Liverpool's Virgil van Dijk has confessed that despite their preparations, the team was unable to thwart Brentford's set-piece threat in defeat in west London. The Reds suffered a 3-2 loss, extending their losing streak to four Premier League games and equalling their total league losses from the entire 2024/25 season.

Brentford took an early lead just five minutes into the game with Dango Ouattara's spectacular volley beyond Giorgi Mamardashvili, while Igor Thiago scored a penalty in the second half after Van Dijk conceded a soft foul. Liverpool also fell victim to Brentford's swift counter-attacks in the closing stages of the first half, with Mikkel Damsgaard's pass to Kevin Schade slicing through the Liverpool defence.

In a concerning admission, Van Dijk revealed that despite their efforts to neutralise Brentford's strengths, Liverpool simply couldn't stop the Bees.

"Obviously, a disappointing night," the Liverpool captain said. "We conceded two goals again in the first half, in what we obviously trained on as well, because their throw-in are obviously very dangerous.

"I think the first one we defended well, but we gave them opportunity after opportunity after that to put it back in.

"The second one was on...