If beating Crystal Palace on the opening weekend raised expectation at Brentford, then Sunday’s trip to Anfield had the effect it was always likely to have: bringing the Bees right back down to earth.
Anfield felt like the place all teams go to die in recent years, but Brentford might have sensed their chance here. For the first time since October 2015, sat in the home dugout was a manager not named Jurgen Klopp.
