Brighton best-coached club in Premier League - Jurgen Klopp

Brighton & Hove Albion are the best-coached club in the Premier League and play "incredible football" despite losing their best players, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said ahead of Sunday's clash.

Brighton finished sixth last season to qualify for Europe for the first time in the club's history, but they lost two key midfielders in the close season with Alexis Mac Allister moving to the Reds while Moises Caicedo made the switch to Chelsea.

The south-coast club are sixth in the league this season but are bottom of their Europa League group without a win while their last league match was a 6-1 humbling by Aston Villa. Liverpool are fourth, one point above Brighton.

"Brighton had a few results which didn't go exactly in their way, but that's a completely normal situation in a development. They had a lot of changes, lost top players - one of them we got - and still play incredible football," Klopp said ahead of this weekend's meeting.

"We expect a really tough game against one of the best sides in the league, best-coached team in the league, I would say," Klopp said, adding that the Seagulls had made a "smart move" in hiring Roberto De Zerbi to replace Graham Potter.

"They made really big steps and are super-consistent - different formations, different players, lineups - wow! In the end you always see Brighton football and I couldn't respect that more."

Klopp admits they have not had time to properly assess where World Cup-winner Alexis Mac Allister fits into their side.

The Argentina midfielder has started all seven of the club's Premier League fixtures since arriving from in a cut-price £35million deal, but has been deployed in the nominal holding role after the departures of Jordan Henderson and Fabinho to Saudi Arabia left