Mohamed Salah, the Golden Boot winner last term, scored the only goal of the game midway through the first half to net his second of the new campaign – a precise curling finish from Roberto Firmino’s assist.
Firmino had already been superbly denied by Mat Ryan by that stage, but the Australian was not given the thorough examination he might have expected at Anfield.
Jurgen Klopp’s men never looked likely to relinquish their lead, however, as Brighton threatened only sporadically, allowing new goalkeeper Alisson and his back four to pick up a third straight clean sheet to kick off 2018-19.
Liverpool began brightly and within 15 minutes had seen Ryan pull off a sensational save to keep out Firmino’s downward header and Trent Alexander-Arnold curl a free-kick against the crossbar.
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