Liverpool 3-0 Brighton summary: score, stats and highlights | FA Cup 2025/26
Arne Slot’s team advance thanks to goals from Curtis Jones, Mohamed Salah and Dominik Szoboszlai.
Match ends, Liverpool 3, Brighton and Hove Albion 0.
Second Half ends, Liverpool 3, Brighton and Hove Albion 0.
Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Ibrahima Konaté.
Attempt blocked. Olivier Boscagli (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Yankuba Minteh with a cross.
Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Milos Kerkez.
Georginio Rutter (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Rio Ngumoha (Liverpool).
Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
Substitution, Liverpool. Trey Nyoni replaces Curtis Jones.
Substitution, Liverpool. Calvin Ramsay replaces Cody Gakpo.
Attempt missed. Georginio Rutter (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Joël Veltman.
Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Alexis Mac Allister.
Attempt blocked. Olivier Boscagli (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Lewis Dunk.
Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Ibrahima Konaté.
Attempt saved. Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Alisson Becker (Liverpool).
Foul by Ferdi Kadioglu (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Mats Wieffer (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ferdi Kadioglu.
Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Ibrahima Konaté.
Pascal Groß (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Joe Gomez (Liverpool).
Offside, Brighton and Hove Albion. Pascal Groß is caught offside.
Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Mats Wieffer replaces Jack Hinshelwood.
Offside, Liverpool. Rio Ngumoha is caught offside.
Foul by Jack Hinshelwood (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Curtis Jones (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Liverpool. Hugo Ekitiké replaces Federico Chiesa.
Substitution, Liverpool. Rio Ngumoha replaces Mohamed Salah.
Attempt missed. Yankuba Minteh (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Joël Veltman.
Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Dominik Szoboszlai.
Attempt blocked. Ferdi Kadioglu (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kaoru Mitoma.
Offside, Liverpool. Federico Chiesa is caught offside.
Attempt blocked. Georginio Rutter (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Charalampos Kostoulas.
Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Olivier Boscagli replaces Jan Paul van Hecke.
Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Joe Gomez (Liverpool).
Substitution, Liverpool. Joe Gomez replaces Florian Wirtz.
Offside, Brighton and Hove Albion. Lewis Dunk is caught offside.
Goal! Liverpool 3, Brighton and Hove Albion 0. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the top right corner.
Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card.
Penalty conceded by Pascal Groß (Brighton and Hove Albion) after a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty Liverpool. Mohamed Salah draws a foul in the penalty area.
Foul by Pascal Groß (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Georginio Rutter replaces Diego Gómez.
Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Kaoru Mitoma replaces Carlos Baleba.
Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Yankuba Minteh replaces Harry Howell.
Foul by Jack Hinshelwood (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left following a set piece situation.
Attempt blocked. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Foul by Harry Howell (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Harry Howell.
Attempt blocked. Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.
Goal! Liverpool 2, Brighton and Hove Albion 0. Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.
Foul by Charalampos Kostoulas (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Joël Veltman (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Ferdi Kadioglu following a set piece situation.
Attempt blocked. Harry Howell (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Harry Howell (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Milos Kerkez (Liverpool).
Ferdi Kadioglu (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Mohamed Salah (Liverpool).
Foul by Charalampos Kostoulas (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt blocked. Florian Wirtz (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Curtis Jones.
Foul by Diego Gómez (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Second Half begins Liverpool 1, Brighton and Hove Albion 0.
First Half ends, Liverpool 1, Brighton and Hove Albion 0.
Joël Veltman (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Federico Chiesa (Liverpool).
Attempt saved. Diego Gómez (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Alisson Becker (Liverpool). Assisted by Lewis Dunk.
Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
Attempt missed. Jack Hinshelwood (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from very close range is just a bit too high. Assisted by Harry Howell with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Cody Gakpo.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Goal! Liverpool 1, Brighton and Hove Albion 0. Curtis Jones (Liverpool) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Milos Kerkez with a cross.
Attempt blocked. Federico Chiesa (Liverpool) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.
Foul by Harry Howell (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Milos Kerkez (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Carlos Baleba (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Carlos Baleba (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Charalampos Kostoulas (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool).
Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool).
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Diego Gómez.
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Jason Steele.
Attempt saved. Milos Kerkez (Liverpool) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Jason Steele (Brighton and Hove Albion). Assisted by Alexis Mac Allister.
Foul by Joël Veltman (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Jason Steele (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Offside, Liverpool. Cody Gakpo is caught offside.
Foul by Harry Howell (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Diego Gómez (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Diego Gómez (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Lewis Dunk (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jack Hinshelwood.
Carlos Baleba (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Florian Wirtz (Liverpool).
Attempt missed. Curtis Jones (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.
Attempt blocked. Charalampos Kostoulas (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Harry Howell (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Cody Gakpo (Liverpool).
Foul by Harry Howell (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Florian Wirtz (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Pascal Groß (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool).
Attempt blocked. Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dominik Szoboszlai.
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Jan Paul van Hecke.
Foul by Diego Gómez (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Ferdi Kadioglu (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool).
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Jan Paul van Hecke.
Foul by Harry Howell (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Milos Kerkez (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Lewis Dunk (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Lewis Dunk (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Florian Wirtz (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt blocked. Diego Gómez (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Joël Veltman.
Handball by Cody Gakpo (Liverpool).
Offside, Liverpool. Milos Kerkez is caught offside.
Attempt blocked. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is blocked. Assisted by Dominik Szoboszlai.
Attempt saved. Ferdi Kadioglu (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner by Alisson Becker (Liverpool). Assisted by Diego Gómez.
Harry Howell (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Federico Chiesa (Liverpool).
Foul by Joël Veltman (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Joël Veltman (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Federico Chiesa (Liverpool).
Attempt blocked. Ferdi Kadioglu (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jack Hinshelwood.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.