Liverpool put forward one of their strongest performances of the season as they comfortably beat Brighton to progress to the fifth round of the FA Cup.
Goals from Curtis Jones, Dominik Szoboszlai and Mohamed Salah saw the Reds cruise past the Seagulls in one of the better performances of the season from Arne Slot's side.
It is just the third time this season that Liverpool have embarked on a run where they have won two domestic games in succession as they look to save their season with a cup run.
After a fairly evening start to proceedings, Liverpool began to grow as the first half went on and thought they had found an opener when Cody Gakpo headed home a wicked free-kick from Dominik Szoboszlai.
Those celebrations were shortlived after a delayed offside flag went to rule it out. However, the disappointed lasted all of five minutes as Jones, who was filling in as a makeshift right-back, tapped home from close ranger after a perfect low cross from Milos Kerkez.
Liverpool's Curtis Jones gave his side the lead against Brighton
Image: Liverpool's Curtis Jones gave his side the lead against Brighton
Brighton started the second half positively, with Alisson having to be on hand to produce a wonderful save to deny Lewis Dunk an equaliser. He was rewarded moments later when his side doubled their lead.
It came from the best move of the game as Kerkez switched the play over to Salah. The Egyptian cushioned the ball perfectly into the path of Szoboszlai's run, and Liverpool's man of the moment emphatically doubled their tally with a powerful finish.
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Image: Dominik Szoboszlai doubled Liverpool's lead
Any chance of an unlikely Brighton comeback was swiftly ended as Salah was brought down inside the area by Pascal Gross, with the forward firing home the resulting penalty to wrap up proceedings.
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Image: Mohamed Salah got back on the scoresheet to help Liverpool beat Brighton
The Reds will now wait until Monday's draw to see who they will meet in the fifth round, while Brighton's poor run of form continues, with the Seagulls now without a win in their last five games.
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