Liverpool moved second in the Premier League as they traveled to a 3-0 triumph over an out-of-structure Brentford at Anfield.

Fabinho, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and substitute Takumi Minamino were all on track as the Bees slipped to a fourth loss in five association games since Boxing Day.

Jurgen Klopp's side actually trails runaway pioneers Manchester City by 11 after the reigning champs beat Chelsea on Saturday, however, the Reds truly do have a game close by to attempt to close the hole further.

The opposite apparatus between the sides in west London delivered one of the rounds of the period such a long way as they went head to head in an enchanting 3-3 draw. Here, nonetheless, the home side was in the domination all through, at last opening the scoring on the stroke of half-time when Trent Alexander-Arnold's corner was permitted to skip in the crate and arrive at Fabinho at the far post, the Brazilian gesturing home from short proximity.

Bryan Mbeumo went nearest to an adjuster as he terminated only wide from Christian Norgaard's smart converse pass, while at the opposite end Diogo Jota struck the upstanding before additionally being denied one-on-one by Alvaro Fernandez.

Ultimately, it was Oxlade-Chamberlain who gave Liverpool a merited pad as he showed incredible longing to get on the finish of Andy Robertson's cross to head past Fernandez.

The objective, simply the second of the Englishman's season, showed up opportune given Sadio Mane and Mo Salah's nonattendances at the AFCON, however, inside the space of minutes he was constrained off harmed subsequent to seeming to wind a lower leg in the turf.

His substitution was Minamino and he made the focuses protected after Roberto Firmino jumped on Brentford's endeavors to work out from the back, squeezing the ball from Norgaard prior to teeing up the Japanese worldwide for a basic completion.

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