Liverpool have not been in great form ahead of the game and recently lost 3-0 to Brighton.
As a result, a tight clash was expected on Sunday afternoon.
And when all was said and done, the game ended with Brighton progressing to the next round.
Liverpool had the first decent chance of the game when Mohamed Salah saw his chance cleared off the line by Lewis Dunk.
Brighton had a chance of their own cleared off the line 14 minutes in, this time by Trent Alexander-Arnold.
Liverpool then should have made it 1-0 after 25 minutes through Mo Salah. The winger was played in by Elliott on his favoured left foot but he dragged the effort well wide.
Liverpool’s lead did not last long, though, with Tariq Lamptey’s long-range effort taking a touch off Lewis Dunk and wrong-footing Alisson.
Despite Brighton’s goal, Liverpool continued to dominate into the second half. However, the Seagulls came close to adding a second 71 minutes in when March got on the end of a whipped cross but Alisson did well to get out and smother the shot.
Brighton then felt Liverpool should have had a man sent off late on when Konate brought down Mac Alister but nothing was given.
The Reds escaped another red card shout moments later when Fabinho hacked down Ferguson who needed lengthy treatment.
Brighton won the tie in injury time when a Gross free-kick was floated back across goal and into the path of Mitoma who controlled well and smashed past Alisson.
📰 Table Of Contents
Player ratings
Brighton
- GK: Jason Steele (4.5)
- RB: Tariq Lamptey (6.5)
- CB: Lewis Dunk (7)
- CB: Adam Webster (5.5)
- LB: Pervis Estupinan (6.5)
- CM: Alexis Mac Alister (6)
- CM: Pascal Gross (6.5)
- CAM: Danny Welbeck (5.5)
- RW: Solly March (6.5)
- ST: Evan Ferguson (5)
- LW: Kaoru Mitoma (7.5)
Substitutes
- Joel Veltman (5)
- Billy Gilmour (5)
- Deniz Undav (N/A)
- Jan Paul van Hecke (N/A)
Liverpool
- GK: Alisson (6)
- RB: Trent Alexander-Arnold (6)
- CB: Ibrahima Konate (6)
- CB: Joe Gomez (5.5)
- LB: Andy Robertson (5.5)
- CDM: Stefan Bajetic (5.5)
- CM: Thiago (6)
- CM: Naby Keita (6)
- RW: Harvey Elliott (6.5)
- ST: Cody Gakpo (5.5)
- LW: Mohamed Salah (6.5)
Substitutes
- James Milner (5)
- Darwin Nunez (4)
- Jordan Henderson (5)
- Curtis Jones (N/A)
- Fabinho (N/A)
Match reaction
Harvey Elliott’s last 3 FA Cup games:
❌ vs. Wolves
⚽ vs. Wolves
⚽ vs. BrightonGives Liverpool the lead once again. 💎 pic.twitter.com/LnThFbbogC
— Statman Dave (@StatmanDave) January 29, 2023
Lewis Dunk’s first half by numbers vs. Liverpool:
93% pass accuracy
50 passes completed
3 interceptions
2 long balls completed
1 goal line clearance
1 block
1 goalContributing at both ends. 💪 pic.twitter.com/OeLbUxjaRJ
— Statman Dave (@StatmanDave) January 29, 2023
Ugh, that was too close. We’re so flaky #LFC
— Jacqui Morgan #StandWithUkraine💙💛 (@JacquiMorganF1) January 29, 2023
Thiago, too easy there to lose possession #LFC
— jameslfc (@jameslfc) January 29, 2023
Thiago smh
— Don Draper (@Awelan_aaa) January 29, 2023
What a chance. Salah sticks it wide. #LFC should be ahead
— James Pearce (@JamesPearceLFC) January 29, 2023
Nunez at LW and gakpo at ST. Reeks of a Ljinders/Klopp clusterfuck.
— ⁴ (@TheVVDRole) January 29, 2023
That’s wolves and Brighton fa cup Liverpool benefitting from shocking VAR
— Daniel Winter (@Dan_LUFC_Winter) January 29, 2023
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