English Premier League

FT Saturday, December 2, 2017
Liverpool WWDDW 5
–
Brighton & Hove Albion DWDLD 1
1st2ndT
LIV235
BHA011
American Express Stadium · 30,634 att.

Match Report

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Ruthless Liverpool score five in demolition of Brighton

Philippe Coutinho and Roberto Firmino demolished Brighton to keep Liverpool's top-four charge on track.

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
8
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
2
Corner Kicks
2
1
Saves
2
57.2
Possession
42.8
12
SHOTS
6
6
ON GOAL
2
0.5
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
583
Accurate Passes
398
662
Passes
489
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
2
12
Crosses
13
0.2
Cross %
0.2
60
Long Balls
70
29
Accurate Long Balls
44
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
1
12
Effective Tackles
13
17
Tackles
18
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
19
Effective Clearances
15
19
Clearances
15

Head to Head

LIV leads series 2-0

Lineups

BHA · 4-4-1-1

  1. 1Mathew RyanG
  2. 5Lewis DunkCD-L
  3. 22Shane DuffyCD-R
  4. 3Gaëtan BongLB
  5. 2BrunoRB
  6. 24Davy PropperCM-L
  7. 6Dale StephensCM-R
  8. 37Isaiah BrownLM
  9. 11Anthony KnockaertRM
  10. 17Glenn MurrayF
  11. 13Pascal GrossRCF

LIV · 3-5-1-1

  1. 22Simon MignoletG
  2. 6Dejan LovrenCD
  3. 5Georginio WijnaldumCD-L
  4. 23Emre CanCD-R
  5. 10Philippe CoutinhoCM-L
  6. 7James MilnerCM-R
  7. 14Jordan HendersonAM
  8. 26Andy RobertsonLM
  9. 66Trent Alexander-ArnoldRM
  10. 9Roberto FirminoF
  11. 11Mohamed SalahRCF

Timeline

  1. 30' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 0, Liverpool 1. Emre Can (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Philippe Coutinho with a cross following a corner.
  2. 31' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 0, Liverpool 2. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Philippe Coutinho following a fast break.
  3. 48' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 0, Liverpool 3. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Mohamed Salah following a fast break.
  4. 51' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Liverpool 3. Glenn Murray (Brighton and Hove Albion) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
  5. 61' Bruno (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 70' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. José Izquierdo replaces Isaiah Brown.
  7. 70' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Solly March replaces Anthony Knockaert.
  8. 77' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Ezequiel Schelotto replaces Bruno.
  9. 80' Substitution, Liverpool. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain replaces Mohamed Salah.
  10. 87' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Liverpool 4. Philippe Coutinho (Liverpool) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  11. 88' Substitution, Liverpool. Dominic Solanke replaces Roberto Firmino.
  12. 89' Own Goal by Lewis Dunk, Brighton and Hove Albion. Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Liverpool 5.
  13. 90' Substitution, Liverpool. Marko Grujic replaces Jordan Henderson.

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