Ahead Mohamed Salah scored the winner for Liverpool as they got here again from a aim right down to beat Brighton 2-1 and go prime of the Premier League.
Salah’s elegant second-half strike leaves Liverpool on 67 factors, two forward of second-place Arsenal and three forward of Manchester Metropolis, who performed out a 0-0 draw on the Etihad on a pivotal day within the title race.
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The Egypt striker tormented Brighton, taking 12 photographs to notch his highest complete in a Premier League sport and, although solely one in all them discovered the again of the online, it was to show very important.
Danny Welbeck gave Brighton the lead after 84 seconds when his facet broke up a Liverpool assault and burst ahead to seek out him simply contained in the field and he drilled an unstoppable shot previous Caoimhín Kelleher to interrupt the impasse.
The early aim jolted Liverpool into life and Luis Díaz put them stage within the twenty seventh minute after Joël Veltman’s tried clearance went awry, permitting the Colombia winger to steal in behind the defence and hook the ball residence.
Liverpool’s suffocating stress and incisive attacking paid dividends once more when Alexis Mac Allister teed up Salah to fireside them into the lead.
Diaz thought he had put Liverpool 3-1 up six minutes later however his aim was dominated out for a razor-thin offside that was confirmed by the VAR and Salah went shut on the break within the 74th minute, however fired his effort straight on the keeper.
Brighton substitute and former Liverpool participant Adam Lallana dragged a shot huge within the 86th minute, and Salah compelled a superb diving one-handed save from Bart Verbruggen within the last minute of regular time as Liverpool held on to win, a lot to the delight of Mac Allister, one other former Seagull.
“We did not begin as we wished but it surely was an incredible sport. We performed towards an unbelievable workforce. I do know them very properly, I do know what they’ll do and it was a troublesome match, however in the long run we received it and we’re very pleased,” he advised Sky Sports activities.
“I’d relatively not concede so early, however the mentality of the boys is wonderful and that’s what you want when you find yourself 1-0 down. Immediately we confirmed it once more. However subsequent time we now have to begin the sport profitable, not shedding.”