Thomas Frank makes Liverpool and Arsenal ‘level’ claim after Brentford defeat

Thomas Frank believes Liverpool are a level supra Arsenal successful the Premier League rubric contention pursuing Brentford’s 2-0 decision to Arne Slot’s broadside connected Saturday.

Liverpool appeared to beryllium connected people for a stalemate astatine the Gtech Community Stadium earlier Darwin Nunez enactment the Premier League leaders successful beforehand successful the archetypal infinitesimal of other time.

The Uruguay international, who had conscionable 1 extremity successful his past 12 appearances earlier scoring against Brentford, past netted Liverpool’s 2nd of the crippled 2 minutes later.

The triumph puts Liverpool 7 points wide of second-placed Arsenal, who are playing Aston Villa successful Saturday’s 5.30pm kick-off.

And Frank, whose Brentford broadside were beaten astatine location by Arsenal earlier this period earlier their 2-2 gully with Manchester City connected Tuesday night, feels Liverpool are a level supra their rubric rivals.

‘I deliberation wide a bully show against a fantastically bully squad that I deliberation is the champion squad successful the Premier League,’ Frank said aft Brentford’s decision to Liverpool.

‘Of course, they are fig one, truthful I don’t deliberation that’s a astonishment to anyone, but astir apt besides the champion squad successful the world.

‘We conscionable played against City and Arsenal and present Liverpool successful abbreviated succession, I deliberation they are a level supra the 2 others close now, much implicit successful each phases connected the game, yeah… precise good, exceptionally good.’

‘That said, I deliberation we did well, I thought we competed good passim the game, I thought we defended highly well, gave precise fewer immense chances away.

‘I deliberation it’s a cleanable illustration of wherever Liverpool are, I deliberation 0-0 you can’t accidental that would’ve been unfair but if Liverpool won 1-0 astir apt can’t reason that they had much of the shot and much opportunities than us.

‘The mode the last 1 dropped for them, we blocked the changeable and it dropped inch cleanable truthful Trent [Alexander-Arnold] tin enactment it backmost to Nunez and helium scores. If helium needs to instrumentality a interaction possibly helium needs to set a spot and past we are they to get the block.

‘It’s a cleanable illustration of wherever Liverpool are close present successful presumption of it is dropping for them, they are exceptionally good, they didn’t triumph due to the fact that the shot dropped for them, but it’s besides going for them which is well-deserved.

‘They enactment precise hard, Liverpool, today, a bully illustration is Van Dijk chasing Bryan Mbeumo backmost implicit 50, 60 yards.

‘I deliberation offensively we created rather a fewer bully opportunities but lacked the last quality, sharpness, touch, whatever, positive I deliberation they defended well, Liverpool, particularly Konate and Van Dijk.’

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