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Brighton march all over Liverpool’s top four hopes
Brighton and Hove Albion's Danny Welbeck (18) celebrates with team-mates after scoring

Brighton 3-0 Liverpool
by Gene Sylvester
at Falmer Stadium

JURGEN KLOPP’S men were given a true footballing lesson on the south coast as Roberto De Zerbi’s Brighton boys put the Merseyside’s to the sword in brutal fashion with a resounding 3-0 victory that did not flatter the hosts in the slightest.

Brighton’s performance from start to finish was faultless as they totally dominated Liverpool with work rate, style and finesse, in a manner that we had come to expect from the Reds themselves.

After the match Klopp summed up the view of most Liverpool fans when he stated: “It was horrible to watch.”

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