Liverpool vs Brighton & Hove Albion, 2023-24 English Premier League
· English Premier LeagueMisfiring Salah seals Liverpool win, keeps title bid on track
Striker Mohamed Salah scored the winner for Liverpool as they came back from a goal down to beat Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1 and go top of the Premier League ahead of Manchester City's showdown with Arsenal on Sunday.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 2': Goal! Liverpool 0, Brighton and Hove Albion 1. Danny Welbeck (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
- 4': Offside, Liverpool. Mohamed Salah is caught offside.
- 5': Offside, Brighton and Hove Albion. Tariq Lamptey is caught offside.
- 8': Attempt blocked. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Alexis Mac Allister.
- 9': Attempt missed. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Conor Bradley.
- 10': Foul by Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool).
- 10': Simon Adingra (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 11': Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Joe Gomez.
- 12': Attempt missed. Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Jarell Quansah.
- 13': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Simon Adingra.
- 14': Foul by Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool).
- 14': Simon Adingra (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 14': Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 15': Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 15': Foul by Lewis Dunk (Brighton and Hove Albion).
- 17': Foul by Luis Díaz (Liverpool).
- 17': Joël Veltman (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 17': Attempt blocked. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 17': Attempt blocked. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 18': Attempt missed. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Alexis Mac Allister.
- 18': Conor Bradley (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 18': Foul by Simon Adingra (Brighton and Hove Albion).
- 19': Attempt missed. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Conor Bradley.
- 19': Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 19': Foul by Pascal Gross (Brighton and Hove Albion).
- 20': Delay in match because of an injury Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool).
- 20': Pascal Gross (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 21': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 22': Offside, Liverpool. Luis Díaz is caught offside.
- 24': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Joël Veltman.
- 25': Offside, Liverpool. Darwin Núñez is caught offside.
- 26': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Tariq Lamptey.
- 27': Goal! Liverpool 1, Brighton and Hove Albion 1. Luis Díaz (Liverpool) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner following a corner.
- 29': Offside, Brighton and Hove Albion. Jakub Moder is caught offside.
- 30': Offside, Liverpool. Conor Bradley is caught offside.
- 31': Attempt missed. Danny Welbeck (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Simon Adingra.
- 32': Attempt saved. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Dominik Szoboszlai.
- 32': Foul by Luis Díaz (Liverpool).
- 32': Tariq Lamptey (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 33': Attempt saved. Luis Díaz (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Conor Bradley.
- 35': Foul by Wataru Endo (Liverpool).
- 35': Pervis Estupiñán (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 35': Attempt blocked. Jakub Moder (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Danny Welbeck.
- 35': Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Virgil van Dijk.
- 36': Foul by Luis Díaz (Liverpool).
- 36': Pascal Gross (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 37': Attempt saved. Darwin Núñez (Liverpool) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom right corner.
- 37': Foul by Tariq Lamptey (Brighton and Hove Albion).
- 37': Joe Gomez (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 38': Attempt missed. Conor Bradley (Liverpool) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.
- 40': Attempt blocked. Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 42': Attempt blocked. Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 42': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Jan Paul van Hecke.
- 43': Foul by Joe Gomez (Liverpool).
- 43': Joël Veltman (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 44': Carlos Baleba (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 44': Foul by Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool).
- 45': Foul by Luis Díaz (Liverpool).
- 45': Pascal Gross (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+2': Danny Welbeck (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+2': Foul by Wataru Endo (Liverpool).
- 45'+3': Foul by Luis Díaz (Liverpool).
- 45'+3': Joël Veltman (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 45'+5': First Half ends, Liverpool 1, Brighton and Hove Albion 1.
- 45': Second Half begins Liverpool 1, Brighton and Hove Albion 1.
- 46': Attempt blocked. Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 48': Foul by Joe Gomez (Liverpool).
- 48': Jakub Moder (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 48': Carlos Baleba (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 48': Foul by Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool).
- 48': Danny Welbeck (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card.
- 49': Attempt missed. Luis Díaz (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Alexis Mac Allister.
- 50': Carlos Baleba (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 50': Foul by Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool).
- 50': Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 53': Attempt blocked. Conor Bradley (Liverpool) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Darwin Núñez.
- 53': Attempt missed. Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
- 54': Attempt missed. Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Joe Gomez with a cross.
- 55': Attempt missed. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) header from the right side of the six yard box misses to the right. Assisted by Luis Díaz.
- 56': Carlos Baleba (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 56': Foul by Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool).
- 57': Attempt missed. Carlos Baleba (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
- 58': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Pervis Estupiñán.
- 58': Foul by Joe Gomez (Liverpool).
- 58': Tariq Lamptey (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 58': Joe Gomez (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 59': Offside, Brighton and Hove Albion. Simon Adingra is caught offside.
- 60': Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 60': Foul by Jakub Moder (Brighton and Hove Albion).
- 63': Attempt missed. Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool) right footed shot from long range on the right misses to the left. Assisted by Virgil van Dijk.
- 64': Attempt saved. Darwin Núñez (Liverpool) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Dominik Szoboszlai.
- 65': Goal! Liverpool 2, Brighton and Hove Albion 1. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alexis Mac Allister with a through ball.
- 66': Attempt blocked. Carlos Baleba (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 67': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Jan Paul van Hecke.
- 68': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Carlos Baleba.
- 70': Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Facundo Buonanotte replaces Tariq Lamptey.
- 70': Facundo Buonanotte (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 70': Foul by Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool).
- 71': Offside, Liverpool. Luis Díaz is caught offside.
- 71': Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 75': Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Conor Bradley.
- 75': Attempt saved. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Luis Díaz.
- 80': Danny Welbeck (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 80': Foul by Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool).
- 81': Attempt saved. Lewis Dunk (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Pascal Gross with a cross.
- 81': Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Caoimhín Kelleher.
- 82': Attempt saved. Lewis Dunk (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Pascal Gross with a cross.
- 82': Attempt blocked. Luis Díaz (Liverpool) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Caoimhín Kelleher.
- 82': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Jan Paul van Hecke.
- 83': Substitution, Liverpool. Harvey Elliott replaces Darwin Núñez.
- 83': Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Evan Ferguson replaces Simon Adingra.
- 83': Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Adam Lallana replaces Jakub Moder.
- 83': Attempt missed. Harvey Elliott (Liverpool) header from a difficult angle on the left misses to the right. Assisted by Dominik Szoboszlai with a cross following a corner.
- 84': Hand ball by Carlos Baleba (Brighton and Hove Albion).
- 86': Attempt missed. Adam Lallana (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Joël Veltman.
- 88': Attempt blocked. Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 88': Attempt blocked. Harvey Elliott (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Conor Bradley.
- 88': Foul by Wataru Endo (Liverpool).
- 88': Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 88': Wataru Endo (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 89': Substitution, Liverpool. Cody Gakpo replaces Luis Díaz.
- 90': Attempt saved. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
- 90'+2': Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Valentín Barco replaces Pervis Estupiñán.
- 90'+3': Attempt missed. Danny Welbeck (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Facundo Buonanotte.
- 90'+4': Substitution, Liverpool. Ryan Gravenberch replaces Dominik Szoboszlai.
- 90'+4': Foul by Cody Gakpo (Liverpool).
- 90'+4': Joël Veltman (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+5': Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+5': Attempt missed. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Alexis Mac Allister.
- 90'+7': Second Half ends, Liverpool 2, Brighton and Hove Albion 1.
- 0': Match ends, Liverpool 2, Brighton and Hove Albion 1.
Statistics
 BHA |
LIV |
|
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Fouls | 20 |
| 3 | Yellow Cards | 5 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 3 | Offsides | 5 |
| 4 | Corner Kicks | 8 |
| 6 | Saves | 2 |
| 45.7 | Possession | 54.3 |
| 9 | SHOTS | 30 |
| 3 | ON GOAL | 8 |
| 0.3 | On Target % | 0.3 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 414 | Accurate Passes | 521 |
| 484 | Passes | 585 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 3 | Accurate Crosses | 3 |
| 16 | Crosses | 13 |
| 0.2 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 41 | Long Balls | 39 |
| 19 | Accurate Long Balls | 21 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 2 | Blocked Shots | 10 |
| 14 | Effective Tackles | 10 |
| 28 | Tackles | 19 |
| 0.5 | Tackle % | 0.5 |
| 9 | Interceptions | 12 |
| 23 | Effective Clearances | 14 |
| 23 | Clearances | 14 |
Game Information
Competition: English Premier League
Venue: Anfield
Location: Liverpool, England
Attendance: 60,061
Venue: Anfield
Location: Liverpool, England
Attendance: 60,061
Premier League Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liverpool | 29 | +42 | 70 |
| 2 | Arsenal | 28 | +28 | 55 |
| 3 | Nottingham Forest | 29 | +14 | 54 |
| 4 | Chelsea | 28 | +17 | 49 |
Line-Ups
Liverpool (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 62 | Caoimhín Kelleher (GK) |
| 4 | Virgil van Dijk  |
| 78 | Jarell Quansah |
| 2 | Joe Gomez |
| 84 | Conor Bradley |
| 3 | Wataru Endo |
| 8 | Dominik Szoboszlai |
| 10 | Alexis Mac Allister |
| 9 | Darwin Núñez |
| 7 | Luis Díaz |
| 11 | Mohamed Salah |
Brighton & Hove Albion (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Bart Verbruggen (GK) |
| 5 | Lewis Dunk |
| 29 | Jan Paul van Hecke |
| 30 | Pervis Estupiñán |
| 34 | Joël Veltman |
| 15 | Jakub Moder |
| 20 | Carlos Baleba |
| 13 | Pascal Groß |
| 18 | Danny Welbeck |
| 24 | Simon Adingra |
| 2 | Tariq Lamptey |
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