Premier League - Liverpool v Brighton & Hove Albion
Lethal combination: Mohamed Salah assisted Hugo Ekitike’s second
Much of the attention on the day, though, was centred on Mohamed Salah. Returning to the side after being briefly suspended following his incendiary post-match comments last weekend, he started on the bench but came on in the first-half after an injury to Joe Gomez.
And he announced his return with a prompt assist. Ekitike had opened the scoring after just 46 seconds, and headed home Salah’s corner to complete his brace in the second half.
Brighton pushed hard to get back into the match in the second half, but squandered a range of presentable chances and came away empty-handed.
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