English Premier League

FT Saturday, January 12, 2019
Liverpool WWWLL 1
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Brighton & Hove Albion LDWDW 0
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BHA000
American Express Stadium · 30,682 att.

Match Report

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Salah penalty sees Liverpool past Brighton to move seven points clear of Manchester City

Mohamed Salah's second half penalty was enough to get Liverpool back to winning ways with a 1-0 win over Brighton

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Team Stats

5
Fouls
15
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
5
7
Corner Kicks
2
0
Saves
2
70.9
Possession
29.1
10
SHOTS
7
3
ON GOAL
0
0.3
On Target %
0.0
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
642
Accurate Passes
205
755
Passes
301
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
6
Accurate Crosses
4
16
Crosses
14
0.4
Cross %
0.3
63
Long Balls
74
26
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
2
7
Effective Tackles
7
10
Tackles
12
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
6
Interceptions
13
14
Effective Clearances
17
14
Clearances
17

Head to Head

LIV leads series 5-0

Lineups

BHA · 4-5-1

  1. 27David ButtonG
  2. 5Lewis DunkCD-L
  3. 4Shane DuffyCD-R
  4. 3Gaëtan BongLB
  5. 22Martín MontoyaRB
  6. 24Davy PropperCM-L
  7. 13Pascal GrossCM-R
  8. 6Dale StephensAM
  9. 9Jürgen LocadiaLM
  10. 20Solly MarchRM
  11. 17Glenn MurrayF

Substitutes

  1. 2BrunoSUB
  2. 23Jason SteeleSUB
  3. 14Leon BalogunSUB
  4. 7Biram KiyalSUB
  5. 41Max SandersSUB
  6. 11Anthony KnockaertSUB
  7. 10Florin AndoneSUB

LIV · 4-2-3-1

  1. 13Alisson BeckerG
  2. 4Virgil van DijkCD-L
  3. 3FabinhoCD-R
  4. 26Andy RobertsonLB
  5. 66Trent Alexander-ArnoldRB
  6. 9Roberto FirminoAM
  7. 14Jordan HendersonLM
  8. 5Georginio WijnaldumRM
  9. 11Mohamed SalahF
  10. 10Sadio ManéAM-L
  11. 23Xherdan ShaqiriAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 7James MilnerSUB
  2. 64Rafael CamachoSUB
  3. 8Naby KeitaSUB
  4. 27Divock OrigiSUB
  5. 18Alberto MorenoSUB
  6. 22Simon MignoletSUB
  7. 32Joël MatipSUB

Timeline

  1. 50' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 0, Liverpool 1. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  2. 66' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Anthony Knockaert replaces Solly March.
  3. 66' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Florin Andone replaces Glenn Murray.
  4. 72' Substitution, Liverpool. James Milner replaces Xherdan Shaqiri.
  5. 79' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Beram Kayal replaces Pascal Groß.
  6. 90' Substitution, Liverpool. Naby Keita replaces Sadio Mané.
  7. 90'+4' Substitution, Liverpool. Divock Origi replaces Mohamed Salah.

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