Liverpool 2-1 Brighton: Mohamed Salah seals quick-fire comeback on dramatic day in Premier League title race

Two goals successful 2 second-half minutes done Cody Gakpo and Mohamed Salah were capable to unafraid each 3 points for Arne Slot’s side.

The Reds instrumentality to the apical of the Premier League, 2 points up of second-placed Manchester City aft they mislaid 2-1 astatine Bournemouth.

Brighton started the brighter of the 2 sides astatine Anfield and went up done Ferdi Kadioglu aft conscionable 14 minutes.

A driving tally from Kaoru Mitoma fell to Kadioglu who deed a stunning onslaught to nonstop the visitors ahead. Brighton astir doubled their pb erstwhile Georginio Rutter went cleanable through, but his changeable was saved by Caoimhin Kelleher.

The Seagulls held a deserved pb astatine half-time, with Liverpool forced into a alteration arsenic Ibrahima Konate went disconnected and Joe Gomez replacing him.

Gomez astir made an instant interaction with his header but it went consecutive astatine goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen. The location broadside past spurned further chances done archetypal Virgil van Dijk and past Salah.

However, successful the abstraction of conscionable 2 minutes they were ahead.

Firstly, Gakpo’s free-kick recovered its mode each the mode done to the acold country with unit from Darwin Nunez.

Just 12 seconds later, Salah was curling a left-footed onslaught into the extremity astatine the Kop up to spark chaotic celebrations.

Liverpool held connected arsenic Brighton tried to find a precocious equaliser and tin bask a palmy play with City and Arsenal some dropping points.