Liverpool vs Brighton LIVE: Premier League result and reaction as Mo Salah goal sends Red top of the table

71 mins: Facundo Buonanotte has been brought onto the pitch by Roberto De Zerbi to replace Tariq Lamptey.

Disallowed goal!

Darwin Nunez collects a loose ball into the middle of the pitch and slips it across to Mo Salah. Salah threads the ball into the box for Luis Diaz who turns it into the net after a fumble from Bart Verbruggen.

The offside flag goes up immediately but VAR is checking the decision.

68 mins: Jurgen Klopp will want at least one more goal before he starts to feel comfortable in this game. Liverpool need to keep the pressure on Brighton here if they want to close out the game.

A corner comes into the box from Szoboszlai who picks out Salah. Salah volleys a pass back across goal but Verbruggen plucks it out of the air.

65 mins: There it is!

Mo Salah gets his goal and Liverpool take the lead. It’s a chance created by Alexis Mac Allister who is given the ball thanks to a pacey pass from Dominik Szoboszlai out wide.

Mac Allister flicks a five-yard pass into the box where Salah has drifted into space. He controls the ball and curls it into the back of the net.

Can Brighton respond?

63 mins: Bradley gets into the box with an overlapping run on the right wing as Mac Allister threads through the ball. Teh defenders cut back can’t find a red shirt though and Brighton boot the ball clear.

Szoboszlai then brings the ball back towards the box and decides to have a go. He strikes his effort well enough but it’s never on target and heads wide.

60 mins: Szoboszlai wins a corner for the Reds and delivers it himself. He curls an outswinger into the penalty area but Jan Paul van Hecke leaps highest and nods the ball away.

Joe Gomez is booked for a tackle on Tariq Lamptey and becomes the latest player to go in the book. That’s now five on yellow cards, three from Liverpool, two from Brighton.

57 mins: Salah attempts to thread and run the ball through a narrow gap inside the box and goes to ground. The Brighton defenders just stood their ground and Salah has no way through.

A quick penalty appeal ends with the referee shaking his head and the home fans jeer the decision. It was the correct one though.

54 mins: Close! Wataru Endo recovers the ball as Carlos Baleba looks to bomb forward. Liverpool press up towards Brighton’s box and the ball squirts out to Darwin Nunez on the left.

He rolls it back to Joe Gomez who lifts a cross into the middle. Alexis Mac Allister is there but his header bounces wide of the far post!

51 mins: It would have been remarkable if the match continued at the same pace as in the first half. There’s been a drop off in tempo as the teams look to settle back into things.

Liverpool seeing more of the ball but Brighton battling hard in midfield to win it back.

48 mins: Joe Gomez fouls Jakub Moder over on Brighton’s right flank. The visitors are awarded a free kick and look to slow down play.

Carlos Baleba is brought down and Danny Welbeck is booked for dissent after demanding the referee pulls out a card.

No changes to either team as Liverpool get the ball rolling for the second 45 minutes at Anfield. Which way will this game go?