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BRIGHTON - Brighton & Hove Albion winger Solly March netted twice early in the second half and set up another goal in a 3-0 home win over a sluggish ...

Marsh rounded off an excellent performance by teeing up substitute Danny Welbeck with a glancing header from a throw-in, and Welbeck lifted the ball over a defender before slotting it into the net for his first league goal of the season. Undeterred, March gave his side the lead in the 47th minute as teenaged striker Evan Ferguson pressured the Liverpool defence into a mistake and Brighton won the ball high up the pitch. BRIGHTON - Brighton & Hove Albion winger Solly March netted twice early in the second half and set up another goal in a 3-0 home win over a sluggish Liverpool on Saturday that lifts them above the Reds to seventh in the Premier League standings.

Liverpool were thumped 3-0 by Brighton at the Amex Stadium as their nightmare season got worse - here's the winners, losers and ratings.

Their midfield, continually criticised throughout this campaign, was non-existent again, their defence was unable to cope under the constant pressure it was placed under, and a makeshift attack featuring new signing Cody Gakpo on his Premier League debut offered nothing by way of a goal threat. Substitute Danny Welbeck added a third late on as Brighton move above Liverpool in the Premier League table, and leave Klopp scratching his head at yet another rotten away showing from his side. They are in big trouble, clearly.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp blasted his side's performance in a humiliating 3-0 defeat to Brighton that he called the worst ever in his reign.

So that's why, it's just counter [attacks] from their side and it always looks horrible," Klopp said. 2, Klopp said that he had been confident coming in to Saturday's game that his side could get a much-needed win. We were not good today, I can't remember a good phase or period," an irate Klopp said.

Liverpool boss Jürgen Klopp and his captain, Jordan Henderson, both said similar things after the Reds lost at Brighton. A transfer this month is simply a ...

They made the emergency signing of [Arthur Melo](https://www.google.com/url?client=internal-element-cse&cx=015440420724022033189%3Aygf0ckf-78m&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.liverpool.com%2Fliverpool-fc-news%2Ffeatures%2Fliverpool-transfer-arthur-cristiano-ronaldo-25927775&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwj51rWOicj8AhW4Q6QEHX6zDDEQFnoECAkQAg&usg=AOvVaw0b0zgD2SgDYcGsR7NqhfA8) in the summer as an admission of needing more bodies there and he has played a handful of minutes in one appearance. At this stage, any signing, let alone the perfect one, will be an improvement. We have to keep fighting and hopefully we can change it sooner rather than later." Without confidence and energy, turning things around will prove tough. "I'll take responsibility and the lads will too. It was a very organized team against a not-very-organized team. "We're pretty low on confidence. "Brighton played very well. [BBC Sport](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64277957) at the final whistle. [Sign up to the Liverpool.com newsletter here — it only takes a few seconds!](https://www.liverpool.com/newsletter-preference-centre/) [Brighton](https://www.google.com/url?client=internal-element-cse&cx=015440420724022033189%3Aygf0ckf-78m&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.liverpool.com%2Fliverpool-fc-news%2Ffeatures%2Fliverpool-injury-news-brighton-firmino-25969983&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwihxJrGicj8AhX5UqQEHaNiAFMQFnoECAkQAg&usg=AOvVaw3fuGSouSa_R4PItAkfUgvX) — and others recently — would suggest that the true number is even larger, with any European football at all doubtful on that small sample size. [Champions League](https://www.google.com/url?client=internal-element-cse&cx=015440420724022033189%3Aygf0ckf-78m&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.liverpool.com%2Fliverpool-fc-news%2Ffeatures%2Fliverpool-champions-league-manchester-united-25962425&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwj8pbicicj8AhVRXaQEHVjYALcQFnoECAcQAg&usg=AOvVaw1wCiMCmYDJ6CA3qaKH5OUM) hopes in the balance, [Liverpool](http://Liverpool.com) is at risk of setting itself back next season by failing to act now.

Jürgen Klopp said he could not recall a worse performance in his coaching career after Brighton's 3-0 win continued Liverpool's collapse.

“He’s a good guy,” said the Italian. We can enjoy a lot this year, they can improve and we can dream.” “I had an idea to change the formation which was to try to help the team,” said Klopp. “Alexis is a fantastic player but I think more people know this fact.” “The players were fantastic today,” he said. “I can’t remember a worse game, not only

BRIGHTON: Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp blasted his side's effort in a humiliating 3-0 Premier League defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion that he called the ...

So that's why, it's just counter (attacks) from their side and it always looks horrible," Klopp said. "There was no sign for this performance before the game, but that's probably how it is sometimes. We were not good today, I can't remember a good phase or period," an irate Klopp said.