Will Rooney reports on the Reds' win from Anfield.
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00:00A full time here at Anfield and Liverpool find themselves at the top of the Premier League table.
00:06The 2-1 win over Brighton coupled with Man City's shock 2-1 defeat by Bournemouth.
00:11Sees Liverpool at the summit, at the top flight.
00:15Arne Snodstock getting them carries away, as he said at his post-match press conference.
00:20But you have to say that Liverpool are banging this title race.
00:24Of course they are with Arsenal also losing to Newcastle.
00:27Liverpool are right there, they had to battle though today.
00:31A footballing cliche, it was a game of two halves because in the first half they were dreadful.
00:36Liverpool giving the ball away, it was everything against a typical Arne Snodstock performance.
00:41There was no control, it was frantic, error laden and Brighton profited.
00:46You have to give credit to Brighton as well, they were excellent.
00:49When they took the lead in the 14th minute it was no surprise.
00:53Five minutes before that, Darwin Nunes had a chance for Liverpool.
00:56He mustered a real fantastic solo effort.
01:00Got the ball on the halfway line, shifted his way past Brighton defender.
01:05Based his way into the box and Brighton keeper made a good save.
01:09Brighton were by far the better team.
01:12If they were better in front of goal, they would have went into the break more than 1-0 ahead.
01:18Whatever Arne Snodstock said in the dressing room has certainly well worked.
01:21Liverpool improved markedly in the second half.
01:24They had a few chances.
01:27Ibrahim Mkhitaryan had to come off with a wrist injury.
01:30It looked like a half-time play by Joel Gomez who was absolutely monstrous when he came on.
01:35He had a chance within two minutes to put Liverpool ahead and grab his first Liverpool goal.
01:42But he headed into the half with the keeper.
01:44Liverpool had a sustained spell of pressure.
01:46Alexis McAlister had a header save.
01:48Kody Gakpo flashed one wide.
01:50But then the 69th winner, Liverpool, got the reward.
01:53Maybe a little bit fortunate but a little bit clever as well.
01:56You have to give a lot of credit to Darwin Nunes in this one.
01:59Kody Gakpo put a cross into the box.
02:02Instead of Nunes going for goal, he had nearly just ducked under it.
02:05Brighton didn't react.
02:07The goalkeeper was caught flat-footed and the cross nestled into the far corner.
02:11That gave Liverpool the momentum.
02:13Three minutes later, Mo Salah missed an earlier chance.
02:17He made no mistake this time.
02:19A fantastic finish it was.
02:21A really good play by Curtis Jones.
02:23He played it on to Othello.
02:25He set Salah free.
02:28Salah chopped inside and lasted into the top corner.
02:31A fantastic finish.
02:32From there on, Liverpool were fairly comfortable.
02:35Brighton didn't really have a shot on goal.
02:39He made a good save in the first half.
02:41He didn't have any other saves to make.
02:43I think when Liverpool scored and went ahead, it was so loud.
02:50The supporters sensed the chance.
02:53They sensed that Man City aren't going to drop too many points this season.
02:58Liverpool had to take advantage of that.
03:04Joe Gomez was magnificent when he came on.
03:07Trent Alexander-Arnold was very sloppy in possession.
03:10He gave the ball away a lot.
03:12He was fantastic defensively.
03:15He was really showing his defensive qualities.
03:17He's come under the microphone for a while in his career.
03:21Mo Salah came up with a big moment again.
03:24Cody Garpoe was lively in the second half.
03:27Costa Simacas as well, coming in from Andy Robertson.
03:30He was very good at left-back.
03:32He potentially made that position his own on the left-hand side of defence.
03:36A real good battle between those two.
03:38When it was Robertson, he was the Undisputed's first choice for a long time.
03:42Overall, Liverpool top of the table.
03:45A massive week coming up now.
03:47Bayer Leverkusen here in the Champions League.
03:50Followed by Aston Villa, another top-four rival.
03:53They're going to be visiting here every week's time.
03:55Overall, a big battle.