The Japanese winger, Alexis Mac Allister - given a hero’s welcome by the home fans as he made his first Premier League start since winning the World Cup with Argentina - and Evan Ferguson all missed further Brighton chances as the first half ended goalless. Team news Brighton's Alexis Mac Allister made his first Premier League start since the World Cup, while Adam Lallana started against his former club Leandro Trossard was left out of the Brighton squad after Roberto De Zerbi publicly questioned his attitude on Friday, but Adam Webster and Danny Welbeck made a Premier League squad for the first time since the World Cup Darwin Nunez missed out on the Liverpool squad through injury, with Cody Gakpo starting in what was his first Premier League appearance, while Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain was also named in the XI The hosts also had a penalty for a foul by Alisson on March overturned after the winger was found to be offside, but they got the goal they deserved shortly after the break.
Subs: Welbeck (7), Veltman (7), Sarmiento (n/a), Webster (n/a), Lamptey (n/a). Liverpool: Alisson (6), Alexander-Arnold (3), Matip (4), Konate (5), Robertson (5), Henderson (5), Fabinho (6), Thiago (6), Salah (6), Gakpo (5), Oxlade-Chamberlain (5). Subs: Keita (6), Doak (6), Elliott (6), Gomez (6). Player of the match: Solly March Liverpool latest victims of Brighton's new-found ruthlessness Image: Trent Alexander-Arnold endured a miserable afternoon as Liverpool were thrashed De Zerbi was faced with the same goalscoring issue as his predecessor Graham Potter during the early days of his reign, seeing his side score just four times in his first five games in charge. But the Italian has overseen a transformation in recent weeks, with the Seagulls finding the net 17 times in their last five games, with Liverpool the latest victims of their new-found ruthlessness. March nearly set Brighton on their way in the opening minutes when his low shot beat Alisson but was cleared over the crossbar by Trent Alexander-Arnold - who went on to endure a miserable afternoon at the hands of the irrepressible Kaoru Mitoma.
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How the teams lined up | Match statsLive Premier League table | Fixtures | ResultsWatch free Premier League highlightsDownload the Sky Sports app | Get Sky SportsRoberto De Zerbi’s impressive outfit were wasteful in the first half but found their range after half-time as Solly March’s double (46, 53) and Danny Welbeck’s volley (81) secured the points on a truly memorable afternoon for the club. Player ratings Brighton: Sanchez (7), Gross (7), Dunk (7), Colwill (7), Estupinan (7), Caicedo (7), Mac Allister (8), March (9), Lallana (7), Mitoma (8), Ferguson (7).
"We tried to help the boys with slightly different organisation, " explained Klopp. "We had moments where it worked well and we put them under pressure, but we lose the ball much too easy, so we never got something going. "Brighton was better throughout the whole 96, 97 minutes. It was clear that one team was ready to play a really good game, and one team had to fight with themselves. "The problems are the same - we don’t win the key moments, we don’t win the challenges and we lose the ball too easy.
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"It’s fully my responsibility with a different formation and it didn’t work out. The outcome was horrible to watch. "It’s my job to make the right line-up, to set up the right tactics. I’m not sure if it’s because the game is still a few minutes ago but I can’t remember a worse game. I honestly can’t. Not only Liverpool.
Brighton 3-0 Liverpool: Solly March double and Danny Welbeck strike move Seagulls seventh in Premier LeagueBrighton produced a blistering second-half performance to thump Liverpool 3-0 at the Amex and move above their hapless visitors in the Premier League. Liverpool arrived on the south coast knowing they could find themselves as low as ninth in the table - and 10 points off the top four - if results went against them this weekend. That ought to have been enough to motivate Jurgen Klopp’s side as they pursue Champions League football next season, but they were outplayed by Brighton from the first whistle.
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