Liverpool's crisis and the new player Klopp hates

Different script, same outcome. From 3-0 a fortnight ago to 2-1 yesterday. The Seagulls were once again Liverpool's executioners, this time in the FA Cup. And in the cruelest way. The Amex Stadium exploded with joy when the VAR confirmed Kaoru Mitoma's goal. In the 93rd minute, the Japanese international scored a wonderful goal inside the box, including a sombrero, to give Brighton a place in the next round of the FA Cup. It was yet another setback in a difficult 2022/2023 season for Jürgen Klopp's side.

The Reds, reigning Carabao Cup and FA Cup winners, ended 2022 having been knocked out of the League Cup by Manchester City and begin 2023 with a last-16 exit in the last 16 of England's biggest cup competition. The king of cups, dethroned. But the Reds cannot look to the Premier League for redemption, as the Anfield outfit face an even greater crisis in the league competition.

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When Jürgen Klopp's side visited the Amex Stadium for the 20th Premier League matchday 20 fixture, Liverpool's situation was not good. With Solly March the star of the night (two goals and an assist) and Kaoru Mitoma torturing Trent Alexander-Arnold and Joel Matip down the right flank, Roberto De Zerbi's side moved above Liverpool in the table. As January draws to a close, the Anfield side's situation has only worsened since Roberto De Zerbi's Brighton crossed their path. Ninth in the Premier League, 10 points adrift of the Champions League places, Jürgen Klopp was brought back down to earth at the Amex Stadium when the Reds looked to have put right all the wrongs of the league clash.

Mitoma made Klopp suffer

A great goal from Harvey Elliott 30 minutes into the game gave Liverpool the lead at Brighton and raised Reds' hopes of a possible turning point in the season. However, the visitors' misfortune in Lewis Dunk's equaliser and Kaoru Mitoma's last-minute masterpiece confirmed Jürgen Klopp's worst-case scenario. The Italian coach of the Seagulls has got the measure of Liverpool. The two Premier League and FA Cup wins come on top of a 3-3 draw with Brighton, still with Graham Potter in the dugout at the Amex Stadium, back in October.