Liverpool bounced back from defeat to Manchester City as Mohamed Salah sunk Brighton to open up a seven-point lead at the top.
2018/2019 Premier League
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Match Report
Room for Liverpool's attacking players to operate between a compact Brighton defence and midfield was sparing, but Sadio Mane engineered some in the 27th minute for Trent Alexander-Arnold to whip into the box and Xherdan Shaqiri to glance just wide.
Salah escaped the shackles to force a save from David Button early in the second half and a jinking dribble from the Egypt star moments later drew a clumsy foul from Pascal Gross.
Button guessed correctly but was beaten for power.
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Match Events
26' CLOSE! Shaqiri's header inches wide out
Fabinho latches onto a cross from the right, but can't keep his header on target. Alexander-Arnold got the ball in, and despite reports of that earlier injury, he seems have hit his stride now.
50'Penalty Goal! Brighton 0-1 Liverpool (Salah)
An emphatic finish by Salah, who makes no mistake with a powerful strike into the right-hand corner. Button guessed the right way, but could not keep it out.
67' Locadia's long shot saved by Alisson
Locadia finds space around 25 yards out, and does not hesitate in letting rip with a low strike that dips just in front of Alisson, who has to help it wide.
Line-ups
Brighton XI: Bong, D. Button, Murray, Stephens, Groß, Pröpper, Duffy, Dunk, M.Montoya, Jürgen Locadia, S. March
Subs: Bruno, J. Steele, L. Balogun, B. Kayal, Knockaert, Andone, Max Sanders
Liverpool XI: Wijnaldum, J. Henderson, X. Shaqiri, Alisson, Roberto Firmino, Salah, Van Dijk, S. Mané, Fabinho, A.Robertson, T. Alexander-Arnold
Subs: Milner, S. Mignolet, Matip, Moreno, Origi, N.Keita, Rafael Camacho