Brighton, Liverpool and Sunderland win Premier League matches

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Bart Verbruggen and Mats Wieffer moved into second place in the Premier League with Brighton & Hove Albion after a 2-0 win at Brentford. Diego Gomez scored after 15 minutes, and Pascal Gross added a second before half-time after Brentford forward Igor Thiago was sent off. Wieffer came on early in the second half.

Liverpool, with Virgil van Dijk and Cody Gakpo in the starting line-up, won 3-1 at Crystal Palace to rise to fourth. Alexis Mac Allister, Florian Wirtz and Alexander Isak scored for Liverpool, while Eddie Nketiah converted a stoppage-time penalty for Palace. Sunderland beat Chelsea 1-0, with Brian Brobbey and Robin Roefs starting; Enzo Le Fee scored a penalty awarded after a foul on Brobbey, and Roefs kept a clean sheet.

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Manchester City was reported to have suffered a 1–0 home defeat against Brighton at the Etihad Stadium. Brighton continued its surprising run in England, while goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen kept a clean sheet for Brighton.

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