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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 24982377" data-attributes="member: 158020">Liverpool 2-1 Brighton and Hove Albion: Van Dijk at the double but Alisson sent off as Reds equal record<img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/11/30/15/21651532-7741585-image-a-14_1575129583063.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Runaway Premier League leaders Liverpool  survived a nervy finish,  following the 76th-minute dismissal of  Alisson, to equal their longest  unbeaten run in the top flight and  capitalise on another Manchester  City slip-up with a 2-1 win over Brighton and Hove Albion. City's 2-2 draw at Newcastle United  earlier on Saturday gave Jurgen  Klopp's men the chance to extend their  healthy lead over last season's  champions to 11 points, a task they  looked set to complete with ease  after Virgil van Dijk scored twice  inside 24 minutes at Anfield.Brighton were given an unexpected  lifeline when Alisson was sent off  for handling outside his box –  meaning he will miss Wednesday's  Merseyside derby - and Lewis Dunk  caught out replacement goalkeeper  Adrian with a quick free-kick.The Seagulls could not find a late equaliser, though, and while  Leicester City can cut Liverpool's advantage at the summit to eight  points by beating Everton  on Sunday, there looks to be no stopping a  team who have now gone 31  league games unbeaten, matching their record  streak from May 1987 to  March 1988.A Trent Alexander-Arnold free-kick  set up the opener  for Van Dijk in the 18th minute and the same  combination soon provided a  second goal as Brighton were found wanting  at a corner.After a quiet start, Liverpool were looking rampant and Mat Ryan made  a  trio of fine stops as Sadio Mane laid on two chances for Roberto   Firmino before being denied himself.Dunk should have pulled a  goal back eight minutes before the interval  during Brighton's best  spell, but the defender clumsily shinned the  ball wide from Dan Burn's  cross, having perhaps been put off by Yves  Bissouma failing to get fully  out of the way from a clearly offside  position.After heading  wide from a corner early in the second half, Dunk made it  third-time  lucky by drilling home a free-kick with Adrian out of  position, after  Alisson had used his hands outside the area to deny  substitute Leandro  Trossard.Liverpool were on edge thereafter and Adrian saved well  from Aaron Mooy  before almost spilling a tame Pascal Gross header into  his own net as  the hosts just about clung on.</blockquote>

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