Brighton & Hove Albion attacker Solly March believes the performance from his side in their 3-0 home win over Liverpool on Saturday was the best they have produced in the Premier League.
March opened the scoring for Brighton just after the half-time break before adding a second soon after. Danny Welbeck made it three late on in the match to compete the Seagulls' scoring and Liverpool's humiliation.
If the Reds were set up to press in-form Brighton by Jurgen Klopp, then the plan failed. In the words of the two-goal hero, the Seagulls simply 'played around' their struggling opponents.
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The trio of Jordan Henderson, Thiago Alcantara and Fabinho particularly struggled to keep pace with their energetic Brighton midfield opponents in a display that Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp described as the worst in his career.
So while March's post-match comments will hurt, the Reds will have to swallow them.
He said: "I think it’s the best we have produced in the Premier League. To my memory I don’t think we have played better than that in a long time, playing Liverpool off the park like they didn’t know what to do.
"I think they were getting frustrated - they were pressing and we were just playing around them, one-touch football."
While Reds players like Trent Alexander-Arnold made it clear their own performance was not acceptable, Klopp took full responsibility for a defeat that leaves his team 10 points off the top four in ninth.
“It’s my job to make the right line-up and set up the right tactics,” said the Liverpool manager. “I had really nice moments doing that but, I’m not sure if it’s because it’s only a few minutes since the game, but I can’t remember a worse game.
“I honestly can’t and I mean all (my career) not only Liverpool and that’s my responsibility. So that makes it a really low point.”
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