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Brighton moved supra Liverpool successful the Premier League standings arsenic Solly March's treble and a precocious Danny Welbeck onslaught condemned Jurgen Klopp's broadside to a dismal decision astatine Amex Stadium.
March converted Kaoru Mitoma's debased transverse to springiness the location broadside a deserved lead, aft the returning Alexis Mac Allister had intercepted Joel Matip's escaped pass.
The winger past doubled the hosts' vantage with a fabulous left-footed onslaught from Evan Ferguson's through-ball.
Second-half substitute Welbeck capped a magnificent Brighton show with a superb decorativeness past Alisson aft flicking the shot implicit Joe Gomez.
Roberto de Zerbi's squad dominated the archetypal fractional but failed to person their unit into goals, Trent Alexander-Arnold blocking March's effort adjacent the goal-line and the lively Mitoma poking wide from a choky angle.
Brighton thought they had won a punishment soon earlier the interruption erstwhile March went to crushed successful the country nether Alisson's challenge, but referee Darren England overturned his archetypal determination to grant a spot-kick aft consulting with VAR.
It mattered little, however, arsenic March netted his 3rd and 4th goals of the run earlier Welbeck struck to assistance Brighton up to seventh - 1 spot and 2 points supra their opponents.
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Brighton & Hove Albion
Squad number1Player nameSánchez
Squad number13Player nameGroß
Squad number5Player nameDunk
Squad number6Player nameColwill
Squad number30Player nameEstupiñán
Squad number25Player nameCaicedo
Squad number10Player nameMac Allister
Squad number7Player nameMarch
Squad number14Player nameLallana
Squad number22Player nameMitoma
Squad number28Player nameFerguson
Squad number2Player nameLamptey
Squad number4Player nameWebster
Squad number18Player nameWelbeck
Squad number19Player nameSarmiento
Squad number34Player nameVeltman
Liverpool
Squad number1Player nameAlisson
Squad number66Player nameAlexander-Arnold
Squad number32Player nameMatip
Squad number5Player nameKonaté
Squad number26Player nameRobertson
Squad number14Player nameHenderson
Squad number3Player nameFabinho
Squad number6Player nameThiago Alcántara
Squad number11Player nameMohamed Salah
Squad number18Player nameGakpo
Squad number15Player nameOxlade-Chamberlain
Squad number2Player nameGomez
Squad number8Player nameKeïta
Squad number19Player nameElliott
Squad number50Player nameDoak
Line-ups
Brighton
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1Sánchez
- 13Groß
- 5DunkBooked astatine 17minsSubstituted forWebsterat 90+1'minutes
- 6Colwill
- 30Estupiñán
- 25Caicedo
- 10Mac AllisterSubstituted forSarmientoat 83'minutes
- 7March
- 14LallanaSubstituted forVeltmanat 66'minutes
- 22MitomaSubstituted forLampteyat 90'minutes
- 28FergusonSubstituted forWelbeckat 66'minutes
Substitutes
- 2Lamptey
- 4Webster
- 18Welbeck
- 19Sarmiento
- 21Undav
- 23Steele
- 27Gilmour
- 29van Hecke
- 34Veltman
Liverpool
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Alisson
- 66Alexander-ArnoldBooked astatine 65mins
- 32MatipBooked astatine 18minsSubstituted forGomezat 69'minutes
- 5Konaté
- 26Robertson
- 14HendersonBooked astatine 30minsSubstituted forElliottat 69'minutes
- 3FabinhoSubstituted forKeïtaat 68'minutes
- 6Thiago Alcántara
- 11Salah
- 18Gakpo
- 15Oxlade-ChamberlainSubstituted forDoakat 69'minutes
Substitutes
- 2Gomez
- 7Milner
- 8Keïta
- 17Jones
- 19Elliott
- 21Tsimikas
- 28Carvalho
- 50Doak
- 62Kelleher
Referee:Darren England
Attendance:31,645
Live Text
Match ends, Brighton and Hove Albion 3, Liverpool 0.
Second Half ends, Brighton and Hove Albion 3, Liverpool 0.
Attempt missed. Adam Webster (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from the near broadside of the six gait container misses to the right. Assisted by Pascal Groß with a transverse pursuing a corner.
Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Alisson.
Attempt saved. Jeremy Sarmiento (Brighton and Hove Albion) close footed changeable from extracurricular the container is saved successful the bottommost near corner. Assisted by Moisés Caicedo.
Attempt saved. Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool) header from the centre of the container is saved successful the apical near corner. Assisted by Andrew Robertson with a cross.
Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Adam Webster replaces Lewis Dunk.
Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Tariq Lamptey replaces Kaoru Mitoma.
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Joël Veltman.
Attempt saved. Danny Welbeck (Brighton and Hove Albion) near footed changeable from the centre of the container is saved successful the bottommost close corner. Assisted by Solly March.
Foul by Pascal Groß (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Ben Doak (Liverpool) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Jeremy Sarmiento (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a escaped footwear successful the attacking half.
Foul by Naby Keïta (Liverpool).
Joël Veltman (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a escaped footwear connected the close wing.
Foul by Naby Keïta (Liverpool).
Foul by Pascal Groß (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) wins a escaped footwear successful the attacking half.
Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Jeremy Sarmiento replaces Alexis Mac Allister.
Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 3, Liverpool 0. Danny Welbeck (Brighton and Hove Albion) close footed changeable from the centre of the container to the bottommost close corner. Assisted by Solly March with a headed pass.
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