Liverpool 3 Brighton & Hove Albion 3
Leandro Trossard completed Albion’s first top-flight away hat-trick since Gordon Smith at Coventry in 1980 as Roberto De Zerbi masterminded a significant result in his first match in charge.
Trossard scored after just four minutes from a neat back heel by Danny Welbeck. The Albion midfielder fired his shot past Alisson Becker.
A couple of brilliant saves by Alisson then kept out Trossard and Welbeck as the Seagulls tried to double their lead.
And they did after a Trent Alexander-Arnold mistake was seized upon by Moises Caicedo. The Ecuador international combined with Solly March to set Trossard up for his second, putting Albion 2-0 in front before 20 minutes had elapsed.
Virgil van Dijk had to scramble to prevent Pascal Gross putting Brighton three up – and the Albion keeper Robert Sanchez had to be smart to keep out efforts from Roberto Firmino and Mo Salah.
But Firmino did pull one back for Liverpool. His effort was originally ruled out for offside but, after consulting VAR, referee Andy Madley gave the goal. The infringement had been wrongly flagged.
Albion looked a little vulnerable after the hosts had pulled a goal back and almost won a penalty after all sorts of antics in the area just before half time.
Firmino scored again 10 minutes after the break to pull Liverpool level, making no mistake after good work from substitute Luis Diaz.
The Seagulls were very unlucky to go behind after Sanchez got a good fist on an Alexander-Arnold corner. The ball rebounded against Adam Webster and flew into the net, fortuitously putting Liverpool in front.
But the Seagulls were not deflated and took the game to the Reds one more. Welbeck was again denied by Alisson with a close-range header. And with six minutes remaining, substitute Kaoru Mitoma swept in a cross which Welbeck left so that Trossard could slot home past Alisson for 3-3.
Adam Lallana also made his Albion comeback against his old club late in the second half.
The Seagulls stay fourth and in the Champions League places for now. Their next Premier League match is against Tottenham Hotspur at the Amex next Saturday (8 October).
