Jack Hinshelwood from Brighton sealed a dramatic 3-2 victory against Liverpool on Monday to leave the Premier League champions without a victory since he won the title. The side of Arne Slot took the lead by the early opener of Harvey Elliott before Yasin Ayari equalized at the Amex Stadium. Dominik Szoboszlai restored Liverpool's benefit just before the interval, but Brighton organized a late fightback when Kaoru Mitoma was a tall -minded before Hinshelwood came from the bank to just with his first touch. Liverpool has taken only one point of their three games after the Tottenham title of Tottenham on 27 April.
The Reds have lost in Brighton and Chelsea and wasted a lead of two goals in a draw with Arsenal since their record-similar 20th English crown was confirmed
They can now look forward to receiving the Premier League trophy in Sunday's season against FA Cup winners Crystal Palace in Anfield for an open-top bus parade through the city 24 hours later.
Slot had admitted that motivating the champions for the last two games of the season was a difficult task and his fears were confirmed by this sloppy display.
The players of Slot had a party trip to Dubai this week and only returned to the training on Friday, while the Reds -Baas partyed in Ibiza for a few days, while they were searched in a title victory in April.
“Have you seen me on social media!” Slot said with a smile as an answer to a question about how focused he had been on the Brighton game.
After he had received an honorary guard by Brighton's players before the kick -off, Liverpool initially showed signs of calculating the doubters who claimed that their mind was Elswhere.
In anticipation of his much fresh move to Real Madrid when his contract ends in the end of the season, Trent Alexander-Arnold remained on the bank for a second consecutive game.
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Instead, Conor Bradley played on right back and showed why he is a competition to replace Alexander-Arnold with his role in the ninth minute opener of Liverpool.
When Mohamed Salah rolled a pass to Bradley, he switched with an acceleration with a dynamic eruption in the Brighton area before he cut a precise pass to Elliott, which slid up close home.
The goal meant that Liverpool had scored in every way of a competition season for the first time in their history.
Bradley's attacking runs had more than a touch of Alexander-Arnold about them, but his finish was not aware when he took Federico Chiesa's Pass and widely shot from 10 Yards.
Ayari took the striking equalizer of Brighton in the 32nd minute.
The midfielder of the Sweden avoided Bradley and brought a fine low finish along Alisson Becker from the edge of the area after Brajan Gruda's Lofted Pass revealed the Liverpool defense.
Liverpool recovered the lead on the tranquility of the break when Szoboszlai Brighton keeper Bart Verbruggen caught with a weak attack by wide on the right flank whistle in the upper corner.
The bewildered grin of Szoboszlai, as he celebrated, suggested that the efforts of the midfielder might have been a misstep instead of a shot.
Brighton rose twice close to the start of the second half when Alisson kept Danny Welbeck's free kick away and kept Gruda's 20-Yard explosion out.
Salah was Liverpool for the first time in the Premier League captain to mark his 300th performance in the competition.
But the Egypt missed an open goal when he flashed Cody Gakpo's cross wide of five meters.
It was a precious error from Salah when Brighton tied the same in the 69th minute.
The shot of Welbeck was expressed by Alisson and Japan wing player Mitoma hammered in the rebound.
Hinshelwood completed the exciting comeback from Brighton in the 85th minute, the replacement lock home from the cross of Matt O'Riley.
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