Liverpool 2-0 Brighton: match review
Liverpool earned a 2-0 victory over Brighton & Hove Albion in the Premier League.
Linda Pizzuti, the wife of Liverpool principal owner John Henry, toasted the victory over Brighton & Hove Albion.
The Reds stretched their unbeaten streak to five matches with a 2-0 triumph against the Seagulls at Anfield.Hugo Ekitike opened the scoring inside the first minute before he doubled the advantage on the hour mark. The striker’s second goal came from Mo Salah’s corner. Salah returned to the squad after being omitted from the 1-0 Champions League win against Inter Milan after he claimed he had been ‘thrown under a bus’ and had no relationship with head coach Slot.
Arne Slot’s side’s victory moved them up to sixth in the Premier League table and they’ll be hoping to have turned a corner after already surrendering the Premier League title.
Posting on Instagram, Pizzuti celebrated ‘more milestones’ and hailed the ‘beautiful’ double from Ekitike. She also recognised that Curtis Jones made his 200th appearance for his boyhood club. The Fenway Sports Group partner said: “3 points and a clean sheet for Liverpool! Another beautiful brace for Ekitike. More milestones for this historic club.”
Slot praise for Ekitike
Ekitike’s double against Brighton was his second in as many league games, having bagged a brace in a 3-3 draw at Leeds. The £79 million summer signing from Eintracht Frankfurt has netted 10 times in all competitions.
Slot has been highly encouraged by the progress of Ekitike - not just in terms of his goals. The Liverpool head coach said: “Just before I took him off there was a moment, I don't know what happened, but I think he hardly could walk anymore because of cramp. What I see with him and I see this with all the players we've brought in this summer, they had to adapt to the Premier League, to that intensity, because they were all young. All the players we brought in are young players, except for Alex [Isak], but all the others are very young.
“So, adapting to the Premier League, that intensity, some of them had to adapt to the Premier League and [the] Champions League. I see all of them making progress in that. So, Hugo has cramp today but I can assure you that he did probably twice as much as in games in the beginning of the season where I had to take him off with cramp as well. That is what this league brings. If you cannot be so intense for such a long time, it's so hard to win a game of football because the best players, athletes, in the world play in this league, and we are trying to prepare them more and more, better and better for that – and I can see that progress with most of our signings, maybe all of them.”
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