If an apparently restless Arne Slot admitted to sleepless nights before this FA Cup visit from Brighton, the Liverpool boss will at least rest easy for the remainder of his weekend.

And with a full week now to strategise for the visit to Nottingham Forest next Sunday, he has a rare luxury of a one-game week as the quest for Champions League qualification returns to centre stage.

Definitive statements about 'turning a corner' have often come back to bite this term, but a hugely positive few days - against Sunderland on Wednesday and now the Seagulls - might just be enough to see some whisper it quietly once more.

OPINION

OPINION

A 3-0 triumph here at Anfield was secured in ultimately routine fashion as goals from Curtis Jones, Dominik Szoboszlai and Mohamed Salah put paid to Fabian Hurzeler's hopes of lifting the gloom around his club just now. The hosts were even able to have two ruled out in either half for Cody Gakpo and teenage winger Rio Ngumoha...