Post Match report for the Liverpool game - Sunday, 31st March 2024
PREMIER LEAGUE 23/24: Liverpool V Brighton - 31/3/24 P29
* * * * * BEATEN ON MERSEYSIDE * * * * *
RESULT: 2-1 ~ Welbeck . (h-t 1-1)
VENUE: Anfield, Liverpool - fifteenth away match of 29 fixtures to date . Sun 2:00pm.
BEFORE KICKOFF: Brighton fans had recently been devoid of club action due to the March international break.
Liverpool very easily went through to Europa League quarter finals but Brighton crashed out at R16 when conceding four times on the continent.
WEATHER: mild . GATE: tba . KIT: blue & white . ATMOSPHERE: extended capacity high volume.
ROBERTO de ZERBI had various players returning from national duty in the lands of their birth.
RdZ considered all options with regard to forthcoming attractions in April & May and produced an up to the minute team-sheet.
INJURED: 7 March 10 Enciso 11 Gilmour 22 Mitoma 41 Hinshelwood
SQUAD: 6 Milner 9 Pedro 38 McGill (gk)
STARTING SHAPE: 3-4-2-1
TEAM . . . . . . . . . 1 Verbruggen
. . . . 34 Veltman 29 van Hecke 5 Dunk
. 2 Lamptey 20 Baleba 13 Gross 30 Estupinan
. . . 15 Moder . . 18 Welbeck . . 24 Adingra
SUBS: 40 Buonanotte (71), 14 Lallana (84), 28 Ferguson (84), 19 Barco (92)
BENCH: 23 Steele (gk) 3 Julio 4 Webster 31 Fati 48 Chouchane
GOALS:
0-1 - 2 . WELBECK nets a fierce strike following team build-up within the very first few moments of play.
1-1 - 27 . hosts level after a corner routine when the ball is headed back into the fray. VAR verified.
2-1 - 65 . Reds lead from a quality attack via a pin-point pass into the box.
YELLOWS: Gross, Welbeck, van Hecke
CHANGES: 71 Buonanotte for Lamptey . 84 Lallana & Ferguson for Moder & Adingra
92 Barco for Estupinan
FIRST HALF: visitors nicked the lead almost from kickoff but then came under sustained pressure.
Just inside half an hour locals equalised,
Travellers survived at parity until the interval.
SECOND HALF: Reds pressed forward to past the hour mark and scored again.
Albion made efforts to even the result.
However making & taking chances proved elusive.
IN THE END: a fighting display that reached reasonable standards but failed in ability to hold down strong opposition.
NUMBERS: poss 55%-45%, on target 8-3, off target 22-6, corners 8-4,
fouls 20-6, yellows 5-3, subs 3-4, shape 433-4231 . . . . . gd5 pt42 po9
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