Liverpool 2-0 Brentford: What Frank said

Brentford boss Thomas Frank has been speaking to Sky Sports after the defeat to Liverpool: "A game of two halves. We were very good in the first half. I thought it was very even, in the stats and everything. They scored the goal from our mistake which is a situation where you either take the ball or the man, then we also needed to defend the two on two situation better.

"We had a great chance with Christian Norgaard - a free header - and another chance. Our pressing and our overall build-up was good. So it was an even game, maybe our best first half here at Anfield.

"In the second half, Liverpool went up a notch. We still had a good chance through Nathan Collins at 1-0. So we had the chances, but we did not create enough today. In the end, Liverpool win fair and square."

On lessons to learn ahead of three difficult away games: "The first half [we can take into the next games], then [it is about whether] we can take it and build it 60 minutes, then 70 minutes, and so on into a game.

"We just know that Liverpool are a good team. For me Manchester City, Arsenal and Liverpool are the three that are a little bit ahead of everyone else - some of the best teams in Europe.

"We hoped for more. We came here to try and win, but we couldn't do it."