Danny Welbeck double delivers another blow to Liverpool’s Champions League hopes

Brighton forward Danny Welbeck struck twice as Liverpool’s hopes of Champions League qualification were dealt a further blow by a 2-1 Premier League defeat at the Amex Stadium.

Arne Slot’s Reds arrived in Sussex without injured pair Alisson Becker and Mohamed Salah and bidding to bounce back from drawing at home to relegation-threatened Tottenham and losing at bottom club Wolves.

Welbeck headed the Seagulls into an early lead before benefitting from the tightest of offside calls to claim his 12th top-flight goal of the season after Milos Kerkez had capitalised on a mistake from Lewis Dunk to equalise.

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