Liverpool suffered a dramatic 3\u20132 defeat at Brentford FC\u2019s Gtech Community Stadium yesterday, marking their fourth consecutive Premier League loss<\/strong> a run unseen at the club since February 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The match saw Brentford take the initiative early, with a stunning opener by Dango Ouattara in just the 5th minute, stemmed from a long throw-in which caused havoc in Liverpool\u2019s defence. A second goal followed just before half-time when Kevin Schade raced in behind and finished coolly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Liverpool pulled one back in first-half stoppage time via Milos Kerkez, offering brief hope. But in the second half, a penalty converted by Igor Thiago restored Brentford\u2019s two-goal cushion after a foul by Virgil van Dijk was upgraded by VAR. Mohamed Salah\u2019s late strike in the 89th minute provided momentary excitement, yet it proved too little, too late for the Reds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The result leaves Liverpool in sixth place<\/strong> in the Premier League table on 15 points now four points behind league leaders<\/strong> Arsenal FC, with the gap poised to widen if Arsenal win their next game. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Manager Arne Slot admitted the result was one of his worst as Liverpool boss, acknowledging his side were out-duelled and lacked fight and structure. Major concerns now centre on Liverpool\u2019s defensive frailties (they\u2019ve failed to keep a clean sheet in nine matches) and the fact they\u2019ve already lost as many league games this season as they did in the whole of last season. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This run raises serious questions about Liverpool\u2019s title defence. The club now joins an unwanted list becoming only the fourth reigning Premier League champion<\/strong> to lose four consecutive league games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Liverpool must act quickly. With big fixtures ahead and momentum fading, the next few weeks could define whether this season turns into a comeback or a major collapse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Liverpool\u2019s Crisis Deepens with 3\u20132 Defeat at Brentford Liverpool suffered a dramatic 3\u20132 defeat at Brentford FC\u2019s Gtech Community Stadium yesterday, marking their fourth consecutive Premier League loss a run unseen at the club since February 2021. The match saw Brentford take the initiative early, with a stunning opener by Dango Ouattara in just the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13487,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[114,44,6],"tags":[163,370,371,330,373,372],"class_list":["post-13486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-club-news","category-latest-news","category-premier-league","tag-arne-slot","tag-brentford-fc","tag-football-crisis","tag-liverpool-fc","tag-premier-league-2025-26","tag-title-defence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/90minutesnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/90minutesnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/90minutesnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/90minutesnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/90minutesnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13486"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/90minutesnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13488,"href":"https:\/\/90minutesnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13486\/revisions\/13488"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/90minutesnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/90minutesnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/90minutesnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/90minutesnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}