Brighton vs Liverpool LIVE: FA Cup result and final score after Kauro Mitoma scores brilliant winning goal
Kaoru Mitoma scored a wonderful goal in added time to earn Brighton their second win over Liverpool in a matter of weeks and knock out the FA Cup holders
Brighton beat Liverpool at the Amex to knock out the FA Cup holders after Japanese winger Kaoru Mitoma scored a brilliant late winner.
Harvey Elliott had put Liverpool in front before Brighton equalised with a stroke of fortune when Tariq Lamptey’s shot was deflected home by Lewis Dunk, making it level at the break following an entertaining first half.
Both sides created chances to win it in the second period but it was Mitoma who finally delivered the quality required, taking a calm touch before flicking the ball away from a defender and steering it into the far corner past Alisson to spark bedlam at the Amex and send Brighton into the fifth-round draw.
Brighton 0-0 Liverpool
19 min: Liverpool captain Andy Robertson bumps Evan Ferguson to the floor, who goes down appealing for a free-kick, but he’s ignored and rightly so, it was soft. Moments later Keita is knocked to the floor and needs a moment, but he’s OK to continue.
Brighton 0-0 Liverpool
16 min: Stefan Bajcetic has been booked for a poor challenge - though Jurgen Klopp seems bemused by that.
Brighton 0-0 Liverpool
14 min: Off the line! Brighton pinch it and break down the right where March does really well to drill a low cross through the box. Ferguson controls it and should score, but his close-range shot is blocked by Alexander-Arnold.
Brighton 0-0 Liverpool
11 min: A really good start to this game. Mitoma almost gets in behind with a dash from midfield, but Konate anticipates well.
Brighton 0-0 Liverpool
7 min: This is a high-pace start and bodes well for what’s to come. Alexander-Arnold plays a lovely pass into Salah, who is blocked off on the byline. Corner, which the right-back takes, but the ball ends up in the gloves of Steele after a bit of pinball.
Brighton 0-0 Liverpool
4 min: Salah goes close! He pounces on a rebound but Lewis Dunk clears his effort off the line.
Brighton 0-0 Liverpool
2 min: Brighton have started brightly. Lamptey scuttles down the right with the aid of a one-two, but his cross his blocked. Solly March delivers a corner which is well caught by Alisson Becker amid the rabble in the box.
Brighton vs Liverpool
Here’s Harvey Elliot, speaking to ITV before kick-off which is now moments away, speaking about Liverpool’s response to that 3-0 defeat at Brighton in the league: “We’ve had a good couple of games since then leading into this, we feel like there’s been a turnaround in our performances, and hopefully we have a positive performance. This is another opportunity to go out and put it right.”
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