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– Brentford manager Thomas Frank praised his “incredible” players after their impressive victory over Liverpool.
– The Bees won 3-1 at the Community Stadium to extend their unbeaten Premier League run to six matches.
– Frank and his players celebrated with their supporters at full-time, the victory moving Brentford up to seventh place in the table.
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– “What a night! I can’t praise the players enough, they are incredible,” Frank told BBC Sport.
– “The attitude, effort, hard work and togetherness – everything they put together to beat a team like Liverpool.”
– Brentford’s opening goal came when Liverpool defender Ibrahima Konate deflected a corner into his own net after 19 minutes.
– Liverpool conceded twice more from corners in the first half but both goals were ruled out for offside, before Yoane Wissa eventually made it 2-0.
– Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain got one back for Liverpool after the break, then Bryan Mbeumo netted a third for the hosts late on to confirm victory after Darwin Nunez also had a goal ruled out for offside.
– “Crazy, crazy. Liverpool is one of the best teams in the world so if you want to beat them you have to be at 200%. I hope the fans enjoyed it,” Wissa told Sky Sports.
– “We worked so hard together. We played together and that’s why we did this. Now we know how the Premier League goes so we have to be humble and stay together.
– “I could have scored a hat-trick today. I scored twice, offside, then I got one so it’s good. Everyone is happy.”
"It's crazy, I scored a hat-trick today!" 😆
Yoane Wissa is buzzing despite having one of his goals ruled out! 😁 pic.twitter.com/HsnFCb5nPx
— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) January 2, 2023
– Brentford’s victory came despite key forward and top scorer Ivan Toney being unavailable after picking up a knee injury in the win over West Ham.
– Mbeumo told BBC Sport: “It was an unbelievable feeling. We knew against Liverpool here it was a massive win. We wanted to do more than we did last time [the 3-3 result last season].
– “The mindset that we have to always go for it means a lot for us and this is one of the things that made us score a lot of goals.”
– Brentford have lost just one of their nine Premier League games at home this season, to league leaders Arsenal.
– Results at the Community Stadium include a 4-0 victory over Manchester United in August, a goalless draw with Chelsea in October and a 2-2 draw with Tottenham in December.
– They also beat champions Manchester City in an impressive display at Etihad Stadium in November and have never lost a Premier League game in which they have opened the scoring.
– “It’s simply impressive that we beat Manchester City away, drew with Tottenham when we should have won, beat West Ham and now beaten Liverpool,” said Frank.
– “We’ve been very consistent with what we’ve tried to do. Then it’s about the very important player discipline – they work very hard and want to go that extra yard for each other.
– “It’s incredible to be in seventh. If you see the run of games we have been through, that’s very impressive.
– “We need to celebrate and enjoy the moment but then we need to be at our best to beat West Ham in the FA Cup on Saturday.”
💬 "Beating United here, beating City away, and now beating Liverpool home – that's insane"
The boss on tonight's win#BrentfordFC | #BRELIV | @pensionbee pic.twitter.com/X2CK2qbojf
— Brentford FC (@BrentfordFC) January 2, 2023
