Liverpool v Brentford ratings: Diaz 8, Salah 8; Flekken 7, Mbeumo 5

Salah and Diaz make it perfect start for new manager Slot as they seal 2-0 win against Brentford at Anfield

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  Alisson Becker 7/10

  LIVERPOOL RATINGS: Excellent distribution as ever. Got down well to save from Lewis-Potter. Great reflex save from Collins’ header. EPA

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  Andrew Robertson 6/10

  Raided forward well. Good burst but could have done better when set up by Diaz. Another decent chance in the second half. EPA

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  Virgil van Dijk 6/10

  Generally comfortable but not vintage from the Dutch Goliath. Lovely long diagonal pass to Salah. Caught out of position before one Mbeumo shot. Getty Images

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  Ibrahima Konate 8/10

  Immense in attack and defence. Vital headed clearance to deny Ajer a clear chance. Good downward header forced a save from the keeper. Getty Images

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  Trent Alexander-Arnold 7/10

  For all the criticism of his defensive work, made a few important interceptions. Some trademark eye-of-the-needle passes. Went close with a dipping free-kick, had a good run and shot that was deflected. Grew as a threat in the second half producing lots of dangerous balls into box. EPAShow less

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  Alexis Mac Allister 6/10

  Good diagonal pass to pick out Alexander-Arnold who teed up Jota. Did the nuts-and-bolts jobs well. PA

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  Ryan Gravenberch 7/10

  Impressive performance. Moved the ball intelligently and kept the midfield ticking whilst making some good tackles. AP

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  Luis Diaz 8/10

  Superb display. Great pace and lovely finish for Liverpool’s first. Brilliant ball to set up a Robertson chance. Energetic in the high press. Such quick feet. Stinging shot drew a brilliant save from Flekken. Assist for Salah’s goal. EPAShow less

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  Dominik Szoboszlai 7/10

  Impressive in his link-up play. Probing passes between the full-backs and centre-backs. Great perseverance in build-up to Salah’s goal. Getty Images

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  Mohamed Salah 8/10

  A constant threat. His tenacity contributed in the build-up to Diaz’s opening goal. Involved in an intricate passage of passing that almost led to a goal of the season contender. Beautiful dinked finish for Liverpool’s second. AFPShow less

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  Diogo Jota 7/10

  Electric break and superb reverse pass to set Diaz free for his opener. Fortunate to get away with an elbow on Collins. Excellent all-round contribution. AP

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  Conor Bradley 6/10

  SUBS: (On for Alexander-Arnold, 72’): Lively cameo. Getty Images

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  Cody Gakpo 6/10

  (On for Diaz, 72’): Fantastic change of feet to make room for a stinging shot that was deflected on to the crossbar. Had another effort cleared off the line. Reuters

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  Darwin Nunez 5/10

  (On for Jota, 72’) 5/10: One half-chance from a Salah cross. Caught offside for a clever Elliott cross. PA

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  Harvey Elliott 6/10

  (On for Salah, 83’) 6/10: Lovely curling ball into box for Nunez. Getty Images

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  Wataru Endo N/A

  (On for Gravenberch, 91’): N/A. EPA

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  Mark Flekken 7/10

  BRENTFORD RATINGS: Busy shift. No chance for Diaz’s opener. Good sharp clearance with his feet from Jota. Great work to save a close-range Robertson header, excellent stop from Konate and a fantastic save low to his left from Diaz late on. ReutersShow less

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  Kristoffer Ajer 6/10

  Showed good awareness to nick the ball off Salah in the area. Carried the ball forward well. Very decent feet for a big fella – he’s 6ft 6ins and playing at full-back, you know! PA

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  Ethan Pinnock 6/10

  Some timely clearances, including on late on from Gakpo. EPA

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  Nathan Collins 7/10

  Took no chances when heading an in-swinging Alexander-Arnold corner behind to safety. Got his body in the way of a shot from the same player to deflect it behind for a corner. Powerful header forced a good save from Alisson. Good block from Salah; fantastic block from Jota. APShow less

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  Mads Roerslev 5/10

  Wild shot from distance. Some decent defensive work when his side had their backs to the wall. AP

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  Mathias Jensen 6/10

  Sent a wild swing way off target with a difficult volleyed chance. Clumsy tackle on Robertson earned him a yellow. Good run and pass to create chance for Mbeumo. Great curling cross to create chance for Collins header. PAShow less

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  Vitaly Janelt 5/10

  Lovely long pass to set Wissa free on the left wing. Asleep when Liverpool broke for their opener. Great looping pass to Mbeumo. AFP

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  Christian Norgaard 6/10

  Bundled Diaz over to concede free-kick in a dangerous position. Should have done better when he headed an Mbeumo free-kick wide of the goal. Some important defensive interventions. EPA

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  Yoane Wissa 6/10

  His lively running caused Liverpool some problems. Great work to win the ball in his own box from a Liverpool corner before bursting forwards. Great pass to set Mbeumo free. Reuters

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  Keane Lewis-Potter 7/10

  Did well to dispossess a charging Salah. Showed some lovely deft touches. Great strike forced a good save from Alisson. Getty Images

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  Bryan Mbeumo 5/10

  Showed why Brentford are missing Ivan Toney. Gave the ball away far too often when his side needed him to retain possession. Excellent free-kick into a dangerous area. AFP

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  Fabio Carvalho 5/10

  SUBS: (On for Jensen, 66’) 5/10: Given a warm reception by the Anfield crowd. EPA

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  Mikkel Damsgaard 5/10

  (On for Lewis-Potter, 66’) 5/10: Picked Mac Allister’s pocket before playing good ball to Mbeumo. EPA

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  Frank Onyeka 5/10

  (On for Janelt, 73’) 5/10: Almost gave the ball away in a very dangerous position when he was caught napping on the ball. Some clever play at the edge of the Liverpool area; Kevin Schade (on for Wissa, 73’) N/A. AFPShow less

Mohamed Salah and Luis Diaz gave Liverpool a 2-0 win against Brentford to hand new manager Arne Slot victory in his first game at Anfield on Sunday.

It maintains a perfect start to Slot's reign following their 2-0 win at Ipswich last week.

Liverpool, who finished third in Jurgen Klopp’s last season, lie in fourth place in the Premier League on six points after two games. They are one of four sides to have claimed maximum points from the opening rounds.

Slot was hired from Feyenoord to replace Klopp after the German stepped down at the end of last season after nine successful years at the club.

The 45-year-old Dutchman was serenaded by Liverpool fans before kick-off and the feelgood factor continued as man-of-the-match Diaz, on his 100th appearance for the club, put the home side ahead after 13 minutes.

In front of an Anfield league record crowd of 60,107, Liverpool took the lead after a lightning break that ended with Diaz running on to Diogo Jota's pass and firing high into the net.

Salah sealed the victory in the 70th minute, with a sweetly dinked shot into the far corner from 12 yards after Dominik Szoboszlai had won possession in midfield.

"I think Liverpool fans saw these performances under Jurgen Klopp many times. I want to see everybody sprinting back and doing everything they can to avoid conceding a goal and that's what we did very well today," said Slot.

"If you keep on insisting in what you do, the execution becomes better. Brentford didn't have the legs any more to defend us.

"Brentford made it very tough for us today but I am not expecting them in the top six this season so we have to improve to make sure we can do it against teams that can end up in the top six."

Slot's next assignment looks tougher as Liverpool travel to Old Trafford next weekend to face bitter rivals Manchester United.

Brentford manager Thomas Frank told the BBC: "It was a game of two halves. I thought we were very good first half. I thought the first half was a very even game, it was small things that split the teams in the first half.

"Second half, we couldn't keep the performance up. Liverpool lifted their level so overall can't argue that it was a fair-and-square win to Liverpool."