English Premier League

FT Saturday, March 12, 2022
Liverpool WWWWL 2
–
Brighton & Hove Albion WLLLL 0
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LIV112
BHA000
American Express Stadium · 31,474 att.

Match Report

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Luis Diaz, Mohamed Salah goals help Liverpool stroll past Brighton to close gap at top

Liverpool strolled to a comfortable 2-0 win at Brighton on Saturday to close the gap on Premier League leaders Manchester City.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
12
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
6
Corner Kicks
7
3
Saves
7
48.2
Possession
51.8
18
SHOTS
8
9
ON GOAL
3
0.5
On Target %
0.4
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
313
Accurate Passes
336
401
Passes
430
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
4
14
Crosses
17
0.4
Cross %
0.2
61
Long Balls
66
36
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.6
Long Balls %
0.3
3
Blocked Shots
1
9
Effective Tackles
5
15
Tackles
13
0.6
Tackle %
0.4
9
Interceptions
6
11
Effective Clearances
19
11
Clearances
19

Head to Head

LIV leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

BHA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Robert SánchezG
  2. 5Lewis DunkCD-L
  3. 34Joël VeltmanCD-R
  4. 3Marc CucurellaLB
  5. 2Tariq LampteyRB
  6. 10Alexis Mac AllisterAM
  7. 8Yves BissoumaLM
  8. 17Steven AlzateRM
  9. 9Neal MaupayF
  10. 11Leandro TrossardAM-L
  11. 20Solly MarchAM-R

LIV · 4-3-3

  1. 1Alisson BeckerG
  2. 4Virgil van DijkCD-L
  3. 32Joël MatipCD-R
  4. 26Andy RobertsonLB
  5. 66Trent Alexander-ArnoldRB
  6. 3FabinhoCM
  7. 8Naby KeitaLM
  8. 14Jordan HendersonRM
  9. 10Sadio ManéF
  10. 23Luis DíazLF
  11. 11Mohamed SalahRF

Timeline

  1. 19' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 0, Liverpool 1. Luis Díaz (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Joel Matip with a through ball.
  2. 21' VAR Decision: No card change Robert Sánchez (Brighton and Hove Albion).
  3. 45' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Adam Lallana replaces Steven Alzate.
  4. 53' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Pascal Groß replaces Adam Lallana because of an injury.
  5. 55' Yves Bissouma (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 61' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 0, Liverpool 2. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the high centre of the goal.
  7. 65' Substitution, Liverpool. Thiago replaces Naby Keïta.
  8. 65' Substitution, Liverpool. Diogo Jota replaces Mohamed Salah because of an injury.
  9. 66' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Danny Welbeck replaces Yves Bissouma.
  10. 75' Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 81' Neal Maupay (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 84' Fabinho (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 86' Substitution, Liverpool. James Milner replaces Jordan Henderson.

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