Welbeck stuns Liverpool
Danny Welbeck scored twice to hand Brighton a 2‑1 shock over Liverpool, a result that highlights Premier League volatility and managerial pressures for Arne Slot's side. (youtube.com) The weekend also featured Fulham jumping into eighth after Harry Wilson's late winner and Everton routing Chelsea 3‑0 — a chaotic trio of results. (youtube.com) (youtube.com)
Welbeck’s goals came either side of Milos Kerkez’s 30th‑minute equaliser — Brighton opened the scoring from a throw‑in routine after Ibrahima Konaté miscontrolled, Kerkez punished a Lewis Dunk error for the leveller, and the second Welbeck finish arrived in the 56th minute after Yankuba Minteh’s cross and a VAR check. (espn.com ) The second strike was Welbeck’s 12th top‑flight goal of the season and completed Brighton’s fourth victory in five Premier League games, a run that lifted the Seagulls back into the top half of the table. (espn.com ) Liverpool were without Alisson Becker and Mohamed Salah for the trip to the Amex, with Giorgi Mamardashvili and Cody Gakpo brought into the XI, and Hugo Ekitike was forced off inside eight minutes with an injury. (espn.com ) Arne Slot called the defeat “hurts a lot,” conceded Liverpool have produced inconsistent form this season, and blamed a combination of injury absences, fixture congestion and recent transfer activity after the club’s 10th league loss. (espn.com ) (skysports.com ) Everton’s 3-0 win — driven by Beto’s 33rd and 62nd‑minute strikes and Iliman Ndiaye’s 76th‑minute finish — left the Toffees within three points of Liverpool and marked Everton’s first back‑to‑back home league wins of the season at the new Hill Dickinson Stadium. (espn.com ) Fulham’s late winners this campaign have been decisive off set pieces and dead balls — Harry Wilson’s 81st‑minute strike in the 2-1 derby over Chelsea in January came after Chelsea were reduced to ten men and placed Fulham into eighth in the table at the time. (premierleague.com )
