Summary of Brighton's victory 0:3 over Liverpool (Sport 1)
The fourth round of the FA Cup provided a surprise today (Sunday), when Brighton eliminated cup holder Liverpool thanks to a 1:2 victory, just two weeks after defeating the Mighty Reds 0:3 in the league.
Will the Mighty Reds manage to recover against the Seagulls?
Alexander-Arnold Vastofinian (Photo: GettyImages, Mike Hewitt)
Brighton - Liverpool (live on Sport1)
Since Jurgen Klopp and his players lost 3:0 to the Seagulls two weeks ago, Liverpool have not conceded a goal in their two games - the canceled draw against Chelsea and the 0:1 victory over Wolves, on the way to this match against Brighton in the last 32 of the FA Cup.
In a match that the German coach defined as "the worst of my career at Liverpool", Roberto de Zerbi made a school of the dismantled cup holder who was unable to give defensive and offensive answers to the amazing ability of the Brighton players.
The Seagulls finished 2:2 with Leicester in the passing round, and now the Italian coach must prove that this was not a one-time blip.
In Brighton these days they are dealing with the departure of Alejandro Trussard to Arsenal and possibly with another departure of a key player for the Gunners - Moises Caisdo.
The 21-year-old midfielder demands to leave the Seagulls, and in light of this he is not in the squad for this game.
Liverpool are still trying to recover from the bad half of the season they recorded so far, and the shortcomings of Roberto Firmino, Luis Dias, Virgil van Dijk and Diego Jota did not help the Mighty Reds who had trouble generating positive momentum this season.
After being knocked out of the League Cup by Manchester City, the Merseysiders are trying to keep the chance of winning a second consecutive FA Cup, which they won last season after a penalty shootout against Chelsea.
Klopp stressed how important it is that his players know how to dominate against Brighton and their great midfield players such as Alexis McAllister, who has shown great ability since returning from the World Cup he won with Argentina.
Darwin Nunes is back from a minor injury and sits on the bench for Liverpool, with Cody Gakpo continuing in attack alongside Mohamed Salah and Harvey Elliott, and 18-year-old Stefan Bejticic keeping his place in midfield.
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Almost cooked for Salah, then scored with his own feet.
Harvey Elliott celebrates (Photo: GettyImages, Mike Hewitt)
15 min: March led a quick attack down the right wing and sent the ball across to Ferguson, whose flat finish into the left corner was not good enough.
Alexander-Arnold kept away from the goal line.
21st minute: Mitoma exchanged passes with Ferguson and kicked to the frame, Alison didn't have too much trouble receiving.
Minute 25: Big miss!
Elliott spotted a great move by Salah and sent him a pass forward, but the Egyptian rolled it out from an excellent position.
Liverpool players celebrate (Photo: Reuters)
30th minute: Goal, 0:1 for Liverpool!
This time it was Salah who set up for Elliott.
The Egyptian made up for the miss five minutes earlier, when he cooked a pass on the right side of the box to the 19-year-old midfielder, who provided an accurate diagonal finish.
40th minute: Goal, Brighton equalized to 1:1!
Alexander-Arnold went wide from the box, but only as far as Amptei who kicked flat from distance and hit the leg of Dunk, who, without doing too much, scored the equalizing goal.
71 min: Mitoma broke free on the left wing and sent a nice pass with the outside part to March, Alisson came out well enough to prevent a turnover.
92nd minute: Goal, 1:2 for Brighton!
Mitoma took control of a ball picked up by Estopinian in the area, took it down to himself with a wonderful technique and stuck it into the net to complete an amazing and dramatic turnaround.
Other games:
Stevenage - Stoke City (4:00 p.m.)
Wrexham - Sheffield United (6:30 p.m., Sport1)
The round of 32 in the FA Cup will be closed with the meeting between Derby County and West Ham (Monday, 21:45, Sport2).
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