Brighton & Hove Albion 1-5 Liverpool: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 2 December 2017
Result
Brighton & Hove Albion 1-5 Liverpool
Premier League · Saturday 2 December 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
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Brighton & Hove Albion 1-5 Liverpool: match report
Brighton & Hove Albion were beaten by Liverpool 1-5 in the Premier League on Saturday 2 December 2017. It was 0-2 at half-time.
Emre Can opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Brighton & Hove Albion's goal came from Glenn Murray (51', penalty). Liverpool scored through Emre Can (30'), Roberto Firmino (31'), Roberto Firmino (48'), Philippe Coutinho (87') and an own goal by Lewis Dunk (89').
Discipline: Brighton & Hove Albion received 1 yellow card; Liverpool received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Brighton & Hove Albion were 10th on 17 points from 14 and Liverpool 5th on 26 points from 14. Brighton & Hove Albion went on to finish that season 15th with 40 points, and Liverpool 4th with 75.
Brighton & Hove Albion lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Liverpool in a 3-5-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Philippe Coutinho of Liverpool (9.6), ahead of Roberto Firmino (9.1).
Key events
- 30'Goal · Emre Can
- 31'Goal · Roberto Firmino
- 48'Goal · Roberto Firmino
- 51'Penalty goal · Glenn Murray
- 61'Yellow card · Bruno Saltor
- 87'Goal · Philippe Coutinho
- 89'Own goal · Lewis Dunk
Team news
Brighton & Hove Albion line-up (4-4-1-1)
Mathew Ryan, Bruno Saltor, Shane Duffy, Lewis Dunk, Gaëtan Bong, Anthony Knockaert, Dale Stephens, Davy Pröpper, Isaiah Brown, Pascal Groß, Glenn Murray
Liverpool line-up (3-5-1-1)
Simon Mignolet, Emre Can, Dejan Lovren, Georginio Wijnaldum, Trent Alexander-Arnold, James Milner, Jordan Henderson, Philippe Coutinho, Andrew Robertson, Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino