Brighton & Hove Albion winger Solly March netted twice early within the second half and arrange one other aim in a 3-0 dwelling win over a sluggish Liverpool on Saturday that lifts it above the Reds to seventh within the Premier League standings.
The victory was Brighton’s first over Liverpool within the high flight and it deserved to take all three factors as soon as March helped it convert its dominance in possession into objectives.
With halftime approaching March thought he had received a penalty as he rounded Alisson Becker and seemed to be introduced down by the goalkeeper’s hand, however a VAR evaluation discovered that he had been in an offside place and the choice was overturned.
Undeterred, March gave his aspect the lead within the forty seventh minute as teenaged striker Evan Ferguson pressured the Liverpool defence right into a mistake and Brighton received the ball excessive up the pitch.
Japanese winger Kaoru Mitoma broke into the field and slid an angled ball into the trail of the onrushing March, leaving him the straightforward process of steering it into the online.
The 28-year-old added an excellent second six minutes later, latching on to Ferguson’s go and digging the ball out from beneath his ft to fireside it dwelling contained in the far submit.
Dutch ahead Cody Gakpo, making his first begin since becoming a member of Liverpool from PSV Eindhoven in December, was nameless for a lot of the sport because the guests struggled to maintain possession and create any first rate possibilities.
Overrun in midfield and shaky in defence, Liverpool managed two pictures on track over the 90 minutes and needed to wait till second-half stoppage time earlier than successful its first nook in one other underwhelming exhibiting from Juergen Klopp’s aspect.
Marsh rounded off a wonderful efficiency by teeing up substitute Danny Welbeck with a glancing header from a throw-in, and Welbeck lifted the ball over a defender earlier than slotting it into the online for his first league aim of the season.
The win means Brighton has 30 factors from 18 video games, two forward of Liverpool which has struggled with type and accidents, with Reds boss Juergen Klopp blaming a scarcity of organisation for the consequence.
“The same players played outstanding football matches, but if things aren’t properly organised then it can look like that,” he instructed the BBC, including that he was getting an increasing number of involved about their latest type.
“How can you not be after a game like this? I cannot stand here and say it didn’t happen. Of course, we have to be very concerned about it,” he stated.