2-1: A great goal from Mitoma puts Liverpool off the hook

Liverpool’s season is about to be derailed. The group of Jurgen Klopp transferred to FA Cup his bad feelings about Premier and they fell into the hands of those Brighton of a Kaoru Stellar Mitoma. The Japanese, with a real goal in extra time, sent home the reigning champions of the tournament, some ‘red’ ending a terrible month of January in which they won only one game out of six played.

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Brighton: Jason Steele; Tariq Lamptey (Jan Paul Van Hecke, m.96), Adam Webster (Joel Veltman, m.46), Lewis Dunk, Solly March; Alexis McAllister, Pascal Gross, Danny Welbeck (Billy Gilmour, m.67); Karou Mitoma, Evan Ferguson (Deniz Undav, m.89) and Pervis Estupinan.

Liverpool: Alisson; Trent Alexander-Arnold (James Milner, d.59), Ibrahima Konate, Joe Gomez, Andy Roberson; Stefan Bajcetic (Fabinho, m.85), Thiago Alcántara (Curtis Jones, m.79), Naby Keita (Jordan Henderson, m.59); Mohamed Salah, Harvey Elliot (Darwin Núñez, m.59) and Cody Gakpo.

The objectives: 0-1, m.30: Harvey Elliot; 1-1, m.40: Lewis Dunk; 2-1, m.92: Karou Mitoma.

Referee: David Coote. He showed yellow cards to Liverpool’s Stefan Bajcetic, Ibrahima Konate and Andy Robertson, and Brighton’s Lewis Dunk.

Incidents: against in the round of 32 of the FA Cup played at the Amex Stadium in Brighton.

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The Liverpool march ninth on Premier ten points from fourth place which gives access to play of ChampionsThe city removed him from Carabao Cup and the Brighton did the same to FA Cup, where the Klopps defended the title. To make matters worse, in less than a month the tie against Real Madridso the ‘reds’ need to improve a lot so as not to say goodbye early Champions.

And the party started with good feelings for Liverpoolthat the goal was brushed aside in the first substitution by a shot from Salah that Dunk took off the goal line.

however, Brighton are determined to repeat the humiliating 3-0 they endorsed the ‘red’ team two weeks ago and he responded with a near-copied play, as Ferguson’s shot was miraculously parried away by Alexander-Arnold.

The one who seems to be completely infected by Liverpool’s bad moment is a Mohamed Salah already He is still far from his goalscoring records. The Egyptian received a great pass from Elliott that left him alone in front of the Brighton goalkeeper, but he overshot his shot too far and missed the chance.

The formula held promise, but found success by inverting its factors. Salah assisted Elliott so Liverpool took the lead on the scoreboard (31′).

Mitoma decided on the sign of Liverpool

The fun didn’t last long a team that without Van Dijk has lost any hint of stability. Liverpool convey the feeling of a weak team and Brighton showed it by scoring from a corner. lamptey he took the first rebound and launched a missile that Dunk deflected into the goal, flirting with Alisson (39′).

The second half is an ‘I want and I can’t’ of Liverpoolthat when he seemed to enjoy playing the tiebreaker, he found the genius of myth. The Japanese had already put the ‘red’ defense ahead with a header in the match, but in added time he beat Joe Gomez by controlling inside the area and handling the ball twice in the air before scoring Liverpool goal in elimination.