Liverpool 2-1 Brighton & Hove Albion (31 Mar, 2024) Game Analysis

Striker Mohamed Salah scored the winner for Liverpool as they came from a goal down to beat Brighton 2-1 and go top of the Premier League ahead of Manchester City's showdown with Arsenal on Sunday.

Salah's sublime second-half strike leaves Liverpool on 67 points, three ahead of second-placed Arsenal and four ahead of City on a pivotal day in the title race.

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The Egyptian striker tormented Brighton, hitting 12 shots to score his highest tally in a Premier League match and, although only one of them found the back of the net, it proved vital.

Danny Welbeck gave Brighton the lead after 84 seconds when his side broke up a Liverpool attack and burst to find him just inside the box and he fired an unstoppable shot past Caoimhín Kelleher to head out of the box. 'dead end.

The opening goal brought Liverpool to life and Luis Díaz put them level in the 27th minute after Joël Veltman's attempted clearance went awry, allowing the Colombian winger to slip behind the defense and bring the ball home at home.

Liverpool's suffocating pressure and incisive attacks paid off again when Alexis Mac Allister prodded Salah to propel them into the lead.

Diaz thought he had put Liverpool 3-1 ahead six minutes later, but his goal was ruled out due to a very fine offside which was confirmed by VAR and Salah went close on the break to in the 74th minute, but fired his shot straight at goal. guardian.

Brighton substitute and former Liverpool player Adam Lallana fired a shot wide in the 86th minute, and Salah forced a brilliant diving save with one hand from Bart Verbruggen in the final minute of normal time as Liverpool held good to win, much to Mac's delight. Allister, another former Seagull.

We didn't start the way we wanted but it was an incredible match. We played against an incredible team. I know them very well, I know what they can do and it was a difficult match, but at In the end we won it and we are very happy,” he told Sky Sports.

“I would prefer not to concede so early, but the boys' mentality is incredible and that's what you need when you're down 1-0. Today we showed it again. But next time we We'll have to start the match winning, not losing.”