Brighton vs Liverpool: Brighton vs Liverpool: Jurgen Klopp's men labour to victory
Re-live the action from the Amex Stadium
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Lacklustre Liverpool ground back to winning ways to reaffirm their Premier League lead with a patchy 1-0 victory at Brighton.
Mohamed Salah struck his 14th league goal of the season from the penalty spot as the off-kilter Reds stretched their top-flight advantage over Manchester City back to seven points.
Liverpool failed to produce the kind of statement win to flex their title-challenge muscles following successive defeats to chief rivals City in the league, and Wolves in the FA Cup.
Klopp's men laboured throughout, unable to generate anything like their trademark attacking zeal - but despite that malaise, the visitors still had enough to take all three points.
What time does it start?
Brighton vs Liverpool kicks off at 3:00pm (GMT) on Saturday 12th January.
Fantasy Premier League tips: Gameweek 22
Show all 10Where can I watch it?
The match will not be shown live on TV or online in the UK.
Independent Sport will keep you up to date with all the goals as they fly in via our live blog.
Highlights will be shown at 10:20pm on BBC One.
Player to watch…
Roberto Firmino: The Brazilian hasn’t been scoring on a regular basis this season, but his form has picked up in recent weeks. The 27-year-old scored a hat-trick against Arsenal and scored the equaliser in vain against Manchester City. He was rested on Monday night, only coming on as a late substitute, so will be fresh for the visit to the Amex - a stadium he scored at twice in last season’s fixture, which the Reds won 5-1.
Form guide…
Brighton: LLDWDW
Liverpool: WWWWLL
Odds…
Brighton to win: 9/1
Liverpool to win: 3/10
Good afternoon and welcome to The Independent's live coverage of today's Premier League 3pm kick-offs, with five games taking place as Liverpool look to extend their lead at the top of the table.
Jurgen Klopp’s side will be looking to extend their four-point lead over Manchester City, who don’t play until Monday, as they travel to Brighton and Hove Albion, while Crystal Palace host Watford at Selhurst Park as they look to continue their push away from the relegation battle.
Southampton have the chance to move out of the drop zone as they face Leicester City at the King Power Stadium, while Burnley take on 19th placed Fulham and Cardiff entertain basement side Huddersfield Town in a clash that could he big ramifications for the battle for survival.
Team news is under 10 minutes away, so don't go anywhere as we bring you who's in and who's out ahead of kick-off.
Team news
Brighton vs Liverpool
Looks like Liverpool may be forced into a late change to their starting XI
So here they are, the five fixtures for today's 3pm Premier League kick offs:
Brighton vs Liverpool
Burnley vs Fulham
Cardiff vs Huddersfield
Crystal Palace vs Watford
Leicester vs Southampton
And we're underway!
Burnley 0 - 1 Fulham - Schurrle
It's a wonder goal! The goal comes over the top into the path of Schurrle and he hits it first time with a dipping volley. The ball hits the underside of the bar and goes into the corner of the goal, Fulham 1 up after two minutes
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