Chris Sutton admires ‘Liverpool’s best player’ during match against Brighton

Liverpool’s 2-0 win over Brighton at Anfield noticed Mohamed Salah make an earlier-than-expected return and Hugo Ekitike, who scored each targets, together with the quickest of the Premier League season, was one other Reds star and garnered all of the reward.

Liverpool thrash out with victory over Brighton

Ekitike scored simply 46 seconds after Salah, who had been dropped by the membership for his explosive feedback about being “thrown underneath the bus” and returned to the squad, had no time for cameramen to shift their focus from Salah.

Salah met Arne Slott on Friday following his midweek absence from the Champions League and anticipated his probability to bounce again would wait till the second half – a minimum of in most circles.

Nevertheless, because of an harm to Joe Gomez, he was left on the bench for 4 video games in a row, and got here on halfway via the primary half, sometimes exchanging jokes with Andy Robertson.

This wasn’t the change the slots wished with the sport within the stability, nevertheless it was one which was inevitable with out producing extra headlines. Nevertheless, set-piece coach Aaron Briggs gave directions whereas Slott was in talks with new right-back Dominik Szoboszlai.

And it was the Hungarian star, quite than match-winner Ekitike, who impressed BBC commentator Chris Sutton, partially due to his means to maneuver into completely different positions.

Salah quickly mixed with Alexis Mac Allister to virtually arrange Ekitike and the Kop minimize into Salah’s music earlier than Ekitike acquired concerned once more with a large volley.

Liverpool’s 4-2-3-1 formation, with Florian Wirtz taking part in on the left, was not appropriate for Salah because it required further momentum, however Salah was not far behind in making a comeback when Szoboszlai erased the hazard with a lung-busting run from Brighton’s counter-attack.

And when the Egyptian worldwide sacrificed a nook to power Bert Verbruggen into his first save of the second half, with an unmarked Ekitike heading residence, the chants for the Frenchman had been rapidly changed by louder chants for Salah, adopted shortly after by chants for Slot.

Salah, who is ready to play within the African Cup of Nations, hinted final weekend that this might be his final sport, however negotiations will proceed between the membership and his representatives to resolve the scenario.

He completed the match paired with British document holder Alexander Isak, acquired to ultimately exchange his objective weight, however, maybe a symptom of his season, missed a decisive probability by capturing Federico Chiesa’s cross in stoppage time.

Salah applauded his whole squad as the ultimate whistle rang, and as they remained in entrance of the Kop praising him, followers will hope this isn’t a farewell however a comeback.

Amidst the Salah circus, it was simple to overlook Liverpool’s improved performances, their third win in 5 video games unbeaten, and Ekitike’s rising expertise.

The objective within the first minute, taken earlier than contact however nonetheless rising regardless of hitting the roof of the web, got here as Joe Gomez headed in Yankuba Minte’s harmful cross-field clearance.

Minte and Diego Gomez had possibilities to equalize, however Wirtz and Mac Allister had a very good understanding within the first half and Liverpool took management.

Ekitike continued to threaten within the second half however was unable to discover a end to match the standard of his driving runs, whereas Brighton turned more and more harmful with Diego Gomez hitting Alisson’s right-hand upright and Brajan Gruda dragging huge.

After Ekitike’s shot when Mac Allister fired Salah, the Egyptian fired a shot of his personal, resulting in the Frenchman’s second objective.