Liverpool vs Brighton LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction today
Follow all the live action from Anfield as Jurgen Klopp’s Reds host Graham Potter’s Seagulls
A week removed from Liverpool’s demolition job on rivals Manchester United, Jurgen Klopp’s side host Brighton and Hove Albion with the same mentality. The Premier League title race appears set to be a relentless battle between the Reds, champions Manchester City and European champions Chelsea.
The Seagulls have also kicked on after flirting with relegation last time, putting in the type of results that their performances deserved last term, with Graham Potter guiding his side up to fifth in the table entering this weekend. Brighton will be eager to bounce back after a heavy defeat to City last time out, and victory will lift them into the top four and above West Ham United, while the hosts will be eager to take all three points to pile on the pressure on league-leaders Chelsea, though a point will be enough to take top spot on goal difference.
Despite dismantling United last week, Klopp maintains his side can improve, reiterating that his side must defend better: “The world is a bit like this: you win 5-0 against United and everything is perfect. Well, it was not. United had clear-cut chances which we gave them. We should not rely on luck or Ali [goalkeeper Alisson]. I saw the first half; we gave too much away. We have some really impressive scorelines but you don’t expect that to happen all the time and I have no problem with winning a game 1-0. That is where we have to be ready.” Follow live build-up, team news and minute-by-minute updates from Anfield:
KICK OFF! Leicester 0-0 Arsenal
The players take the knee to applause at the King Power, and we’re underway!
Leicester vs Arsenal
Before kick off, Leicester will take a moment to commemorate the sacrifices of servicemen and women in conflicts past and present, in their last home fixture before Remembrance Sunday.
Rodgers and Arteta both lay a poppy wreath on the touchline before a minute’s silence.
Leicester vs Arsenal
Here we go! The players are out onto the pitch at the King Power: two in-form teams whose position in the Premier League table will look much healthier with three points this afternoon. It should be a good one!
Leicester vs Arsenal: More Premier League history for Vardy?
If Jamie Vardy scores against Arsenal today, he will join Wayne Rooney as the top-scorer against the Gunners in Premier League history. Vardy has netted 11 times in 13 appearances against the Gunners and is one behind Rooney’s 12 (while Tottenham striker Harry Kane is also on 11 strikes).
Vardy has hit seven goals in the Premier League so far this season, including five in his last five appearances.
Leicester vs Arsenal
Arsenal produced some of their best football of the season as they defeated Aston Villa 3-1 in the Premier League last time out, and that has been reflected in the fact that Mikel Arteta has named an unchanged team from last Friday.
While Villa were admittedly below-par at the Emirates, Arsenal’s attacking play was exciting at times with Emile Smith Rowe, Alexandre Lacazette and Bukayo Saka lining up behind Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, and that result, combined with Tuesday’s 2-0 win over Leeds in the Carabao Cup, means that the Gunners have not tasted defeat since August.
“We’re on track,” Arteta tells BT Sport. “Our results have improved a lot and we’ve found some consistency in performances and results both together, which is really important. We just want to keep improving.
“I think it will be a very even and competitive match. We know the strengths that they have, what they’ve done over the last few years, and what we need to do to stop them. They use the spaces really well as a team and any time they have open spaces to attack they are really efficient.”
Leicester vs Arsenal
It’s been a good couple of weeks for Leicester, whose season was really sparked by that 4-2 victory over Manchester United in their last home match at the King Power Stadium. Since then, Leicester secured an important 4-3 win in Moscow in the Europa League before they claimed another victory in the Premier League away at Brentford. Youri Tielemans has hit his stride and has been sensational this month, while a change of system has seen Kelechi Iheanacho brought back into the line-up and James Maddison return to form.
“Just returning to the fundamentals, we’re pressing the game much better and there’s a better tempo to our play, and stronger organisation,” Rodgers tells BT Sport when asked about the turnaround ahead of today’s match.
“I was able to access it after the first seven games, and I changed the team a lot because we had European football, but just to get the rhythm back in the team. Looking at the Crystal Palace game [a 2-2 draw in which Leicester were two goals up] we were nowhere near in terms of intensity and pressing, which is where it all starts for us.
“It’s always a big challenge when you face Arsenal or any of the top teams. We’re really looking forward to it, we’re in a much better place. The last home game here against Manchester United was a great atmosphere and we need to play as well to get the crowd behind us.”
Carabao Cup draw
Mikel Arteta will be the happier of today’s two managers with that draw, you would imagine. The Carabao Cup now represents a great chance for Arsenal to secure some silverware under Arteta this season and they will be favourites to reach the semi-final. For Leicester, a trip to Anfield in the midst of a busy schedule of fixtures, including the final rounds of the Europa League group stage, is not what Brendan Rodgers would have wanted. However, with Jurgen Klopp usually opting to rotate his side for the Carabao Cup, it could be a good opportunity for Rodgers to secure a first win at Anfield since leaving his former club.
Carabao Cup draw
Arsenal have been drawn at home to Sunderland while Leicester will play Liverpool at Anfield!
You can follow all the reaction and see the full draw, here:
Carabao Cup draw
Both of these sides will have half an eye on the Carabao Cup quarter-final draw which is about to get under way. You can follow it all right here:
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