Liverpool

2023 - 1 - 29

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Brighton vs. Liverpool live score, updates, highlights and lineups ... (Sporting News)

But, as is so often the case in football, a chance to exorcise the demons of that 3-0 defeat has arrived quickly in the form of an FA Cup fourth round clash ...

— New Zealand ITVX, STV Player ITV1, STV Sportsnet World Now, Sportsnet Now Liverpool in the fourth round of the FA Cup.

Fabinho Survives VAR Red Card Review For Ugly Foul That Injured ... (Sports Illustrated)

Liverpool lost 2-1 at Brighton & Hove Albion on Sunday but it could have been even worse for Jurgen Klopp's team. Reds midfielder Fabinho was arguably lucky ...

But to the surprise of many viewers, Fabinho was allowed to stay on the field. Referee David Coote was quick to show Fabinho a yellow card but Fabinho was made to sweat as a VAR review considered whether an upgrade to red was required. Fabinho only entered the game as an 85th-minute substitute but he was immediately at the center of the action.

Liverpool's FA Cup title defense over; Reynolds at Wrexham (Raleigh News & Observer)

Liverpool has become the latest high-profile club to exit the FA Cup as the defending champions conceded a goal in the second minute of stoppage time to ...

And it was a closer contest than in the league, with Harvey Elliott’s 30th-minute opener for Liverpool canceled out by a flicked finish from Brighton defender Lewis Dunk nine minutes later. Liverpool came close to winning a quadruple of major trophies last season, triumphing in both domestic cups, losing the Champions League final to Real Madrid and finishing second to Manchester City in the Premier League by a point. It earned Brighton a come-from-behind win, which backed up a 3-0 thrashing of Liverpool in the Premier League two weeks ago. "This season has been nowhere near good enough. It's only January but the Reds are out of the FA Cup and League Cup, ninth in the league and its only realistic chance of silverware this season is in the Champions League — where a last-16 matchup against Madrid awaits next month. Liverpool became the latest high-profile club to exit the FA Cup as the defending champions conceded a goal in the second minute of stoppage time to lose 2-1 at Brighton in the fourth round on Sunday.

Liverpool's woes deepen as Mitoma stuns Reds in added time (ESPN)

Liverpool's FA Cup defence ended on Sunday as Brighton & Hove Albion scored a stoppage-time winner in a thrilling 2-1 victory at the Amex Stadium.

[Marc Cucurella](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/259910/Marc-Cucurella) to [Chelsea](/soccer/team?id=363) and [Yves Bissouma](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/232810/Yves-Bissouma) to Tottenham last summer. [Tariq Lamptey](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/276039/Tariq-Lamptey) flew forward with skill from right back; 2022 World Cup winner [Alexis Mac Allister](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/249299/Alexis-Mac-Allister) looked assured in the middle of the park next to [Pascal Gross](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/132659/pascal-gro%C3%9F); and forward [Kaoru Mitoma](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/274278/Kaoru-Mitoma) remained a danger throughout. To progress and become a great team you have to win this game, you can think it is nice to win the game, but it is not like this. Liverpool: Klopp will take on Wolves for the third time in less than a month when Liverpool visit Molineux on Saturday, then on Feb. Brighton winger [Kaoru Mitoma](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/274278/Kaoru-Mitoma) hit a late winner, taking down a cross from [Pervis Estupinan](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/214689/Pervis-Estupiñán) before firing home and sparking wild celebrations. [Premier League](/soccer/league/_/name/eng.1) earlier this month -- and a push to qualify for European football, the Seagulls again found themselves warding off bids for one of their best players. Their final hope at glory now lies in the [Champions League](/soccer/league/_/name/uefa.champions), but they face a daunting task in familiar foes [Real Madrid](/soccer/team?id=86) in the round of 16. He saw a chance blocked off the line in the opening five minutes, then ran through one-on-one but dragged his shot wide of the right post. Then head coach Graham Potter was poached by Chelsea in September and [Leandro Trossard](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/174980/Leandro-Trossard), also with grander ambitions, forced a move away to [Arsenal](/soccer/team?id=359) earlier this month. [Carabao Cup](/soccer/league/_/name/eng.league_cup) in December and have dropped to ninth in the Premier League -- an alarming 21 points behind leaders [Arsenal](/soccer/team?id=359), even though Klopp somehow insisted this week that they had not yet given up on the title. [Liverpool](/soccer/team?id=364)'s [FA Cup](/soccer/league/_/name/eng.fa) defence ended on Sunday as [Brighton & Hove Albion](/soccer/team?id=331) scored a stoppage-time winner in a thrilling [2-1 victory](/soccer/report?gameId=661511) at the Amex Stadium ( [stream a replay live on ESPN+, U.S. Klopp fumed on the touchline for much of the game as Liverpool looked sloppy, lacking in confidence.

Brighton strike late to knock holders Liverpool out of FA Cup (Reuters)

Holders Liverpool were knocked out of the FA Cup after losing 2-1 at Brighton & Hove Albion in the fourth round on Sunday as Kaoru Mitoma struck the winning ...