Liverpool Afternoon Round-Up, Saturday 17th October 2026: Chaotic First Half at Brentford as Szoboszlai and Frimpong Both Forced Off Injured
Liverpool are away at Brentford's Gtech Community Stadium this afternoon in the Premier League, with Andoni Iraola's hosts looking to bounce back from last weekend's heavy defeat to Manchester City (This Is Anfield) (Sky Sports) (Liverpool Echo) (Liverpool.com) (This Is Anfield).
Iraola confirmed his starting XI with Alexis Isak and Dominik Szoboszlai both named among the starters, while decisions were also made on Florian Wirtz's involvement (Liverpool.com) (This Is Anfield) (LiverpoolFC.com).
It's been a dramatic afternoon at the Gtech. Liverpool Echo reports a chaotic end to the first half featuring goals, red cards and two VAR interventions inside just ten minutes, with Brentford's Yehor Yarmolyuk shown a red card for violent conduct after a VAR review (Liverpool Echo) (Liverpool.com).
There was also fresh injury misery for Iraola. Szoboszlai's return from a minor injury lasted less than a half before he was substituted for Trey Nyoni (Liverpool.com). Things got worse when Jeremie Frimpong, who had only just come on, was forced off soon after with a muscle issue, marking a second injury-enforced change of the game for Liverpool (Liverpool.com).
Away from the pitch, Liverpool.com notes that Brentford supporters had their own reasons for booing Alexis Mac Allister, pointing to his involvement for Argentina at this year's World Cup, where his side beat England in the semi-finals (Liverpool.com). Elsewhere, Liverpool.com also looked back at a "madness" goal from Darwin Nunez during Jurgen Klopp's final season, with pundit Michael Owen's earlier comment on the striker proving accurate (Liverpool.com).
In other club news, Liverpool's U18s salvaged a point with a late equaliser against Leicester (LiverpoolFC.com), while Liverpool.com reports that Hollywood actor and Tottenham fan Jude Law is set to portray former Reds manager Bill Shankly in a new docuseries (Liverpool.com). Ahead of next week's Carabao Cup clash with Liverpool, Chelsea were also dealt a blow as goalkeeper Emi Martinez was stretchered off in their own match (Liverpool.com).
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