Brighton vs Liverpool: Player ratings, highlights and analysis as Reds cut points gap to Man City
Writen by sidhanta
Writen by sidhanta
Liverpool kept the head on league-leaders Manchester City as they inflicted a fifth successive league defeat on Brighton
Liverpool cut the gap to Manchester City to just three points as Luis Diaz’s header and Mohamed Salah’s penalty saw them past Brighton.
City are still to play on Monday night against Crystal Palace, but Liverpool have kept the pressure on despite missing a host of chances at the Amex.
Brighton were fortunate to keep Robert Sanchez on the pitch after he collided with Luis Diaz for the opening goal, the Colombian continuing his fast start to life in the Premier League as he headed past the goalkeeper
Colombian continuing his fast start to life in the Premier League as he headed past the goalkeeper, taking a clattering in the process. Sanchez, guilty of a dangerous high boot, was not even booked following a VAR review.
The hosts had started brightly after four consecutive Premier League defeats, wearing a changed blue and yellow strip which they had been given permission to wear as a gesture of solidarity with Ukraine.
Tariq Lamptey came close to setting up Neal Maupay for the opener, the Seagulls forward struggling to connect, and Leandro Trossard forced Alisson off his line as he latched on to a through ball to threaten the Reds