Egyptian striker, Mohamed Salah, scored the winner for Liverpool as they came from a goal down to beat Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1 and go top of the Premier League ahead of Manchester City’s showdown with Arsenal on Sunday.
Salah’s sublime second-half strike leaves Liverpool on 67 points, three ahead of second-placed Arsenal and four ahead of City on a pivotal day in the title race.
The Egyptian striker tormented Brighton, taking 12 shots to notch up his highest total in a Premier League game and, even though only one of them found the back of the net, it was to prove vital.
Reuters reports that former Arsenal forward, Danny Welbeck, gave Brighton the lead after 84 seconds when his side broke up a Liverpool attack and burst forward to find him just inside the box and he drilled an unstoppable shot past Caoimhín Kelleher to break the deadlock.
The early goal jolted Liverpool into life and Luis Díaz put them level in the 27th minute after Joël Veltman’s attempted clearance went…
Source: Leadership Newspaper
