Liverpool defeated Brentford without Yarmoliuk and consolidated its leadership in the Premier League

Ukrainian midfielder Yehor Yarmoliuk's Liverpool won a crushing victory over Brentford in the away match of the 25th round of the English Premier League (EPL). The match in London ended with a score of 1:4. SSPDaily tells about it.

In the first half, the fans saw only one goal. In the 35th minute, Darwin Nunez put the visitors ahead, taking advantage of Diogo Jota's pass.

At the start of the second half, the Merseysiders increased their lead. In the 55th minute, Alexis Mac Allister scored an accurate shot. The Argentine was assisted by Mohamed Salah, for whom it was the first match after injury. The Egyptian replaced Jota, who was injured, before the break.

In the 68th minute, Salah added a goal to his assist, assisted by Cody Gakpo.

For the Egyptian forward, this is the 15th goal of this season's EPL. He is only one goal behind the leader of the scoring race, Manchester City forward Erling Holland.

In the 75th minute, the Bees reduced the gap with a goal by Ivan Toney. However, the last word in this match was for Jurgen Klopp's wards. In the 86th minute, Gakpo scored after a pass from Luis Diaz.

Yarmoliuk was included in Brentford's application for the match against the Merseysiders, but did not come on the field from the bench.

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The victory allowed Liverpool (57 points) to strengthen its leadership in the Premier League. Klopp's team is now 5 points ahead of Manchester City and Arsenal. At the same time, the Citizens have two matches in hand, while the Gunners have one. Brentford (25 points) remained in 14th position.

In the next round, Liverpool will host Luton on February 21, and Yarmoliuk's team will play the postponed match of the 18th round of the Premier League against Manchester City a day earlier.