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

Brighton get the ball rolling at Anfield. It’s worked over to the right side of the pitch where Joe Gomez nicks it away from Jakub Moder and allows Liverpool to sweep forward.

Here come the teams.

The players walk out onto the pitch at Anfield. Liverpool know they need to win to keep up the pressure on their title rivals while Brighton are hoping to collect three points and move up to seventh in the league.

How will this match play out? Kick off is up next...

Liverpool’s Trent Alexander-Arnold, who is injured and will play no part in today’s match, spoke to Sky Sports during the build-up saying:

“You get a feeling when you come out on to the pitch that there’s a little bit of magic in the air and hopefully it can go our way. You know how intense these games are so you need to make sure you’re ready for it and going into the game full confidence.”

Evan Ferguson is now without a goal in 22 appearances for club and country and starts on the bench for Brighton today. His replacement, Danny Welbeck, will be making his 100th Premier League appearance for the Seagulls.

Mohamed Salah has 20 goals and five assists across his last 19 Premier League starts at Anfield while former Brighton star, Alexis Mac Allister, has two goals and three assists in his last four league games, having managed just one of each in his first 19 appearances for the club.

Roberto De Zerbi is unbeaten in all four of his meetings with Liverpool (won two, drawn two), including a 3-3 draw at Anfield in his first match in charge.

Joe Gomez’s stunning resurgence has been crucial to Liverpool keeping their head above water in this season’s title race – and this doesn’t look set to change as the club braces itself for an intense title climax.

A player who had been straddling on the club’s fringes for four years – perennially linked with a transfer away – Gomez has turned from an injury-prone liability to Jurgen Klopp’s ever-available utility man.

Filling in and excelling across the Reds’ back-line as injuries mounted, the 26-year-old’s dependability hasn’t gone unnoticed - earning a first England call-up since 2020 for a pair of friendlies in late March.

Brighton have just one win in their last eight away league outings with two draws and five defeats. The Seagull’s total of 12 Premier League goals from substitutes this season is more than any other side.

Jurgen Klopp’s side have dropped points in seven of their last eight league matches against teams currently in the top half of the table.

But, they have earned a league-high 23 points from losing positions this season.

Brighton could win consecutive Premier League matches for the first time since a run of three in September. However, a defeat will mean they lose four successive away games in all competitions for the first time in nearly five years.