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October 26: Brentford mock Arne Slot after 3–2 win over Liverpool
Liverpool suffered their fourth straight Premier League defeat on Saturday, losing 3–2 to Brentford.
Just last week, following a loss to Manchester United, Arne Slot suggested that opponents were altering their lineups specifically for games against Liverpool. He said:
> “We’ve seen [Benjamin] Šeško play the last three, four, five or six times, but when they face Liverpool, they change the lineup. That’s not the first time we’ve seen that happen.”
Brentford, however, made no such changes — manager Mark Andrews fielded the same XI that beat West Ham on Monday. Despite that, Liverpool still came up short.
After the victory, Brentford’s official X account cheekily responded to Slot’s earlier comments, posting:
> “Must have been that unchanged team.”
