Five-star Liverpool crush Brighton as 10-man Tottenham hold on to claim point at Watford

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Full-time scores

Brighton 1-5 Liverpool

Everton 2-0 Huddersfield

Leicester 1-0 Burnley

Stoke 2-1 Swansea

Watford 1-1 Tottenham

West Brom 0-0 Crystal Palace

Late drama at Vicarage Road, where Watford have been denied a last-gasp penalty after an apparent handball from Eric Dier. Richarlison is incensed.

Coutinho piles on the misery late on for Brighton, slipping a free-kick under the wall and into the back of the net.

He then comes forward again and forces the unfortunate Dunk to head past his own goalkeeper.

Marko Grujic comes on for Henderson as we enter four minutes of additional time.

Goal: Brighton 1-5 Liverpool (Lewis Dunk OG)

Goal: Brighton 1-4 Liverpool (Philippe Coutinho)

Fabulous defending from Alexander-Arnold, who tracks Izquierdo and stops the Colombian from scoring with a last-ditch block.

Goal: Everton 2-0 Huddersfield (Dominic Calvert-Lewin)

Brighton send on Ezequiel Schelotto for Bruno and Liverpool replace Salah with Oxlade-Chamberlain.

That's Klopp's first change of the afternoon.

Dunk knocks down a sweeping free-kick and Murray fires agonisingly wide of the far post.

Brighton are trying their very best to make things interesting.

A double change from Hughton, who swaps Brown and Knockaert with Izquierdo and Solly March.

Dale Stephens, through a crowd of bodies, sends a 15-yard shot well wide after Gross' initial free-kick is cleared as far as the midfielder.

Liverpool are looking to put this game firmly to bed at the Amex.

Salah shoots straight at Ryan on the counter before Coutinho's bending effort is blocked by Lewis Dunk.

The Brazilian then hits the post as the offside flag is raised.

Woodwork!

Abdoulaye Doucoure hits the post for Watford as 10-man Spurs cling on.

Murray comes within a whisker of making contact with Brown's front-post cross. Bruno goes in very late on Robertson and rightly receives a yellow card.

Coutinho sends the subsequent free-kick over the crossbar.

Already without Toby Alderweireld due to injury, Spurs will miss Sanchez for the next three games after he receives a straight red card for catching Richarlison in the face with his arm.

Red card: Davinson Sanchez (Tottenham)

Sigurdsson profits from a lovely flick from Dominic Calvert-Lewin to net the first goal of the Allardyce era at Everton.

Goal: Everton 1-0 Huddersfield (Gylfi Sigurdsson)

No mistake from Murray as he slots into the top corner. Brighton are back within two goals.

What a breathless start to the second half.

Goal: Brighton 1-3 Liverpool (Glenn Murray)

The referee points to the spot after a slight push from Henderson on Shane Duffy at a corner. That looked like a harsh decision, it must be said. Murray to take...

Penalty to Brighton

Just seconds after Murray is denied by a point-blank stop from Simon Mignolet, Liverpool further extend their lead.

Salah speeds forward on the break and picks out the supporting run of Firmino, who calmly side-foots his second goal of the afternoon past Ryan.

The Reds' counter-attacking potency is truly something else.

Goal: Brighton 0-3 Liverpool (Roberto Firmino)

Back underway across the grounds...

Half-time scores

Brighton 0-2 Liverpool

Everton 0-0 Huddersfield

Leicester 1-0 Burnley

Stoke 2-1 Swansea

Watford 1-1 Tottenham

West Brom 0-0 Crystal Palace

Liverpool take a quick free-kick and Coutinho looks to catch out goalkeeper Mathew Ryan with a long-range toe poke that lacks the requisite power.

Stoke have notched their own quick-fire double to completely turn the tables on beleaguered Swansea.

A second goal in four first-half minutes is thrashed home by Diouf at the back post. A nightmare for the under-fire Paul Clement.

Goal: Stoke 2-1 Swansea (Mame Biram Diouf)

All square at Stoke, where Joe Allen has teed up the influential Shaqiri after taking the ball from Leroy Fer.

Goal: Stoke 1-1 Swansea (Xherdan Shaqiri)

A typically devastating stretch from free-scoring Liverpool, who score twice in as many minutes to take total control of proceedings at the Amex.

Can rises highest to head in a Coutinho corner before Salah drives at the Brighton defence and a first-time pass from Coutinho is tapped in by the grateful Firmino.

Utterly ruthless.

Goal: Brighton 0-2 Liverpool (Roberto Firmino)

Goal: Brighton 0-1 Liverpool (Emre Can)

Son pops up at the back post to turn home Christian Eriksen's low cross. Tottenham equalise on the counter-attack.

Goal: Watford 1-1 Tottenham (Heung-Min Son)

Harry Kane lost out to Kabasele for that Watford opener after receiving a couple of early knocks. Pochettino would be at pains to lose his top scorer, particularly at the moment.

A first real chance for Brighton. Evergreen striker Glenn Murray fires wide under pressure from Wijnaldum after being picked out by Brown.

Pascal Gross was screaming for the pull-back on the edge of the penalty area.

More misery for Spurs, who go behind after only 13 minutes at Vicarage Road. Centre-back Kabasele beats Hugo Lloris with a header from a Tom Cleverley corner.

Goal: Watford 1-0 Tottenham (Christian Kabasele)

Nick Pope parries the newly-blonde Riyad Mahrez's cross as far as Gray, who makes no mistake. The winger appeared to smack into the post while scoring there, but seems OK to carry on.

Goal: Leicester 1-0 Burnley (Demarai Gray)

Plenty of possession for Liverpool, who have set up with Can and Georginio Wijnaldum either side of Lovren in a three-man defence.

Roberto Firmino heads over a Coutinho corner from close range after Salah's shot is blocked.

Funny how football works sometimes, isn't it?

A dream start for struggling Swansea at the bet365 Stadium, where former Stoke loanee Wilfried Bony has given English football's lowest scorers an unexpected early lead with a cracking volley.

Awful start for Mark Hughes and co.

Goal: Stoke 0-1 Swansea (Wilfried Bony)

Referee Graham Scott blows his whistle and we are underway on the south coast. Brighton under immediate pressure before Henderson is penalised for a push on Anthony Knockaert.

Pochettino replaces Moussa Sissoko with Heung-Min Son and swaps both of his full-backs, with Kieran Trippier and Ben Davies starting instead of Serge Aurier and Danny Rose.

Winks is named on the bench alongside Erik Lamela.

Silva swaps two at Watford, with Roberto Pereyra replacing the injured Hughes and Andre Gray making way for captain Troy Deeney up front. Britos misses out once again.

Klavan is only deemed fit enough for a place on the bench and Gomez is now ill, meaning that midfielder Emre Can looks set to partner Lovren at centre-back with Trent Alexander-Arnold on the right-hand side of defence.

Andy Robertson makes his first Liverpool appearance for three months at left-back in place of Alberto Moreno, who isn't in the matchday squad.

Jordan Henderson and James Milner start in midfield, while Mohamed Salah and Philippe Coutinho both return after being rested. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Dominic Solanke are named among the substitutes, as is Sadio Mane.

Another six changes in total from Klopp.

Two changes from Hughton, who restores the fit-again Bong to his starting XI in place of Markus Suttner.

Chelsea loanee Izzy Brown makes his first home start since the opening day of the season as record signing Jose Izquierdo drops to the bench.

Tottenham

Harry Winks is back in contention for Spurs after illness, although there is still no Victor Wanyama (knee) or Toby Alderweireld (hamstring).

The latter revealed this week that he is set to undergo another scan in two weeks to check on the progress of his recovery. Pochettino expects him to be back after Christmas, although Alderweireld has refused to put a timeline on his return.

Watford vs Tottenham

Watford

Watford midfielder Will Hughes is set to miss the next two matches after limping out of the 4-2 defeat to Manchester United with a hamstring injury.

Miguel Britos faces a late fitness test, while Marco Silva is optimistic that Isaac Success will be back in training next week.

Centre-back duo Younes Kaboul and Craig Cathcart are "progressing well but not available", while Nathaniel Chalobah remains out along with Tommie Hoban.

Liverpool

With the injury-prone Joel Matip having sustained a muscle injury at Stoke, Jurgen Klopp is hoping that Ragnar Klavan has recovered from illness in time for today's contest. If not, then it seems likely that versatile right-back Joe Gomez will be shifted inside to partner Dejan Lovren in the heart of defence.

Adam Lallana (thigh) also missed the trip to the Potteries after making his long-awaited comeback with a late cameo against Chelsea and Klopp claims that the England midfielder is still working his way back to match fitness.

Nathaniel Clyne (back) is still out, of course.

Brighton vs Liverpool

Brighton

Brighton are set to welcome back Gaetan Bong this afternoon after the left-back, who was on the receiving end of that petulant kick-out from Romelu Lukaku at Old Trafford last weekend, missed Tuesday's goalless M23 derby draw at home to Crystal Palace with a very minor knee injury.

"Gaetan's fine," said manager Chris Hughton. "He had a slight knock and we decided not to take a chance. We've got two left-backs plus Liam Rosenior, who is still pushing, so we felt we didn't need to take a risk with Gaetan."

That leaves Steve Sidwell as the Seagulls' only absentee. The experienced midfielder has yet to play this season after undergoing surgery on a chronic back issue and is expected to resume some light training next week.

Let's run you through all of the latest team news for those two main games...

Good afternoon and a very warm welcome to IBTimes UK's latest live coverage of a typically hectic day of Premier League football.

The lunchtime clash between Chelsea and Newcastle is into the second half and there is a titanic battle between two old rivals in Arsenal and Manchester United to come in north London later on, but here our focus switches to a busy six-strong slate of mid-afternoon kick-offs.

We will chiefly be concerned with goings on at the Amex Stadium, where in-form Liverpool will be seeking to - temporarily at least - break into the top four by further extending their impressive recent run that continued with a 3-0 victory in midweek.

Watford vs Tottenham is also high on the agenda, with the visitors desperately hoping to halt a dip in form that has seen them drop to seventh against an adventurous opponent that have earned plenty of plaudits under the highly-regarded Marco Silva.

Elsewhere, there are two managerial debuts as Sam Allardyce takes charge of Everton for the first time at Goodison Park against travel-sick Huddersfield and Alan Pardew plots the downfall of the club that sacked him a year ago - Crystal Palace - in his opening contest at the helm of West Brom.

Strugglers Stoke and Swansea lock horns in an early six-pointer in the Potteries, while high-flyers Burnley, now seemingly completely cured of the away-day blues that troubled them last term, look to consolidate their place in the top six against a Leicester side that have taken well to the previously-maligned management style of Claude Puel.

Stay tuned for all the latest team news and updates after 15.00 GMT.