Balanced By Brighton, Liverpool Failed To Shift Manchester City

JAKARTA - Liverpool failed to take advantage of the opportunity to replace Manchester City. In the duel against Brighton and Hove Albion at the Amex Stadium, Sunday, October 8, both teams drew 2-2. The result made Liverpool ranked third.

The forward Mohamed Salah scored a brace in that game. Only two goals Salah failed to bring Liverpool to victory. Lewis Dunk thwarted the Reds' advantage in the 78th minute

This result makes Liverpool remain in third place with 17. The same as Arsenal who are ranked third. Arsenl himself will only face Man City in the next few hours or at 22.30 WIB.

Meanwhile, Brighton's position has not changed. They are still ranked sixth with 16 points. Brighton's points were equal to Aston Villa. But Villa are ahead on goal difference to rank five.

Brighton has not fully risen. Especially after they lost 1-0 to Chelsea and were then slaughtered by Villa 6-1 in domestic competitions.

While competing in European competition, Brighton visited Marseille's headquarters. As a result, they escaped defeat and drew 2-2 against the French Ligue 1 club in the Europa League. The Seagulls won the same score when they hosted Liverpool in the Premier League.

In that match, Liverpool were late in the heat. Brighton is the one who puts pressure on the Reds' defense.

Evidently, Brighton took the lead in the 20th minute. Simon Adingra's home goal was scored from outside the penalty box.

But Brighton's advantage did not last long. In just five minutes, Liverpool managed to turn things around, Mo Salah.

Salah scored his first goal in the 40th minute. He successfully completed his assist from Harvey Elliott. The success of breaking into the home goal made Liverpool players even more excited.

As a result, Mo Salah managed to add a goal in the 45th minute or towards the end of the first half from the penalty spot.

Liverpool were awarded a penalty following a foul by Pascal Gross by bringing down Dominik Szoboszlai in the forbidden Kotk. It's just that referee Anthony Taylor briefly reviewed the incident via VAR before pointing to the spot. Mo Salah also completed the execution. The score turned 2-1 for Liverpool when closing the first half.

In the second half, Liverpool continued to try to pressure Brighton. However, Roberto de Zerbi's troops managed to score and equalize the score in MAY 78.

The goal produced by Lewis Dunk started from Solly March's free kick which led to the goal front. The opportunity was welcomed by Dunk. He also successfully beat goalkeeper Alisson. The 2-2 score lasted until the end of the match.