Premier League: Nightmare for Andoni Iroala at Brentford as star hobbles off, VAR denies penalty and Bees take the lead, while Erling Haaland restores Man City’s advantage vs Ipswich

Lewis Steele at Gtech Community Stadium”},{“id”:”8uPOSDBilF”,”type”:”blockquote”,”value”:”Not sure what referee Jonathan Brooks was seeing there. He was right next to the incident when Dango Ouattara clearly wins the ball when competing with Alexis Mac Allister – but gives a penalty.

Luckily we have VAR (not said that before!) and it’s overturned. Although Florian Wirtz had a penalty shout a few minutes ago that looked more of a foul.”}],”type”:”POST”},{“articleId”:”16211399″,”author”:”Harry Bamforth”,”breaking”:false,”closing”:false,”exclusive”:false,”goal”:false,”icons”:[{“label”:”Var”,”url”:”https://i0.wp.com/media.pmnsports.co.uk/2026/10/localimages/var.png”},{“label”:”Liverpool”,”url”:”https://i0.wp.com/media.pmnsports.co.uk/2026/10/localimages/liverpool2.png”}],”keyUpdate”:false,”matchTimestamp”:””,”pinned”:false,”showPostTime”:true,”status”:”live”,”tags”:[],”title”:{“text”:”VAR: NO PENALTY! – Liverpool”,”url”:””},”user”:””,”creationDate”:”2026-10-17T14:43:17.716Z”,”updateDate”:”2026-10-17T14:43:17.716Z”,”publishDate”:”2026-10-17T14:43:17.716Z”,”id”:”xJhRSqEBic4hluTFMm9V”,”lines”:[{“id”:”hqoRQDJYJn”,”type”:”paragraph”,”value”:”A reprieve for Brentford.”},{“id”:”3WuXvHLY7H”,”type”:”paragraph”,”value”:””},{“id”:”u8zorcEbyi”,”type”:”paragraph”,”value”:”Dango Ouattara gets to the ball before Alexis Mac Allister, so that is never a pen. Can’t believe it was given, personally.”},{“id”:”_9DqNFKl2R”,”type”:”paragraph”,”value”:””},{“id”:”3NsnBGoJ-a”,”type”:”paragraph”,”value”:”Liverpool just can’t get that breakthrough.”}],”type”:”POST”},{“articleId”:”16211399″,”author”:”Harry Bamforth”,”breaking”:false,”closing”:false,”exclusive”:false,”goal”:false,”icons”:[{“label”:”Penalty”,”url”:”https://i0.wp.com/media.pmnsports.co.uk/2026/10/localimages/liverpool2.png”}],”keyUpdate”:true,”matchTimestamp”:””,”pinned”:false,”showPostTime”:true,”status”:”live”,”tags”:[],”title”:{“text”:”PENALTY TO LIVERPOOL!”,”url”:””},”user”:””,”creationDate”:”2026-10-17T14:40:55.121Z”,”updateDate”:”2026-10-17T14:47:34.641Z”,”publishDate”:”2026-10-17T14:40:55.121Z”,”id”:”hgNPSqEBAbMgX9ogBVlR”,”lines”:[{“id”:”MmKUBhZQYO”,”type”:”paragraph”,”value”:”The pressure has been building… and now Liverpool have a penalty.”},{“id”:”_JhXBa2Gc1″,”type”:”paragraph”,”value”:””},{“id”:”WjM3IT3Rm2″,”type”:”paragraph”,”value”:”Alexis Mac Allister goes down in the box but my word, that is so, so soft.”},{“id”:”9PlKMyUbnf”,”type”:”paragraph”,”value”:””},{“id”:”kJdwDL86Ev”,”type”:”paragraph”,”value”:”Surely this is going to be overtuned; it has to be. The ref is going to the monitor.”},{“caption”:”Soccer Football – Premier League – Brentford v Liverpool – GTech Community Stadium, London, Britain – October 17, 2026 Liverpool’s Alexis Mac Allister in action with Brentford’s Dango Ouattara Action Images via Reuters/Peter Cziborra EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO USE WITH UNAUTHORIZED AUDIO, VIDEO, DATA, FIXTURE LISTS, CLUB/LEAGUE LOGOS OR ‘LIVE’ SERVICES. ONLINE IN-MATCH USE LIMITED TO 120 IMAGES, NO VIDEO EMULATION. NO USE IN BETTING, GAMES OR SINGLE CLUB/LEAGUE/PLAYER PUBLICATIONS. PLEASE CONTACT YOUR ACCOUNT REPRESENTATIVE FOR FURTHER DETAILS..”,”height”:”441″,”id”:”VVF71mFqtk”,”src”:”https://i.dailymail.com/1s/2026/10/17/15/1792248452848_wide_galleryImage_Soccer_Football_Premier_L.JPG”,”type”:”image”,”width”:”634″}],”type”:”POST”},{“articleId”:”16211399″,”author”:”Harry Bamforth”,”breaking”:false,”closing”:false,”exclusive”:false,”goal”:false,”icons”:[{“label”:”Brentford”,”url”:”https://i0.wp.com/media.pmnsports.co.uk/2026/10/localimages/brentford.png”},{“label”:”Premier League”,”url”:”https://i0.wp.com/media.pmnsports.co.uk/2026/10/localimages/premier_league.png”},{“label”:”Liverpool”,”url”:”https://i0.wp.com/media.pmnsports.co.uk/2026/10/localimages/liverpool2.png”}],”keyUpdate”:false,”matchTimestamp”:””,”pinned”:false,”showPostTime”:true,”status”:”live”,”tags”:[],”title”:{“text”:”CHANCE! Brentford 0-0 Liverpooln”,”url”:””},”user”:””,”creationDate”:”2026-10-17T14:39:14.676Z”,”updateDate”:”2026-10-17T14:39:14.676Z”,”publishDate”:”2026-10-17T14:39:14.676Z”,”id”:”z4BNSqEBZeC9xJZvfNz1″,”lines”:[{“id”:”BeT6qh3x_i”,”type”:”paragraph”,”value”:”It just isn’t Bradley Barcola’s day today.”},{“id”:”NQOjtBcvKv”,”type”:”paragraph”,”value”:””},{“id”:”3pVtd-Jmta”,”type”:”paragraph”,”value”:”Everything he touched on Wednesday seemed to go in, but it’s the opposite this afternoon.”},{“id”:”I4SwRtvavH”,”type”:”paragraph”,”value”:””},{“id”:”Xkm-yY9iHJ”,”type”:”paragraph”,”value”:”Florian Wirtz sets up Barcola who bends one at goal, but it goes comfortably wide of the mark.”},{“id”:”hvpVSO3FOj”,”type”:”paragraph”,”value”:””},{“id”:”eozIcc8rRv”,”type”:”paragraph”,”value”:”Should do better.”}],”type”:”POST”}],”totalPosts”:114}” data-platform=”mol.web.desktop” data-channel=”football” data-channel-color=”sport” data-top-parent-channel=”sport” data-version=”5.6.0″ data-reactroot>