Liverpool turned Premier League champions with 4 video games to spare however haven’t received a recreation since then with one draw and two losses.
In opposition to Brighton, boss Arne Slot will probably be involved that a few of his squad gamers did not shine.
Captain Virgil van Dijk, who had performed each minute of Liverpool’s Premier League marketing campaign, remained an unused substitute with Jarell Quansah partnering Ibrahima Konate, whereas Kostas Tsimikas and Conor Bradley have been full-backs.
Bradley did properly to create Liverpool’s first objective and had an opportunity so as to add a second, however was caught the unsuitable facet of Yasin Ayari for the hosts’ first objective and Liverpool regarded susceptible defensively.
However Brighton have been the higher workforce after the break and Slot will probably be sad that the successful objective got here from a cross with substitute Jack Hinshelwood, who had solely been on the pitch for lower than two minutes, having the ability to head house the decisive objective.
Nonetheless, regardless of this disappointment, Liverpool followers will quickly neglect this consequence and might begin trying ahead to Sunday’s match towards Crystal Palace at Anfield, with the Reds getting their arms on the Premier League trophy afterwards.
