Ukrainian Yehor Yarmolyuk spent the game once morest the Merseysiders on the bench.
“Liverpool” won a crushing victory over Brentford Ukrainian midfielder Yehor Yarmolyuk in an away match of the 25th round of the English Premier League (EPL). The match in London ended with a score of 1:4.
In the first half, the fans saw only one goal. In the 35th minute, Darvin Nunes put the visitors ahead, taking advantage of Diogo Jota’s pass.
At the start of the second half, the Merseysiders increased their advantage. In the 55th minute, Alexis McAllister scored an accurate shot. Assisted the Argentine Mohamed Salah, for whom it was the first match following an injury. The Egyptian replaced Zhota, who was injured, even before the break.
In the 68th minute, Salah added a scored goal to the assist, assisted by Cody Gakpo.
For the Egyptian forward, this is the 15th goal of this EPL season. He is only one goal behind the leader of the scoring race, the striker of “Manchester City” Erling Holland.
In the 75th minute, the “bees” reduced the deficit with the efforts of Ivan Toni. However, Jurgen Klopp’s men had the last word in this match – in the 86th minute, Gakpo scored following a pass from Luis Diaz.
Yarmolyuk was included in the application of “Brentford” for the match once morest “Merseysiders”, but did not enter the field from the bench for the substitutes.
Review of the match “Brentford” – “Liverpool”
The victory allowed “Liverpool” (57 points) to strengthen its leadership in the Premier League. Klopp’s team are now 5 points ahead of Manchester City and Arsenal. At the same time, “townsmen” have two matches in reserve, “gunners” – one. “Brentford” (25 points) remained in 14th position.
In the next round, “Liverpool” will host “Luton” on February 21, and Yarmolyuk’s team will play a postponed match of the 18th round of the Premier League once morest “Manchester City” on the road a day earlier.
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