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Jurgen Klopp is offered a really rather favourable fixture in his attempts to keep up with Manchester City at the top of the Premier League.

Klopp’s Liverpool side travel to a Brighton team in no sort of form at all, having lost their last four on the spin.

That’s not to suggest Graham Potter’s outfit do not boast quality, as the thrilling 2-2 draw at Anfield proved earlier this season, but Liverpool will surely fancy their chances of leaving the Amex Stadium with all three points.

There will, however, need to be an improvement on the performances they put out against West Ham and Inter Milan respectively if Liverpool are going to overthrow City.

Still, a win against Brighton would close the gap down to three points ahead of City’s game against Crystal Palace on Monday night, thereby ramping up the pressure.

Follow all of the action LIVE with Standard Sport’s dedicated match blog!

Brighton vs Liverpool latest news

• GOAL! Diaz heads Liverpool in front

• TV channel: BT Sport 1

• Liverpool team news: Van Dijk starts

• Brighton team news: Webster out with injury

• Prediction

Brighton & Hove Albion FC 0 - 1 Liverpool FC

GOAL! Brighton 0-1 Liverpool | Luis Diaz 19'

12:51 , Matt Verri

LIVERPOOL TAKE THE LEAD!

They’ve been second best so far, but it’s Liverpool who have the opening goal.

Matip clips a lovely ball over the top, Diaz gets on the end of it and heads it past Sanchez who has come charging off his line. He absolutely cleans out Diaz, who has stayed down after the goal.

12:49 , Matt Verri

18 mins: Liverpool give it away cheaply and Brighton can break.

Maupay drives forward, looks to slide a pass through to Trossard who has made a great run - just too much on it. Alisson can come off his line and claim.

12:48 , Matt Verri

17 mins: Mane fouled on the halfway line as Alzate goes in late, free-kick Liverpool.

Visitors struggling to get anything going from an attacking perspective. Their front three have been really quiet so far.

Story continues

12:45 , Matt Verri

14 mins: Alexander-Arnold and Henderson both get into good positions on the right, but each time Bissouma is there to intercept their passes.

Brighton midfielder already having a big impact on this match.

12:42 , Matt Verri

11 mins: Game has just slowed down a bit, after what was a frantic start.

Liverpool enjoying slightly more possession too - they’ll be glad it’s still goalless after that superb opening 10 minutes from Brighton.

12:39 , Matt Verri

8 mins: Mac Allister has made a great start to the match, picking up really dangerous positions.

He plays it out wide to Trossard, who cuts inside and gets the shot away... comfortable save for Alisson.

Liverpool launch their first reall attack, Salah squares it to Mane who very nearly has a tap-in. Brilliant defending - corner.

12:37 , Matt Verri

6 mins: Big chance for Brighton but they don’t get the final ball right.

Mac Allister with a lovely spin out of trouble and he sets March away. Brighton have numbers free at the back post, he can’t find them though and Liverpool can clear.

12:36 , Matt Verri

5 mins: Great strike!

It’s all Brighton at the moment. Liverpool goal-kick quickly leads to an attack from the hosts, Maupay finds himself in space 25 yards out.

Brings it forward, lets fly... shot skips just wide of the post. Alisson was looking very worried.

12:35 , Matt Verri

4 mins: Positive start from the Seagulls, getting bodies forward and pushing Liverpool back.

Lamptey plays a decent cross into the box, Maupay wins the header and flicks it over the bar.

12:33 , Matt Verri

2 mins: Keita with a really high foot on March as he challenges for a bouncing ball, maybe fortunate it’s just a free-kick.

Mac Allister plays a nice ball out wide to Cucurella who has plenty of space, but he’s offside.

KICK-OFF!

12:31 , Matt Verri

We are underway in the early kick-off!

Liverpool looking to close the gap to Man City, Brighton hoping to put an end to a run of four straight defeats.

12:28 , Matt Verri

Brighton wearing their away kit this afternoon, the blue and yellow colours in support of Ukraine.

12:27 , Matt Verri

Here we go then, players are in the tunnel and will shortly be out onto the pitch.

Not a huge amount of Premier League action today, but should still be plenty of excitement... starting at the Amex hopefully!

How it stands...

12:19 , Matt Verri

Just over ten minutes to go until kick-off.

A reminder of how the Premier League table looks - Liverpool can move to within three points of Man City at the top with victory this afternoon.

Brighton have slipped down to 13th after four defeats in a row, but three points would lift them back into the top-half for now.

Klopp and Lallana catching up...

12:11 , Matt Verri

12:03 , Matt Verri

Brighton have a strong recent record against Liverpool - not many teams can say that.

The sides drew 2-2 at Anfield earlier in the season, with the Seagulls coming from two-goals down to earn a point.

Last season, Brighton stunned Liverpool 1-0 at Anfield and earned a 1-1 draw at the Amex. Reasons to be confident this afternoon...

Here come the visitors...

11:56 , Matt Verri

Potter: Liverpool are one of world’s best

11:49 , Matt Verri

Graham Potter has heaped praise on Liverpool and Jurgen Klopp in the build-up to the match.

“Liverpool are one of the best teams in the world, they have played at an incredible level for a consistent amount of time now,” Potter said.

“I have huge respect for them, for Jurgen, for the staff and for the players for what they have achieved.

“They have consistently pushed the level of the Premier League up along with City. They have a clear identity, they have developed, they have a great understanding.

“I always like playing against Liverpool because they are the best, it’s rare you can face the best. It’s a massive opportunity.”

11:41 , Matt Verri

So it doesn’t look like the Liverpool squad has been hit too badly with Covid, as they name a strong side. There were rumours about Virgil van Dijk’s availability, but he starts for the Reds.

Roberto Firmino back from injury and on the bench, alongside Diogo Jota as Luis Diaz gets the nod to start alongside Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane.

Four changes from Graham Potter, as he looks to try and find a system to cause Liverpool problems.

Yves Bissouma, Alexis Mac Allister, Neal Maupay and Solly March all start, in place of Shane Duffy, Danny Welbeck, Jakub Moder and Pascal Gross.

Liverpool lineup

11:31 , Matt Verri

Starting XI: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Matip, van Dijk, Robertson, Fabinho, Keita, Henderson, Mane, Salah, Diaz

Subs: Kelleher, Thiago, Milner, Firmino, Gomez, Jones, Jota, Tsimikas, Elliott

Brighton lineup

11:30 , Matt Verri

Starting XI: Sanchez, Lamptey, Dunk, Veltman, Cucurella, Bissouma, Alzate, March, Mac Allister, Trossard, Maupay

Subs: Steele, McGill, Mwepu, Gross, Lallana, Moder, Welbeck, Duffy, Leonard

Hosts have arrived

11:24 , Matt Verri

Team news coming up in just over five minutes.

Graham Potter has said he’s been considering a number of different tactics, Jurgen Klopp suggested Liverpool might have some Covid issues...

All will be revealed very soon!

Klopp: Club have to wait for Salah

11:16 , Matt Verri

Jurgen Klopp has been speaking about Mohamed Salah’s contract situation in the build-up to the match, insisting it’s now up to the Egyptian to decide his future.

“I think Mo definitely expects this club to be ambitious and we are,” Klopp said.

“It’s Mo’s decision. The club did what it can do. It is all fine. All fine from my point of view.

“Nothing has happened further, no signing, no rejection, we just have to wait. Completely fine, no rush.”

Read our full story on that right here

Stage is set

11:08 , Matt Verri

Prediction

10:54 , Jonathan Gorrie

Liverpool, despite some iffy performances, just look too strong for a side out of form.

Liverpool to win 2-0.

Early Brighton team news

10:40 , Jonathan Gorrie

For Brighton, Adam Webster is likely to miss the fixture following his recent groin injury.

Graham Potter revealed he is considering a number of different tactics to try and get the better of Liverpoo.

“You have to think of all sorts of plans against these sides,” he said. “It becomes about whether the players can execute the plan and feel comfortable with it.

“It’s much easier playing football on a tactics board but we’re going to give it our best.”

Early Liverpool team news

10:27 , Jonathan Gorrie

Liverpool were recently handed a boost having seen Thiago Alcantara, Joel Matip and Roberto Firmino return to training with the Spaniard and the Cameroonian defender starting against Inter Milan.

Klopp has hinted that the club may have some Covid problems though.

He said: “We had a few little things but so far nobody is out of training. On top of that, Covid is not over.

“These kind of things we have as well. Or had, we will see. We try everything to avoid this but it’s not really possible.

“Players and staff who have had it now with no symptoms. That’s good but they can’t be involved. We will see.”

How to watch

10:18 , Jonathan Gorrie

TV channel: The match will be broadcast live on BT Sport 1 and BT Sport Ultimate, with coverage beginning at 11:30am.

Live stream: BT Sport subscribers will also be able to watch the game online through the BT Sport app or website.

LIVE coverage: Get minute-by-minute updates through Standard Sport’s dedicated match blog.

Welcome

09:39 , Jonathan Gorrie

Good morning and welcome to Standard Sport’s LIVE match coverage of Liverpool’s trip to Brighton.

Kick-off from the Amex Stadium is at 12.30pm GMT.