Micah Richards and Jamie Carragher pointed to failures from Virgil van Dijk, Alisson and Alexis Mac Allister as the reason for Liverpool conceding their first goal
Simon Adingra put the Seagulls ahead after 20 minutes at the AMEX Stadium, with the hosts' pressing leaving Jurgen Klopp's side all at sea
Van Dijk opted to play a pass to Mac Allister, but the midfielder was swarmed on by three Brighton attackers.
The Argentine lost the ball, with Adingra bursting forward before hitting a shot into the bottom corner
Richards
"In this position here, you see Trent going into midfield and Alisson almost creates that back four and they are trying to get the Brighton strikers to come onto them,"
"Like Brighton have done with the Liverpool players, but he doesn’t want the ball there. Then, Alisson is out of position because he has made that four in the defence."
Theo Walcott
"What I like about this goal is they are all waiting for the trap, they are trying to trap Liverpool.
"They have all got triggers for certain areas of the pitch. But, as a player, I have been in that position where Mac Allister is and it’s a horrible ball to deal with and I feel as though Van Dijk recognised that he does not want it."
Carragher raised concerns over Mac Allister's defensive attributes.
Carragher
"They have paid the penalty. We have talked about Mac Allister having problems defensively, but it’s brilliant from Brighton.
"It’s a sloppy pass from Virgil Van Dijk and does the goalkeeper react quick enough? Was he expecting that? He takes the shot early, but he should do better, Alisson."
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