saw Dominic soos look to the assistant and and do the thumb and the finger it was so so tight but the best exponent there is of scoring goals in the Premier League he's at it once again he just can't stop the record Muhammad Salah is at it again for Liverpool Muhammad Salah is always at it for Liverpool always has been always will be here's Cody gakpo oh it's deflected of Collins and it's taking it up onto the crossbar very nearly another fle yeah this is what we've seen in the Euros gakpo coming in on his right foot off that left and striking it Collins yet again gets a block on this one I don't know if the goalkeepers saving this because it has struck so well so [Applause] hard well it's the perfect start for arlot they haven't conceded a goal they they've scored twice a again they could have scored a lot lot more today as well it was an outstanding Liverpool performance again in the second half and they were only denied four five six goals by some really Resolute and and classy hearty brenford defending but Lis Diaz got the the first Muhammad Salah got the second Liverpool could have scored a lot more and and it's been a great start to the season an aror slots team are moving quite smoothly at the start of this new season and you couldn't ask for more than that Liverpool 2 brenford nil