Source: TheGuardian
Brighton v Liverpool: Premier League – live!
Minute-by-minute report as champions go to the south coastMan City v Newcastle – live! | Sheffield United v Wolves – live!Lallana will not play again to protect transfer, says KloppEmail scott.murray@theguardian.com with any thoughts 7.30pm BST Brighton make three changes to the team named for the victory at Norwich on Saturday. Dale Stephens, Pascal Gross and Alexis Mac Allister replace Yves Bissouma, Aaron Mooy and Aaron Connolly.Liverpool make four chances to the team sent out to beat Aston Villa on Sunday. Neco Williams, Jordan Henderson, Georginio Wijnaldum and Roberto Firmino replace Andy Robertson, Fabinho, Divock Origi and Sadio Mane. It’s a first Premier League start for the 19-year-old Williams. 7.23pm BST Brighton & Hove Albion: Ryan, Lamptey, Webster, Dunk, Burn, Propper, Stephens, Gross, Mac Allister, Trossard, Maupay.Subs: Duffy, Bissouma, Jahanbakhsh, Murray, Mooy, Montoya, Button, Bernardo, Connolly.Liverpool: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Gomez, van Dijk, Williams, Henderson, Wijnaldum, Keita, Salah, Firmino, Oxlade-Chamberlain.Subs: Fabinho, Milner, Mane, Adrian, Minamino, Robertson, Origi, Jones, Elliott. 7.19pm BST Brighton & Hove Albion have only ever beaten Liverpool once in the league at home. That was at the old Goldstone Ground back in January 1961. Tony Nicholas, Dennis Windross and Roy Jennings got the goals in a 3-1 win that seriously dented Liverpool’s chances of promotion from the Second Division. Bill Shankly’s team - featuring the likes of Roger Hunt, Gordon Milne, Gerry Byrne and Ronnie Moran - finished the season in third place, and would have to wait another year to go up. Brighton ended the season in 16th.Both clubs are in a far better place now. Brighton have made it to 36 points in the Premier League, a number big enough to ensure safety for the past two seasons, and surely big enough this time too. A fourth season of top-flight football awaits the Seagulls! Liverpool meanwhile have just ended that 30-year wait. Everybody happy! Continue reading......read full article
