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Pascal Gross’ controversial injury-time penalty rescued a deserved draw for Brighton although Liverpool still went top of the Premier League.
It was Brighton’s second penalty of the game after Neal Maupay fired a first-half spot-kick wide at the Amex Stadium.
The Reds thought they had taken the lead when Mohamed Salah latched onto a Roberto Firmino ball before firing home, but it was disallowed for offside by the video assistant referee.
Diogo Jota broke the deadlock, with his ninth goal since joining the Reds, as he received Salah’s pass before going past two defenders and firing into the bottom corner.
Substitute Sadio Mane believed he had sealed the game with a late header for Liverpool but that was also ruled out by the VAR for offside.
And they were made to pay when Andy Robertson kicked Danny Welbeck’s boot – with Stuart Attwell awarding the penalty after viewing the screen – and Gross slamming the equaliser down the centre.
Boss Jurgen Klopp was furious with the officials as they walked off the pitch, disagreeing with the decision to award the penalty.
The visitors lost James Milner to injury, while Brighton had to replace both Maupay and Adam Lallana, who had only been on the pitch for eight minutes.
Liverpool boss Klopp had been critical of the TV broadcasters for placing this game on a Saturday lunchtime because they had a Champions League game on Wednesday.
The defending champions go one point above Tottenham, who visit Chelsea on Sunday. Brighton remain 16th, five points ahead of 17th-placed Burnley.
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Line-ups
Brighton
- 1Ryan
- 3WhiteBooked at 82mins
- 5Dunk
- 4Webster
- 34VeltmanBooked at 45mins
- 13Groß
- 8Bissouma
- 20March
- 9MaupaySubstituted forTrossardat 26′minutes
- 18Welbeck
- 7ConnollySubstituted forLallanaat 63′minutesSubstituted forJahanbakhshat 71′minutes
Substitutes
- 11Trossard
- 14Lallana
- 16Jahanbakhsh
- 17Alzate
- 23Steele
- 33Burn
- 49Molumby
Liverpool
- 1AlissonBooked at 90mins
- 76N WilliamsSubstituted forHendersonat 45′minutes
- 47Phillips
- 3Fabinho
- 26Robertson
- 18Minamino
- 5Wijnaldum
- 7MilnerSubstituted forJonesat 74′minutes
- 11SalahSubstituted forManéat 64′minutes
- 9Firmino
- 20Jota
Substitutes
- 10Mané
- 13Adrián
- 14Henderson
- 17Jones
- 21Tsimikas
- 27Origi
- 46R Williams
Live Text
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Match ends, Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Liverpool 1.
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Second Half ends, Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Liverpool 1.
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Attempt missed. Adam Webster (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Pascal Groß with a cross following a corner.
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Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Nathaniel Phillips.
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Attempt blocked. Alireza Jahanbakhsh (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Danny Welbeck with a headed pass.
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Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Liverpool 1. Pascal Groß (Brighton and Hove Albion) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
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Alisson (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card.
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VAR Decision: Penalty Brighton and Hove Albion.
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Penalty conceded by Andrew Robertson (Liverpool) after a foul in the penalty area.
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Penalty Brighton and Hove Albion. Danny Welbeck draws a foul in the penalty area.
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Fabinho (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Danny Welbeck (Brighton and Hove Albion).
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Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Nathaniel Phillips.
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Foul by Sadio Mané (Liverpool).
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Yves Bissouma (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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VAR Decision: No Goal Brighton and Hove Albion 0-1 Liverpool.
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GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Sadio Mané (Liverpool) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
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Offside, Liverpool. Andrew Robertson tries a through ball, but Sadio Mané is caught offside.
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Ben White (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Diogo Jota (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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