Mohamed Salah scores brace as Brighton and Liverpool play out thrilling draw

Brighton & Hove Albion captain Lewis Dunk scored with a deft volley to cancel out Mohamed Salah's brace for Liverpool as the Seagulls came from behind to grab a pulsating 2-2 draw in the Premier League on Sunday.

The home team took the lead in the 20th minute through Simon Adingra but Salah levelled in the 40th minute, concluding a flowing move with a trademark left-foot finish.

The Egyptian star gave his side the lead from the penalty spot in first-half stoppage time after Dominik Szoboszlai was pulled down by Pascal Gross, and Salah struck his shot to the left of keeper Bart Verbruggen.

Brighton got the equaliser in the 78th minute as defender Dunk volleyed home Solli March's free-kick to ensure his side stayed sixth in the table on 16 points, one behind third-placed Liverpool.

The result was a fresh setback for Jurgen Klopp's team in another disappointing finish one week after allowing a last-gasp winner in their controversial loss at Tottenham.

Klopp had called for a replay of that game after VAR failed to award his team a goal that had been wrongfully disallowed for offside and Liverpool finished the match with nine men and conceded a stoppage-time winner.

This time it was a mistake by Liverpool centre-back Virgil van Dijk that proved costly for the visitors.

Van Dijk's careless pass near his own area was intercepted by Adingra in the 20th minute and the winger rolled the ball past the stranded Alisson Becker in the Liverpool goal from 25 yards out.

Then it was Brighton's turn to make mistakes to help Liverpool turn the game around.

Dunk’s pass in midfield was intercepted and Liverpool launched a quick counterattack that saw Darwin Nunez get the ball on the edge of the box. Nunez rolled it toward Harvey Elliott, who