Mohamed Salah scored Liverpool’s winner as they came from behind to beat Brighton 2-1 at Anfield to return to the top of the Premier League
The perfect day looked far beyond Liverpool when they trudged off at half-time battered and bruised by an upwardly mobile Brighton. But a perfect day it proved for Arne Slot’s side, who climbed back to the top of theSalah curled a trademark winner into the top corner of Bart Verbruggen’s net, two minutes after Cody Gakpo had cancelled out Ferdi Kadioglu’s first half opener, to move ahead of Robbie Fowler as the eighth leading goalscorer in the Premier League era.
Darwin Núñez was close to giving the hosts an early lead when collecting a loose ball in the centre circle, shrugging off Kadioglu en route to the penalty area and curling a fine shot towards the top corner. Brighton goalkeeper Verbruggen produced a finger-tip save and was barely troubled again for the remainder of the opening period.
Slot’s problems continued after the half-time whistle when Ibrahima Konaté left the field with his arm in a sling. The central defender was replaced by Joe Gomez for the second half. It was not the only switch that Liverpool made. The home side restarted as they had to – playing with more aggression, speed and purpose to transform the contest. Brighton, in almost total command before the break, were clinging on long before the dam burst.
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