Liverpool vs Brighton & Hove Albion LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
Premier League action from Anfield as Roberto De Zerbi takes charge of Brighton for the first time
Follow live coverage as Liverpool face Brighton & Hove Albion in the Premier League today.
Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson started his first match for the club in over a month as manager Jurgen Klopp made allowances for the international break in his team selection at home to Brighton.
Luis Diaz, Darwin Nunez and Diogo Jota were all left on the bench as Fabio Carvalho and Roberto Firmino started up front alongside Mohamed Salah. Kostas Tsimikas came in at left-back for the injured Andy Robertson.
New Brighton boss Roberto De Zerbi made only one change for his first match and the Seagulls' first in a month with Pervis Estupinan replacing the ill Enock Mwepu.
We will bring you all the action and updates from today's game in the live blog below:
Liverpool vs Brighton & Hove Albion
A draw leaves Liverpool in ninth place in the league while Brighton remain in fourth. Klopp's side will host Ranger during the week in the Champions League before traveling to Arsenal for their next league game. Brighton face third-place Tottenham in their next Premier League fixture.
Liverpool vs Brighton & Hove Albion
The game started at a very fast pace that favoured Brighton as they took the lead after just four minutes. Gross and Welbeck combined in the box before Trossard sent Alexander-Arnold the wrong way and shot into the bottom right corner. Trossard then scored again to double Brighton's lead 14 minutes later. Alexander-Arnold miscontrolled the ball in his own half and lost possession to Caicedo. The midfielder passed to Gross on the edge of the box, who then played Trossard in behind for the Belgian to get his second. Alisson made two huge saves to stop Brighton from running away with the game before Firmino pulled one back for Liverpool following a poor touch from Salah. Firmino then got his second of the game in the 54th minute after chopping the ball past Dunk and slotting it into the corner as Sanchez stood and watched. Liverpool then took the lead as Alexander-Arnold's corner was punched into Webster by his own goalkeeper. Brighton did not give up as Trossard secured his hat-trick as he swung his left foot at the ball following a good cross from Mitoma to make it 3-3 in the 83rd minute.
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