Liverpool prove too good for Brighton thanks to Mohamed Salah double

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This was not exactly how Jürgen Klopp would have planned it. But Liverpool moved a step closer in their quest to overhaul Manchester City’s record Premier League points total of 100 after two goals from Mohamed Salah and another from Jordan Henderson ended a spirited Brighton comeback.
Like so many of their 30 Premier League victories in the title-winning campaign, it was the finishing of Salah that was the difference here as the Egyptian kept alive his chances of winning a third successive Golden Boot after Leandro Trossard had pulled one back for the hosts before the break. But on a night when teenager Neco Williams had a difficult introduction to realities of top-flight football their manager will be relieved to have sealed yet another three points. Continue reading...

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