Premier League: Liverpool preserve stress on title rivals Manchester City with 2-0 win over Brighton

Liverpool closed the hole on Premier League leaders Manchester City to a few factors with a 2-0 win towards Brighton on Saturday.

Mohamed Salah scored his twentieth league objective of the season (Reuters Photo)

HIGHLIGHTSLuis Diaz and Mohamed Salah struck to assist Liverpool beat Brighton 2-0Liverpool closed the hole on Premier League leaders Manchester City to a few factorsLiverpool additionally prolonged their successful run to eight Premier League video games

Liverpool reduce Premier League leaders Manchester City’s result in three factors with a 2-0 win over Brighton and prolonged their successful run to eight PL video games. City, who’ve 69 factors, can restore their benefit once they journey to Crystal Palace on Monday.

Liverpool ahead Luis Diaz scored within the first half earlier than Mohamed Salah struck from the penalty spot after the hour mark because the group comfortably beat Brighton & Hove Albion.

“It’s always the same, you expect City to win every game when you watch them play,” Klopp advised BT Sport. “The only thing we can do is as win as many games as possible. We’re ready, we don’t need to call it a title race, we just want to win games.”

The ideas of the boss following our 2-0 win at Brighton this afternoon

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Diaz put the guests in entrance by heading in a lofted cross from Joel Matip, however collided with Brighton goalkeeper Robert Sanchez, who averted a reserving for his heavy problem.

“He did what a striker had to do,” Klopp stated of Diaz’s header. “I didn’t see it back but it was spectacular enough in the first moment. To get in there with his head it was really brave. A great goal.”

Salah scored from the spot within the 61st minute, following a handball by midfielder Yves Bissouma, for Liverpool’s 2,000th Premier League objective.

It was the Egyptian worldwide’s twentieth league objective of the season however he was substituted 4 minutes after scoring resulting from an obvious foot harm.

“He thinks it’s not serious but you can see when Salah is sitting down then something is not 100% right,” Klopp added.

“I think it was the situation before when he hit the ball and got blocked — he wanted to shoot and got blocked and I think the foot got slightly over-stretched. We have to see.”