Isak completes Liverpool’s comeback win as Brentford finish with nine
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Liverpool came from behind to beat Brentford after Yehor Yarmolyuk was sent off for head-butting Jérémy Jacquet, leaving Brentford to defend their lead with ten men for the whole second half. Alexander Isak scored the winner, lifting Liverpool to fifth and ending Brentford’s unbeaten start; the match also gave Florian Wirtz a decisive role in the comeback.
Brentford took the lead when Keane Lewis-Potter headed in Igor Thiago’s cross, after a penalty awarded to Liverpool was overturned following a VAR review. Wirtz set up Victor Muñoz’s equaliser, then Bradley Barcola’s header created Isak’s 70th-minute goal. Brentford later had Vitaly Janelt sent off for a second yellow card, finishing with nine players; Liverpool’s £125m signing Isak had returned from injury.
- Isak scored Liverpool’s 70th-minute winner.
- Yarmolyuk’s red card changed the match.
- Brentford finished with nine players.