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:
Tottenham 0-0 Man United
4 mins: The reasoning behind that might have just been illustrated by an aimless ball from Dier as Tottenham looked to build. If United look to sit deep, it could be a challenge for this Tottenham side to break them down.
Tottenham 0-0 Man United
3 mins: After a busy opening minute, Spurs are the first team to settle and knock some passes together. United are looking to drop off early when they lose possession, after their press was so ineffective against Liverpool last weekend.
Tottenham 0-0 Man United
1 min: It is loud at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium, in what is their first home fixture for a few weeks. Varane has lined up in the middle of Maguire and Lindelof in United’s back three.
KICK-OFF! Tottenham 0-0 Man United
Here we go! The last fixture of this Premier League Saturday, and an intriguing one with huge significance to both sides.
Tottenham Hotspur vs Manchester United
The players are out at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, in what is a massive must-win game for both managers.
Tottenham Hotspur vs Manchester United
With a lot of the attention on Manchester United and Solskjaer, it’s easy to forget that Nuno Espirito Santo is under plenty of pressure himself today after they slipped to a fourth Premier League defeat of the season last weekend to West Ham.
Ben Davies and Giovani Lo Celso come into the side, in place of Sergio Reguilon and Tanguy Ndombele, but Spurs need to improve following some lacklustre performances in recent weeks.
“We’ve been up and down, we’ve been close, we’ve been far, but always with the ideas,” Nuno tells Sky Sports. “We need to add many things; creativity, mobility, better finishing, better passing. It’s a chance [to do that] today.”
Tottenham Hotspur vs Manchester United
On TV, Roy Keane is lamenting Manchester United’s “lack of character” in the 5-0 defeat to Liverpool last weekend, going on to say Harry Maguire was a “robot” in his interviews after the match (he then went on to impersonate the ‘robot’).
Solskjaer has responded to the criticism this week by handing a start to Edinson Cavani and bringing Raphael Varane back into the side in place of Marcus Rashford and Mason Greenwood.
It will bring a change of formation for United, presumably to 3-4-1-2, with Bruno Fernandes behind Cavani and Ronaldo. It’s bold, but will it pay off?
Full time: Liverpool 2-2 Brighton
Brighton’s Leandro Trossard, after scoring the equaliser in his side’s 2-2 draw against Liverpool: "I think we started off poor in the first half but after they scored their second we came back into it.
"We got our goal and believed a lot more. What a good game, we could have won it as well, it's such fine margins but we're really happy with a draw.
"You come to Anfield, any point you can take off them feels really good. We had fighting spirit. It was such a big game for us so to get the draw here almost feels like a win. We need to keep building on this, I think we've been brilliant."
Tottenham Hotspur vs Manchester United
It’s been a brilliant day of Premier League action so far and the game of the day is arguably yet to come.
We head over to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium now for coverage of the evening match between Spurs and Manchester United, as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer looks to fight back after last weekend’s thrashing to Liverpool.
The United manager has come out firing with a bold formation switch as he looks to keep himself in the job - we’ll have full build-up and reaction from the other Premier League games ahead of kick-off at 5:30pm.
FULL TIME! Liverpool 2-2 Brighton
While Liverpool had the better of the overall attempts, as well as possession and completed passes, Brighton carried the greater threat and had more shots on target and expected goals than the hosts at Anfield.
A second consecutive win at Anfield would not have been undeserved.
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