Two draws and a loss to open, another draw before the break in the championships for the national teams, two wins in between (including a historic 9-0 against Bournemouth and another 2-1 against Newcastle achieved by falling from the canvas with a goal from Fábio Carvalho). If things are not easy in the Champions League for Liverpool, who beat Ajax in the last match but had previously been thrashed by Napoli, in the Premier League even less so. As a result, there was little or no margin for error. Y Jürgen Klopp himself assumed the same, in relation to the game with Brighton and the cycle ahead.
Klopp got Darwin and Jota back and even launched Carvalho into the starting lineup, but Liverpool lacked the goal to complete the U-turn.
“The next six weeks are obviously very important for us. We did not have the start of the season that we wanted, for reasons that can be explained and others not so much. It wasn’t good enough what we did sometimes, but this is where we start and our job is to score points. lions? We know that if everyone recovered well and everyone else stays fit, we have a team to connect with the big games. If not, it gets complicated. By mid-October, if no one else is left out, we’ll finally be complete,” he said before announcing that Andy Robertson, Curtis Jones, Naby Keita and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain were still out for physical reasons.
There were still more topics of conversation, such as the defense of Alexander-Arnold’s off-the-ball ability (after the England team was not called up) or the return of Luis Díaz, Diogo Jota and Darwin Núñez, but the main focus was really the game. with Brighton and debutante Roberto Di Zerbi, Italian coach who replaced Graham Potter. And time (and difficulties) explained why.
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In just 20 minutes, Brighton was winning 2-0 at Anfield and could even have gone 4-0. Leandro Trossard, in the fourth minute, opened the scoring with an insistence near the area that left the Belgian in a good position for the cross shot (4′), Welbeck then headed Alisson’s figure when he was alone in the area and with all the Conditions to do better, Alisson was once again the protagonist by avoiding another goal with a providential exit but Trossard even managed to score twice shortly after in another quick exit with touches of the first until the left foot that surpassed the Brazilian (18 ‘).
Does this Brighton play a lot???? Trossard????
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TROSSARD IS DESTROYING LIVERPOOL ????
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As well as defensive problems which were later combined with the Brighton team’s good offensive dynamics, Liverpool also faced difficulties up front, with Salah, Firmino and Fábio Carvalho having little support and connection until the tackle in the opposite third. It was yet another challenge, this one very unexpected given Klopp’s warnings. And the recovery began before the break, with Firmino taking advantage of an assist from Salah to make it 2-1 (33′) isolated in the area. Then, at the break, Luis Díaz came on for Fábio Carvalho and the game changed, with the outcome uncertain until the end.
This assistance from Salah to Firmino ????
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WHAT KIND OF FIRM ????
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Brighton never stopped having their eyes on the opposing goal with interesting arrivals, but the Colombian assisted Firmino in a transition to a draw (54′) and set the tone for the comeback that came in a “rare” goal after a corner that took off Robert Sánchez missed the start and Webster deflected the ball into his own goal (63′). Liverpool seemed to have the game under control but the visitors did not give up on reaching at least a draw, even making it 3-3 with seven minutes remaining. hat trick of Trossard, shooting to the far post after a great play by Kaoru Mitoma from the left that left Alexander-Arnold as the weakest link of a team that was failing at various levels in the bidding.
TURNOVER ???? Not even the Liverpool players understood what happened ????
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TROSSARD’S HAT-TRICK ???? What a show. What game. ????
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Source: Observadora
