Match report
Brentford 1-2 Liverpool: Reds turn it round against nine men
Liverpool came from behind to beat Brentford 2-1 at the Brentford Community Stadium, with Víctor Muñoz and Alexander Isak scoring after the hosts were reduced to ten, then nine.
By Harvey Watkins · 22 Oct 2026
Liverpool came from a goal down to beat Brentford 2-1 in gameweek 7 of the Premier League, ending the hosts' five-match unbeaten run.
Brentford had gone in front just before half-time, only to lose Yegor Yarmolyuk to a red card in the first-half stoppage time. Liverpool scored twice in the second half and held on.
Keane Lewis-Potter put Brentford ahead in the 44th minute, with Igor Thiago providing the assist. It was the hosts' only goal of the afternoon.
Match stats
Player of the match
- Goals
- 1
- Assists
- 0
- xG
- 0.33
- FPL points
- 9
Key moments
- 44' Keane Lewis-Potter Goal · Brentford 1-0 Assist: Igor Thiago
- 45+8' Yegor Yarmolyuk Sent off · Brentford
- 62' Víctor Muñoz Goal · Liverpool 1-1 Assist: Florian Wirtz
- 70' Alexander Isak Goal · Liverpool 1-2 Assist: Bradley Barcola
- 90+2' Vitaly Janelt Sent off (second booking) · Brentford
Our tips: how they went
It finished Brentford 1-2 Liverpool
- MFF Bot 1-0 Wrong result ✗
- Baz (MFF) 2-2 Wrong result ✗
- Ben (MFF) 2-3 Right result ✓
- Chris Sutton (BBC) 2-2 Wrong result ✗
- Paul (MFF) auto pick 2-0 Wrong result ✗
Line-ups
Brentford
- Caoimhin KelleherGoalkeeper
- Kristoffer AjerDefender
- Michael KayodeDefender
- Sepp van den Bergoff 71'Defender
- Mathias Jensenoff 46'Midfielder
- Vitaly JaneltMidfielder
- Yegor YarmolyukMidfielder
- Keane Lewis-Potteroff 77'Forward
- Dango Ouattaraoff 46'Forward
- Igor ThiagoForward
- Jaidon Anthonyoff 77'Forward
Liverpool
- AlissonGoalkeeper
- Virgil van DijkDefender
- Milos KerkezDefender
- Jeremy JacquetDefender
- Ronald Araújooff 46'Defender
- Dominik Szoboszlaioff 32'Midfielder
- Florian WirtzMidfielder
- Alexis Mac AllisterMidfielder
- Alexander Isakoff 79'Forward
- Víctor Muñozoff 79'Forward
- Bradley BarcolaForward
Full timeline
Every goal and card (11)
- 31' 🟨 Bradley Barcola
- 44' ⚽ Keane Lewis-Potterassist Igor Thiago
- 45+8' 🟥 Yegor Yarmolyuk
- 46' 🟨 Igor Thiago
- 49' 🟨 Jeremy Jacquet
- 53' 🟨 Alexis Mac Allister
- 60' 🟨 Kevin Schade
- 62' ⚽ Víctor Muñozassist Florian Wirtz
- 63' 🟨 Vitaly Janelt
- 70' ⚽ Alexander Isakassist Bradley Barcola
- 90+2' 🟨🟥 Vitaly Janelt
Head to head
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