Competition: Carling Cup
Venue: American Express Community Stadium
Attendance: 21,897
Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2011
Referee: Oliver
Liverpool dug deep to overcome a brave
Brighton performance and secure a place in the
Carling Cup fourth round.
Craig Bellamy opened the scoring with a low finish from Luis Suarez's pass. Liverpool, for whom Steven Gerrard appeared as a substitute, could have scored a first-half hatful, but Brighton fought back and hit the post through Craig Noone's shot from range.
Dirk Kuyt slid home a crucial second late on though, before Ashley Barnes's consolation 90th-
minute penalty.
Teams:
Brighton
16 Ankergren
03 Greer
14 Calderon
20 Vincelot yellow card
28 Cook
08 Navarro yellow card (Barnes 77)
10 Sparrow yellow card(Lua Lua 77)
11 Noone
26 Bridcutt
30 Buckley(Vicente 60)
12 Mackail-Smith
Substitutes 01 Brezovan, 05 Dunk, 27 Taricco, 15 Vicente, 25 LuaLua, 32 Kasim, 09 Barnes
Liverpool
25 Reina
16 Coates
23 Carragher
34 Kelly(Flanagan 86)
49 Robinson
11 Maxi
20 Spearing yellow card
21 Lucas yellow card
07 Suarez (Gerrard 75)
18 Kuyt
39 Bellamy
Substitutes 32 Doni, 22 Wilson, 38 Flanagan, 08 Gerrard, 19 Downing, 33 Shelvey, 09 Carroll
Possession
Brighton 44% Liverpool 56%
Attempts on target
Brighton 2 Liverpool 7
Attempts off target
Brighton 5 Liverpool 5
Corners
Brighton 8 Liverpool 5
Fouls
Brighton 14 Liverpool 15
Key Updates
0:01
The game gets underway.
3:18
Shot by Jay Spearing from outside the box goes over the target.
6:53 GOAL - Craig Bellamy
Brighton 0 - 1 Liverpool Craig Bellamy fires in a goal from inside the six- yard box to the bottom right corner of the goal.
6:53
Assist by Luis Suarez.
11:27
Dirk Kuyt takes a shot. Gordon Greer gets a block in.
25:37 Luis Suarez produces a right-footed shot from deep inside the penalty box which goes wide of the left-hand upright.
38:09
Foul by Alan Navarro on Luis Suarez, free kick awarded.
38:16 Booking
Alan Navarro booked.
40:32
Matthew Sparrow gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Jay Spearing.
40:38 Booking
Caution for Matthew Sparrow.
43:24
Jay Spearing takes a shot. Save by Casper Ankergren.
45:00+0:33
Craig Noone takes a shot. Save made by Jose Reina.
45:00+0:58
Craig Mackail-Smith fouled by Dirk Kuyt, the ref awards a free kick. Direct free kick taken by Craig Noone. Romain Vincelot produces a right-footed shot from just outside the penalty area that goes harmlessly over the target.
Half Time 45:00+2:42
The referee blows to end the first period.
45:01
The second half has started.
46:29
Craig Noone takes a shot.
47:31
Dirk Kuyt takes a shot. Blocked by Steve Cook.
54:01
Matthew Sparrow takes a shot. Save made by Jose Reina.
58:08
Unfair challenge on Will Buckley by Jay Spearing
results in a free kick.
58:13 Booking
The referee shows Jay Spearing a yellow card for
unsporting behaviour.
59:31 Substitution (Brighton) makes a substitution, with Rodriguez Vicente coming on for Will Buckley.
66:29
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on
Dirk Kuyt by Romain Vincelot.
66:37 Booking
Romain Vincelot is cautioned.
67:54
Rodriguez Vicente has an effort at goal from just inside the box that misses to the left of the goal.
74:01 Substitution
Luis Suarez goes off and Steven Gerrard comes on.
76:32
Corner taken left-footed by Craig Noone from the
left by-line, Gordon Greer produces a header
from inside the area that goes over the crossbar.
77:07 Substitution
Matthew Sparrow goes off and Kazenga LuaLua
comes on.
77:07 Substitution
Alan Navarro leaves the field to be replaced by
Ashley Barnes.
80:55 GOAL - Dirk Kuyt
Brighton 0 - 2 Liverpool Dirk Kuyt grabs a goal from inside the penalty box to the bottom left corner of the goal.
80:55
Assist on the goal came from Rodriguez Maxi.
85:37 Substitution
Martin Kelly goes off and Jon Flanagan comes on.
88:27
Penalty awarded for an unfair challenge on
Rodriguez Vicente by Jamie Carragher.
89:21
GOAL - Ashley Barnes
Brighton 1 - 2 Liverpool Penalty taken right footed by Ashley Barnes and scored. Brighton 1-2 Liverpool.
89:21
Rodriguez Vicente provided the assist for the
goal.
90:00+0:56
Unfair challenge on Kazenga LuaLua by Leiva
Lucas results in a free kick.
90:00+0:59 Booking
Booking for Leiva Lucas for unsporting
behaviour.
Final Result
Full Time 90:00+4:12
The referee brings the game to a close.
Leave your thoughts and opinions on the match below
Discuss
FT: Brighton 1 Liverpool 2
posted on 21/9/11
Agree with that Aggers, especially about an alonso type player.
posted on 21/9/11
Bellamy offers lots of options still has the pace hope him and gerrard start v wolves
posted on 21/9/11
Same here SG.
posted on 21/9/11
Yeah me too, we really, no desperately need to get our league campaign back on track against Wolves after two successive losses - I'm hoping Gerrard starts over Adam
posted on 21/9/11
Why we are conceding these penalties. In the previous round against Exeter, the ref gave them a soft penalty. At Stoke, Walters dived but won the penalty. Now Vicente went for it and got the penalty.
posted on 21/9/11
why penalties Vs us?? Becasue our defenders are slow.
posted on 21/9/11
Anyone else hoping that Coates will be a regular by January maybe - Carragher needs to be taken out of the first 11, pronto
posted on 21/9/11
Carra played well, but I struggle to understand why he didn't stay on his feet after Spearing's slip up. That's another error which has resulted in a goal against us and at the moment he looks likely to drop at least one ballack in every game. However, with Agger out I think he should start against Wolves on saturday.
Bellamy was a big plus as was seeing Gerrard back on the pitch. We played some good stuff in the first half, but were again found wanting in our pressing in the second half, the team just backed off and we failed to close the Brighton players down as a cohesive unit.
I thought suarez looked jaded in the second half, he's played a hell of a lot of football recently and didn't have much of a summer break.and I thought Kenny might have put him on the bench.
Bellamy deserves to start against Wolves after his performance
posted on 21/9/11
comment by Pâî§Lë¥'š _P䆆ê®ÑëÐ_ÐrÊåm§ (U1541) posted 3 seconds ago
Carroll didnt even get a look in for this game, with Suarez looking a little jaded, do you think we could see Kuyt and Bellamy upfront this Saturday?
posted on 21/9/11
I hope he starts with Luis and all being well he could come off early in the second half.
Not having european football will help him, but I did think tonight was the perfect opporunity to give him a break.