Our 3️⃣ points as late VAR drama sees Brighton hold Liverpool | OneFootball

A stoppage-time penalty from Pascal Groß earned Brighton a 1-1 draw with Liverpool at the AMEX Stadium.

Diogo Jota had given Jürgen Klopp’s side the lead before Stuart Attwell awarded the Seagulls a spot-kick in the 93rd minute after Andy Robertson had fouled Danny Welbeck.

Here’s what we made of the action at the AMEX …

VAR stifles Liverpool again

Jürgen Klopp must have written a horrendous TripAdvisor review about Stockley Park because the bodies running VAR really don’t appear to like him do they?

Mohamed Salah’s first-half strike was ruled out for offside by the technology by the slightest of margins with those infamous scribbly lines making an appearance.

The right decision was reached in the end for the disallowed goal but the same cannot be said for the penalty that was awarded for Brighton’s late equaliser.

Andy Robertson was judged to have fouled Danny Welbeck with referee Stuart Atwell being referred to the pitch side monitor despite no claims from the Seagulls’ players.

If that is being deemed a foul then we might all need to consider taking up another sport because we have seen the latest episode of  ‘the game is gone’.

Fatigue, fume and fortune

A questionable late penalty might strike as an unfair way to be robbed of three points but in truth Liverpool would’ve been lucky to have come away with the win this afternoon.

Brighton were unlucky not to have been ahead in the opening 20 minutes with Aaron Connolly missing a one-on-one before Neal Maupay smashed the host’s first penalty of the afternoon wide.

The Premier League champions looked dead on their feet during the second half and it took a moment of inspiration from Jota to give Liverpool the lead.

Head coach Jürgen Klopp had made his feelings about the congested fixture list and lack of consideration from the TV companies perfectly clear after the Leicester win last weekend and today’s events are only going to add fuel to the fire.

Liverpool look fatigued already. Perhaps this isn’t surprising considering the Reds have played three games a week for the majority of the campaign so far which has led to packed injury room currently in place at the club.

James Milner has added to those injury worries today after going off in the second half.

We can feel Klopp’s fume from here.

Brighton’s luck comes in

We’re ten games into the 2020/21 season and we still can’t tell whether Brighton and Hove Albion are a good team.

The parting line is that Graham Potter’s side have been unlucky so far in this campaign, all their underlying numbers are good, they regularly post a solid xG and their style of play is easy on the eye.

But the Seagulls came into today with just two wins in 16th place and although that does seem unfair, the table never lies.

Brighton were more than worth their draw today but there is also a feeling that they could’ve won this game today, and although due to the context of the goal it will feel like a win, there will still be some disappointment for Potter this afternoon.

The hosts missed two guilt-edged chances in the opening 20 minutes with Aaron Connolly flashing a one-on-one wide before Neal Maupay offered up his rendition of the worst penalty ever taken in the history of association football.

Potter’s men caused numerous problems for Liverpool, particularly in the first half but just didn’t have that clinical edge.

The misfortune should level out at some point, but whether Brighton will come out the other side on top or worse off remains to be the seen.