Darwin Nunez was the hero for Liverpool, scoring twice in stoppage time to seal a dramatic late win over Brentford to ship the Reds seven factors clear on the prime of the Premier League desk.
Liverpool’s watch for a league win in 2025 seemed set to proceed as Arne Slot’s facet wasted probability after probability – 35 to be exact.
With extra dropped factors wanting doubtless, it seemed like Arsenal may need the possibility to shut the hole to 2 factors with Brentford simply minutes away from some extent, however with time operating out, substitute Nunez got here to the rescue, scoring along with his facet’s thirty sixth shot of the sport to interrupt the impasse and spark wild celebrations from the guests.
So typically the Uruguay worldwide has been criticised for his wastefulness in entrance of objective, however he bailed his facet out of bother in west London, including a second simply earlier than the full-time whistle to safe what could possibly be an important victory in Liverpool’s bid to win the title.
Liverpool’s Darwin Nunez celebrates after scoring his facet’s second objective (AP Picture/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
It was a merciless blow for Brentford, who had arguably the very best probability of the primary half within the fifth minute when Bryan Mbeumo slipped in Mads Roerslev on the overlap. The complete again squared the ball throughout the six-yard field for Mikkel Damsgaard, who couldn’t discover the of entirety from shut vary.
Brentford’s risk continued to return from the in-form Mbeumo, who twice beat Kostas Tsimikas earlier than taking pictures straight at Reds goalkeeper Alisson Becker. Nevertheless, Liverpool’s domination grew because the half went on.
Domink Szoboszlai’s strike clipped the highest of the crossbar, whereas Cody Gakpo couldn’t beat goalkeeper Mark Flekken when in on objective after a surprising counter-attack from the league leaders.
Liverpool racked up 19 pictures with out scoring within the first half and their dominance continued after the break.
The possibilities continued to return thick and quick for Liverpool, who threw on Harvey Elliot, Curtis Jones, Federicho Chiesa and Nunez as they looked for the breakthrough.
The guests solely had eight pictures on track within the match as Trent Alexander-Arnold and Mohamed Salah failed to hassle Flekken. Nunez even spurned an enormous probability of his personal, planting a free header extensive of the goal.
Brentford threatened on the break themselves as Mbeumo and Yoane Wissa had been denied by Alisson, however ultimately, with it wanting like Arsenal may need the possibility to shut the hole to 2 factors, it was Nunez who was in the precise place on the proper time to maintain Liverpool’s title bid firmly on observe.
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Darwin Nunez celebrates scoring his, and Liverpool’s second objective
