Line Up for Liverpool : 4-3-3
Kelleher
Bradley van Dijk Quansah Gomez
Szoboszlai Endo Mac Allister
Salah Nunez Diaz
Line Up for Brighton : 4-2-3-1
Verbruggen
Dunk van Hecke Estupinan Veltman
Baleba Gross
Lamptey Moder Andingra
Welbeck
The referee tosses the coin for the ball: the kick-off will be taken by Welbeck
Gomez flashes the ball through the six yard box, but it misses everyone (1 min)
Quansah is hacked down from behind by Welbeck. This is a great position to put some quality into the box (4 min)
Salah looks most likely to take this... (4 min)
van Dijk with an imperious header!!! Powered past the 'keeper. Goal!!! (4 min)
Goal Scored by van Dijk for Liverpool on (4 min) Score: Liverpool 1 - 0 Brighton Salah carries it forward and cuts inside onto his stronger foot! It's a great effort, but flies narrowly wide of the far post (11 min)
Lamptey carries it forward and cuts inside onto his stronger foot! It's a great effort, but flies narrowly wide of the far post (13 min)
Bradley is hacked down from behind by Welbeck. This is a great position to put some quality into the box (13 min)
Salah looks most likely to take this... (13 min)
van Dijk wins the header, but it's safely gathered by the 'keeper (13 min)
Salah picks up the loose ball and lets it fly from 25 yards, but the goalkeeper is well positioned and makes the save (14 min)
Gomez turns back inside his marker and clips it over to Diaz(14 min)
Diaz with a heavy first touch and ends up blasting wide (14 min)
Lamptey with a heavy first touch and ends up blasting wide (15 min)
Diaz carries it forward and cuts inside onto his stronger foot! It's a great effort, but flies narrowly wide of the far post (16 min)
Lamptey with a heavy first touch and ends up blasting wide (16 min)
Moder runs in behind down the wing and hits a first time cross, but Gomez rises highest to beat his man (20 min)
Baleba!!!! You Beauty!!! What a hit son, what a hit!!! Blasted in from long range. Goal!!! (21 min)
Goal Scored by Baleba for Brighton on (21 min) Score: Liverpool 1 - 1 Brighton Lamptey is dispossessed by van Dijk(21 min)
Salah carries it forward and cuts inside onto his stronger foot! It's a great effort, but flies narrowly wide of the far post (25 min)
Diaz runs in behind down the wing and hits a first time cross, but Estupinan rises highest to beat his man (26 min)
Bradley turns back inside his marker and clips it over to Nunez(27 min)
Nunez with a heavy first touch and ends up blasting wide (27 min)
Diaz carries it forward and cuts inside onto his stronger foot! It's a great effort, but flies narrowly wide of the far post (30 min)
Gross is hacked down from behind by Szoboszlai. This is a great position to put some quality into the box (30 min)
Gross looks most likely to take this... (30 min)
van Dijk is in just the right place to head that away (30 min)
Welbeck with some great movement, but his effort is acrobatically saved by the 'keeper at full stretch (32 min)
Szoboszlai picks up the loose ball and lets it fly from 25 yards, but the goalkeeper is well positioned and makes the save (37 min)
Welbeck comes together in the area with Kelleher the ref points to the spot! Penalty for Brighton (40 min)
Baleba looks at the referee as he waits for the whistle. Then fires it into the top corner!(40 min)
Goal Scored by Baleba for Brighton on (40 min) Score: Liverpool 1 - 2 Brighton Nunez is hacked down from behind by Baleba. This is a great position to put some quality into the box (43 min)
Salah looks most likely to take this... (43 min)
van Dijk with an imperious header!!! Powered past the 'keeper. Goal!!! (43 min)
Goal Scored by van Dijk for Liverpool on (43 min) Score: Liverpool 2 - 2 Brighton The referee blows the halftime whistle!
Half Time Score: Liverpool 2 - 2 Brighton The match resumes and the ball is with Diaz
Nunez is hacked down from behind by Baleba. This is a great position to put some quality into the box (45 min)
Salah looks most likely to take this... (45 min)
van Dijk wins the header, but it's safely gathered by the 'keeper (45 min)
Moder carries it forward and cuts inside onto his stronger foot! It's a great effort, but flies narrowly wide of the far post (47 min)
Welbeck carries it forward and cuts inside onto his stronger foot! It's a great effort, but flies narrowly wide of the far post (51 min)
Lamptey takes it past Gomez with good footwork (53 min)
Mac Allister!!!! You Beauty!!! What a hit son, what a hit!!! Blasted in from long range. Goal!!! (54 min)
Goal Scored by Mac Allister for Liverpool on (54 min) Score: Liverpool 3 - 2 Brighton Lamptey runs in behind down the wing and hits a first time cross, but Bradley rises highest to beat his man (54 min)
Diaz flashes the ball through the six yard box, but it misses everyone (56 min)
Andingra with some great movement, but his effort is acrobatically saved by the 'keeper at full stretch (57 min)
Estupinan is dispossessed by Quansah(59 min)
Salah runs in behind down the wing and hits a first time cross, but Estupinan rises highest to beat his man (60 min)
Veltman is hacked down from behind by Diaz. This is a great position to put some quality into the box (61 min)
Gross looks most likely to take this... (61 min)
van Dijk is in just the right place to head that away (61 min)
Gomez runs in behind down the wing and hits a first time cross, but Estupinan rises highest to beat his man (63 min)
van Hecke is hacked down from behind by Diaz. This is a great position to put some quality into the box (63 min)
Gross looks most likely to take this... (63 min)
van Dijk is in just the right place to head that away (63 min)
Salah with a great first touch to open his body, and fires across the 'keeper inside the far post. Goal!!! (63 min)
Goal Scored by Salah for Liverpool on (63 min) Score: Liverpool 4 - 2 Brighton Diaz flashes the ball through the six yard box, but it misses everyone (65 min)
Estupinan is hacked down from behind by Diaz. This is a great position to put some quality into the box (66 min)
Gross swings it the freekick, but it's too high for anyone to reach. Wasted chance. (66 min)
Diaz picks up the loose ball and lets it fly from 25 yards, but the goalkeeper is well positioned and makes the save (67 min)
Szoboszlai carries it forward and cuts inside onto his stronger foot! It's a great effort, but flies narrowly wide of the far post (68 min)
Moder turns back inside his marker and clips it over to Andingra(73 min)
Andingra with a heavy first touch and ends up blasting wide (73 min)
Nunez with a heavy first touch and ends up blasting wide (74 min)
Moder is dispossessed by van Dijk(80 min)
Bradley is hacked down from behind by Welbeck. This is a great position to put some quality into the box (81 min)
Mac Allister swings it the freekick, but it's too high for anyone to reach. Wasted chance. (81 min)
Moder picks up the loose ball and lets it fly from 25 yards, but the goalkeeper is well positioned and makes the save (82 min)
Lamptey with a heavy first touch and ends up blasting wide (84 min)
Baleba takes it past Mac Allister with good footwork (85 min)
Andingra carries it forward and cuts inside onto his stronger foot! It's a great effort, but flies narrowly wide of the far post (86 min)
Gomez flashes the ball through the six yard box, but it misses everyone (86 min)
Nunez picks up the loose ball and lets it fly from 25 yards, but the goalkeeper is well positioned and makes the save (89 min)
Szoboszlai carries it forward and cuts inside onto his stronger foot! It's a great effort, but flies narrowly wide of the far post (89 min)
That's the full time whistle!
Full Time Score: Liverpool 4 - 2 Brighton Goals Scored by van Dijk, van Dijk, Mac Allister, Salah - Baleba, Baleba| Category | Liverpool | Brighton |
| Goal | 4 | 2 |
| Shot | 15 | 13 |
| Shot on Target | 10 | 5 |
| Successful Pass | 331 | 224 |
| Missed Pass | 107 | 100 |
| Successful Cross | 2 | 1 |
| Missed Crossed | 7 | 2 |
| Duel Won | 27 | 14 |
| Duel Lost | 14 | 27 |
| Fouls Committed | 10 | 12 |
| Saves | 3 | 4 |
| Interceptions | 10 | 8 |
