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Chris Wilson18 January 2025 15:04
Brentford 0-0 Liverpool
2 mins
Some early pressure from Liverpool as Salah gets into the box to try and make something happen, but he’s closed out.
Chris Wilson18 January 2025 15:01
Brentford vs Liverpool LIVE
The teams are emerging from the tunnel at the Gtech, so we’ll be underway soon!
Chris Wilson18 January 2025 14:56
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Chris Wilson18 January 2025 14:53
Brentford have won seven home matches in this season's Premier League, the joint-most along with Liverpool and Arsenal.
Meanwhile, Liverpool have the best away record in the division, with 24 points and seven wins from 10 unbeaten fixtures.
The Reds have only lost twice in 31 games under Arne Slot, but they have dropped points in four of their past seven league fixtures.
Chris Wilson18 January 2025 14:50
The weekend's other fixtures
This match is one of the three 3pm kick-offs today, while title chasers Arsenal face Villa at 5.30pm.
Chris Wilson18 January 2025 14:35
Arne Slot happy Liverpool can compete with Premier League's big spenders
Liverpool head coach Arne Slot is happy he has a team which can compete with bigger-spending Premier League rivals.
The nine-and-a-half year contract Erling Haaland signed with Manchester City on Friday, which is reported to be worth £500,000 a week to the Norway striker, was a reminder of the financial power a select number of top-flight clubs have.
It sits in stark contrast to Liverpool's current situation with three of their top stars Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold out of contract in the summer.
Their combined weekly wage is estimated at £750,000, with Salah the highest earner in the club's history with a weekly pay packet of £350,000.
And while City are pushing through a January mini-rebuild for at least four players which could exceed £150million the likelihood Liverpool will make a significant move remains slim.
Asked whether City's financial power meant his Premier League leaders cannot afford to drop their own high level of performance, Slot said: "Not particularly about the investment but we know how good we have to be every single day to compete in this league.
"It is not only the club you are referring to, Chelsea also spend £1.2billion, (Manchester) United spends an incredible amount.
"Every team spends a lot of money over here, that's why it's such an interesting league to be part of.
"Some season this club spends a bit more, other seasons other clubs spend a bit more.
That's what makes this league so intense and so difficult to win.
"But that's also the reason why we want to be here: you want to compete against the best, with the best, and we are very happy with the team we have at the moment and we are still able to compete with all the teams that are spending incredible amounts of money."
Arne Slot happy to see Liverpool competing with Premier League big spenders
Harry Latham-Coyle18 January 2025 14:30
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