After round 9, Liverpool lost the top spot in the Premier League to Man City. Coach Arne Slot's team had to struggle to come back twice to draw 2-2, earning 1 point to leave Arsenal's Emirates Stadium. However, the gap is only 1 point, so the rankings between Liverpool and Man City can still change, especially when the defending Premier League champions' squad is suffering serious injuries. In round 10, Liverpool played at Anfield, fielding their strongest squad with the clear goal of winning 3 points against Brighton.
Brighton bring many difficulties to Liverpool
However, Brighton proved that it was no coincidence that they were in the top 5 after 9 rounds. The team nicknamed "The Seagulls" even dominated Liverpool in the first half, shooting 7 times (4 times on target - twice as many as Liverpool) causing Caoimhin Kelleher's goal to falter. In the 14th minute, Ferdi Kadioglu unleashed a classy shot in the penalty area, helping Brighton take a 1-0 lead. Mitoma was a big contributor to this goal with an annoying dribble on the left wing.
After conceding the goal, Liverpool tried to attack but failed. Coach Arne Slot's team had difficulty approaching the visitors' penalty area and only had 45% possession. Despite fielding three top strikers, Mohamed Salah, Cody Gakpo, and Darwin Nunez, only one shot on target, easily blocked by Brighton's goalkeeper, was all Liverpool could muster in the first half.
Ferdi Kadioglu scores a classy goal after a dribble by Mitoma (number 22)
In the second half, the game changed direction, Liverpool took the initiative to attack while Brighton chose to play defensive counter-attack. After many missed opportunities, "The Kop" scored 2 consecutive goals to lead 2-1. In the 69th minute, Cody Gakpo crossed the ball awkwardly from the left wing, sending the ball straight into Brighton's net. Just 2 minutes later, it was Mohamed Salah's turn to speak up with a classy move, not giving goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen any chance to block.
In the remaining time, Liverpool and Brighton created a tit-for-tat game. However, the strikers of both teams could not take advantage and the score of 2-1 in favor of Liverpool was maintained until the end of the match.
Cody Gakpo (No. 18) and Mohamed Salah (No. 11) help Liverpool make a classy comeback
Liverpool's comeback was even more meaningful when in the same match, direct competitor for the top spot, Man City, unexpectedly lost 1-2 to Bournemouth.
Despite suffering a major loss in terms of force when many key players such as Rodri, Manuel Akanji, Savinho, Jack Grealish were absent, coach Pep Guardiola's team still controlled the game and created many scoring opportunities. However, the strikers of The Citizens were wasteful and it was not until the 82nd minute that Joško Gvardiol scored against Bournemouth. Before that, in the 9th and 64th minutes, Antoine Semenyo and Evanilson scored, helping Bournemouth win at home. Notably, since the beginning of the 2024 - 2025 season, Bournemouth is the only team to have defeated both Arsenal and Man City.
With the above results, Liverpool has now surpassed Man City, rising to the top with 25 points. Meanwhile, Man City has 23 points, ranked 2nd and is only 4 points ahead of the 3rd ranked team, Nottingham Forest.
Man City lost to Bournemouth and lost the top spot to Liverpool
In the previous match, Arsenal also disappointed when they lost 0-1 to Newcastle. Alexander Isak was the player who brought joy to the "Magpies" with a goal in the 12th minute. The defeat to Newcastle left Arsenal with only 18 points after 10 rounds, officially falling out of the top 3. More notably, this was the 3rd consecutive match that coach Mikel Arteta and his team could not win in the Premier League.
In other matches, Ipswich Town drew 1-1 with Leicester City, Southampton beat Everton 1-0 and Nottingham Forest caused a surprise, defeating West Ham United 3-0.
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