The Reds were denied the three points in west London when second-half substitute Yoane Wissa converted for the Bees eight minutes from time.
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Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp reckons that a draw was the fair result in the end-to-end Premier League contest between the Reds and Brentford. The exciting match finished 3-3 at the Brentford Community Stadium on Saturday, as both teams gave their fans plenty of moments to enjoy. Liverpool were denied the three points in west London when second-half substitute Yoane Wissa converted for the Bees eight minutes from time. The home side had taken the lead through Ethan Pinnock before Diogo Jota levelled the score with a clinical header. Just after the half-time break, Mohamed Salah put Liverpool ahead with his 100th Premier League goal for the club. But, Brentford responded through Vitaly Janelt.
Curtis Jones put Klopp’s men back in front with a deflected, long-distance strike. But there was still time for one last twist. Wissa’s clipped finish over Alisson Becker saw the points being shared. In the post-match press conference, Klopp said, “A wild, wild game. Offensively, I am really happy. I think in moments we played some of the best football we’ve played so far this season; we created top chances against a really well organised side. They were very good, but obviously we struggled tonight with their long balls.”
He added: “I was not too happy with how we started the game and that’s how we conceded the goal, a little bit. It was a situation where we could have been more organised. It’s not so easy, but [we needed] to be much more composed in this situation to win these little challenges. They scored at the second post; there was no space to score, but they did. We reacted well, scored really nice goals. The second half, we controlled the game better, but in the phase where we maybe played the best football, they scored the equaliser.”
“The 2-1 for Mo was outstanding; a super pass from Fab, who had so many good football moments. The goal from Curtis, outstanding, but because we didn’t finish the game off the door stayed open and they used it again. They stayed in the game and it was really tricky for us tonight because usually when you play that well, you can control the game better but we couldn’t because the goalie chipped one ball in behind always in our last line and they did really well with these balls – with the first and second balls – so you never can really control it and that made it tricky.
“They deserved their three goals and they deserved the point. I think we could have scored more; they could have scored one more, we could have scored four or five more and it would have been even more spectacular. But it’s fine, we got a point, they got a point, let’s carry on.”
Jurgen Klopp heaped praise on Salah for scoring his 100th Premier League goal for Liverpool. “That’s exceptional. I think two weeks ago he scored 100 in the league. Now 100 for Liverpool. We give him already the shirt with the 100 on the back – maybe we now have to give him another one. But exceptional, we all know that,” he added.
“In the future when people look back, people will speak about some players of this team 100 per cent and will speak 100 per cent as well about Mo Salah because the numbers he had are insane, incredible. But I know Mo and he is now in the dressing room and thinks about the two chances he missed. So, probably next time this will be the quickest player ever who scored 150 goals, that’s the situation. But, of course, absolutely outstanding achievement, no doubt.”
