BRENTFORD 0-2 LIVERPOOL: It looked like Arne Slot's men would be frustrated on their travels for the second time in a week but Darwin Nunez came up with the perfect answer to Brentford supporters' taunts with his late, late show

BRENTFORD 0-2 LIVERPOOL: Darwin Nunez scored twice in added time to earn Arne Slot's team a win that they almost let slip with wasteful finishing in west London

The Brentford fans ought to have known better. After all, Darwin Núñez had scored a fabulous goal against their team in the corresponding fixture here last season. Still, when Núñez entered as a 65th minute substitute, they were ready with their taunt, one that compared him unfavourably to his one-time Liverpool predecessor, Andy Carroll. Núñez had travelled to London having scored only four times all season. The scrutiny burned. It was no kind of return for an £85m record signing. Arne Slot had insisted he would come good, that it was simply a matter of getting him into the right spaces and situations against deep-set opponents. How it would work out at the very end for Núñez and Liverpool. Continue reading...