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Liverpool’s greatest and worst gamers in win over Brighton

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By way of a mix of Manchester Metropolis and Arsenal’s dour 0-0 draw on the Etihad Stadium and their very own 2-1 win over Brighton and Hove Albion at Anfield, Liverpool had been in a position to retake the lead within the Premier League title race.

The Reds now sit two factors away from Arsenal and three away from Man Metropolis heading into the ultimate 9 gamweeks of the season, making the dream finish to Jurgen Klopp’s Reds tenure much more of a possiblity than ever earlier than.

So who had been the gamers who helped Liverpool on their solution to the highest of the desk on Sunday?

This is their greatest and worst gamers within the win over Brighton, courtesy of 90min’s esteemed participant rankings.

Alexis Mac Allister: 9/10

Alexis Mac Allister

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Typically, gamers who face off in opposition to their former membership are inclined to up their ranges to point out them what they have been lacking.

And that is precisely what Alexis Mac Allister did on Sunday in opposition to Brighton.

The Argentine was in very good type in opposition to his former membership, dictating the tempo of the sport and creating probabilities for his teammates seemingly at will all through the 90 minutes.

One of many 5 alternatives he’d created would end in his group’s profitable aim when he coolly slid the ball by the center of the Brighton defence and into the trail of Mohamed Salah, who made no mistake along with his subsequent end.

Honourable point out

Mohamed Salah: 8/10

As he so usually is, Salah was the match-winner for Liverpool on Sunday at Anfield.

The Egyptian was a continuing thorn in Brighton’s facet in the course of the recreation, having a whopping 12 pops at aim in the course of the recreation – certainly one of which despatched Liverpool high of the Premier League desk.

Darwin Nunez: 6/10

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Contemplating the truth that Jurgen Klopp hailed the efficiency from his facet as their greatest ever in opposition to Roberto De Zerbi’s Brighton, it is honest to say that nobody performed significantly unhealthy in a crimson jersey on Sunday.

If we needed to decide a ‘worst participant’ although it would be Darwin Nunez.

Whereas Salah and Luis Diaz had been fixed threats up high, the Uruguayan did not trigger too many issues for the Brighton backline and was lots much less of an energetic agent within the closing third than he often is.

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