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Brighton vs Liverpool: Brighton vs Liverpool: Jurgen Klopp's men labour to victory

Re-live the action from the Amex Stadium

Michael Jones
Saturday 12 January 2019 16:02 GMT
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Lacklustre Liverpool ground back to winning ways to reaffirm their Premier League lead with a patchy 1-0 victory at Brighton.

Mohamed Salah struck his 14th league goal of the season from the penalty spot as the off-kilter Reds stretched their top-flight advantage over Manchester City back to seven points.

Liverpool failed to produce the kind of statement win to flex their title-challenge muscles following successive defeats to chief rivals City in the league, and Wolves in the FA Cup.

Klopp's men laboured throughout, unable to generate anything like their trademark attacking zeal - but despite that malaise, the visitors still had enough to take all three points.

What time does it start?

Brighton vs Liverpool kicks off at 3:00pm (GMT) on Saturday 12th January.

Where can I watch it?

The match will not be shown live on TV or online in the UK.

Independent Sport will keep you up to date with all the goals as they fly in via our live blog.

Highlights will be shown at 10:20pm on BBC One.

Player to watch…

Roberto Firmino: The Brazilian hasn’t been scoring on a regular basis this season, but his form has picked up in recent weeks. The 27-year-old scored a hat-trick against Arsenal and scored the equaliser in vain against Manchester City. He was rested on Monday night, only coming on as a late substitute, so will be fresh for the visit to the Amex - a stadium he scored at twice in last season’s fixture, which the Reds won 5-1.

Firmino scored a hat-trick against Arsenal
Firmino scored a hat-trick against Arsenal (Getty)

Form guide…

Brighton: LLDWDW

Liverpool: WWWWLL

Odds…

Brighton to win: 9/1

Liverpool to win: 3/10

Crystal Palace 0 - 0 Watford

Watford have been on the front foot. Deulofeu hits the post from 12 yards and the rebound comes out to Pereyra who should have an easy tap in to give Watford the lead but he puts his foot out and hits the same post!

Michael Jones12 January 2019 15:07

Leicester 0 - 0 Southampton

Stuart Armstrong gets a good shot off against Leicester but sends it to the left of goal.   

Michael Jones12 January 2019 15:09

Brighton 0 - 0 Liverpool

Robertson with a lovely ball across the box and Firmino is almost onto it. He should have done better but it was a good chance for Liverpool.

Michael Jones12 January 2019 15:10

Leicester 0 - 0 Southampton

Penalty to Southampton! Mendy with the foul. 

Michael Jones12 January 2019 15:11

Leicester 0 - 1 Southampton - Ward-Prowse

James Ward-Prowse steps up to take the penalty. Schmeichel dives the correct way and almost gets a hand to the ball but it squeezes past him and Southampton have the lead at the King Power Stadium. 

Michael Jones12 January 2019 15:12

Cardiff 0 - 0 Huddersfield

Christopher Schindler makes a bad challenge and is shown the yellow card. He's got 80 minutes left to play so he'll need to temper himself for the rest of the game. 

Michael Jones12 January 2019 15:14

Cardiff 0 - 0 Huddersfield

Lang runs down the right for Cardiff before putting a great ball into the box, Hoilett comes in to meet it, stumbles and taps the ball to the keeper. Good chance for Cardiff. 

Michael Jones12 January 2019 15:17

Burnley 0 - 1 Fulham

Hendricks has two attempts to equalise for Burnley as the home side begin to find their feet. The ball comes into the box for Burnley and Wood gets a glancing header that skims the post and goes wide. 

Michael Jones12 January 2019 15:19

Burnley 1 - 1 Fulham - Bryan OG

Burnley are level!

McNeil gets the ball out to Hendricks in space on the far side of the box. The ball comes in and Mee takes a shot, it gets a deflection of Bryan and Burnley are back in the game. 

Michael Jones12 January 2019 15:21

Burnley 2 - 1 Fulham - Odoi OG

Oh no! Burnley are two up and Fulham have scored two own goals. Denis Odoi tries to get in the way of the ball as it comes into the box and he glances it past Rico in goal and gives Burnley the lead what a turnaround. 

Michael Jones12 January 2019 15:24

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