Liverpool vs Brighton LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction today
Follow all the live action from Anfield as Jurgen Klopp’s Reds host Graham Potter’s Seagulls
A week removed from Liverpool’s demolition job on rivals Manchester United, Jurgen Klopp’s side host Brighton and Hove Albion with the same mentality. The Premier League title race appears set to be a relentless battle between the Reds, champions Manchester City and European champions Chelsea.
The Seagulls have also kicked on after flirting with relegation last time, putting in the type of results that their performances deserved last term, with Graham Potter guiding his side up to fifth in the table entering this weekend. Brighton will be eager to bounce back after a heavy defeat to City last time out, and victory will lift them into the top four and above West Ham United, while the hosts will be eager to take all three points to pile on the pressure on league-leaders Chelsea, though a point will be enough to take top spot on goal difference.
Despite dismantling United last week, Klopp maintains his side can improve, reiterating that his side must defend better: “The world is a bit like this: you win 5-0 against United and everything is perfect. Well, it was not. United had clear-cut chances which we gave them. We should not rely on luck or Ali [goalkeeper Alisson]. I saw the first half; we gave too much away. We have some really impressive scorelines but you don’t expect that to happen all the time and I have no problem with winning a game 1-0. That is where we have to be ready.” Follow live build-up, team news and minute-by-minute updates from Anfield:
Tottenham 0-2 Man United
68 mins: United threaten again as Cavani and Fernandes combine, but Romero is able to get back in time to sweep up.
Rashford is preparing to come on for United.
Tottenham 0-2 Man United
Skipp is then immediately replaced by Ndombele. His mistake in midfield proved costly, but that was ruthless from United’s front three.
That’s the game now, surely? There’s no way Spurs are scoring two goals based on the evidence of the previous hour - their still yet to hit a shot on target.
GOAL! Tottenham 0-2 Man United (CAVANI 64’)
United hit Spurs on the break and it’s a brilliant finish from Cavani! Skipp loses the ball in midfield as Fernandes storms in to win it back. The front three then come alive, with Ronaldo chopping inside before slipping it through to his strike partner. Cavani does the rest, sitting Lloris down before dinking the goalkeeper with a cool finish in front of the United fans.
Tottenham 0-1 Man United
62 mins: McTominay makes another good burst on the edge of the United box before he is brought down to relieve some pressure.
Tottenham 0-1 Man United
60 mins: An hour played and Spurs have yet to test De Gea, while Kane has offered virtually nothing.
Their dominating possession to start this half but the cutting edge is eluding them.
Tottenham 0-1 Man United
59 mins: Wan-Bissaka show good determination to win the ball ahead of Hojbjerg in midfield, as United break forward. Cavani tries to switch the ball to Ronaldo when Fernandes was really the better option, and it runs out play.
Tottenham 0-1 Man United
57 mins: Son makes another run into the right channel as Hojbjerg and Lo Celso look to play a one-two. Maguire gets back to make a crucial challenge. That’s better from Spurs.
Tottenham 0-1 Man United
55 mins: Lo Celso had to be the player to make way, surely. These are worrying times for Nuno unless Spurs can turn this around.
Tottenham 0-1 Man United
53 mins: Lucas plays a clever ball around the corner to Son, whose touch takes him wide of goal.
Spurs make their first change of the game, and it’s Lucas who is brought off in place of Bergwijn.
And the home fans do not like that. There are loud boos in the stadium and chants of “you don’t know what you’re doing” aimed at Nuno from the Spurs faithful.
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