Brighton 2-2 Liverpool: Reds are held by late Dunk goal despite Salah nets brace
Mohamed Salah scored twice in six minutes at Brighton but Liverpool were unable to claim a win in an error-strewn draw at the Amex Stadium.
Klopp, who celebrated eight years at the club, described this fixture last season as the worst performance of his many years in management, with Liverpool getting thrashed 3-0. They went behind here to a cheap goal which evoked memories of that dark day.
But they salvaged some respect as Salah scored twice for Liverpool to put behind them the monumental mess-up by VAR that dominated discussion for a week after their loss at Spurs, but they could not see out a win with Brighton skipper Lewis Dunk equalising late in the game.
And so it was Roberto De Zerbi’s turn to fume at VAR on another poor day for the officials. De Zerbi felt his team were denied a stonewall penalty, while Albion midfielder Pascal Gross might have seen red for a tug on Dominik Szoboszlai when he was the last man back.
De Zerbi, who spent most of the afternoon up in arms through anger at one thing or another, saw his side go ahead after 20 minutes following an incredibly sloppy passage of play from Liverpool.
Virgil Van Dijk slowed the game down to a walking pace and played an undercooked pass to former Albion midfielder Alexis Mac Allister. The World Cup winner, facing his own goal, was pick-pocketed by Simon Adingra and the Ivorian winger slotted past a poorly-positioned Alisson.
Adingra scored 15 goals on loan at sister club Union Saint-Gilloise, the Belgian club who Liverpool beat in the Europa League on Thursday, last season and his pace and directness caused Klopp’s side all sorts of issues.
Another dominant performance came from Carlos Baleba, who was signed from Lille for £23.2m in the summer. Mac Allister got a
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