Brighton v Liverpool: FA Cup fourth round – live

GOAL GIVEN! And thank goodness for that, because a goal of such unique brilliance does not deserve to be disallowed on a tedious technicality.

Estupinan stood up a cross beyond the far post, where Mitoma controlled the ball on the half-volley, eight yards out. Three Liverpool players charged to block the shot, so he lobbed the ball away from Gomez, who had the obvious shot covered, and then flicked an early volley into the roof of the net. It’s an outrageous finish, so deft and quick-witted, but it might be disallowed.

Robertson’s foul led to the goal. Gross drove the free-kick beyond the far post to the unmarked Estupinan. Hang on, he might be offside…

This kid is a genius!!!

90+1 min Five minutes of added time.

90 min And now Robertson is booked for a wild shin-tap on Mac Allister. That wasn’t a million miles away from a red card either.

89 min: Brighton substitution Deniz Undav replaces Evan Ferguson, who had another terrific game. During his recent emergence, different things have caught the eye in different games – today it was the quality of his hold-up and link play. He is, if I may go a little Pseuds Corner on your derriere, like an album that reveals something new with each listen.

88 min The VAR check is complete, and Fabinho is a lucky man. Ferguson is on his feet but limping very heavily.

87 min Ferguson is still down, and Fabinho is shaking his head a little ruefully. He looks surprised at his own … I don’t know what word to use. Indiscipline? Thuggery?

87 min I think Fabinho’s in trouble here.

86 min Fabinho is booked for plunging his studs into Ferguson’s achilles, and VAR are checking for a red card.

85 min: Liverpool substitution Fabinho replaces the quietly impressive Stefan Bajcetic.

84 min Hang on, the ITV commentary team are suggesting VAR can’t get involved anyway. So they can intervene for serious foul play but not for the denial of a goalscoring opportunity? I’ve not a scooby any more.

83 min Mac Allister is still down. There’s no suggestion that VAR are checking the incident, which is a bit strange. It was clearly a foul; the only issue is whether it was a clear goalscoring opportunity. I think it was.

82 min Mac Allister runs onto a long pass and goes over after being shoved in the neck by the last man Konate. The referee gives nothing, and the Brighton fans are fuming because a foul would sure have meant a red card.

80 min: Chance for Brighton! March beats Bajcetic, gets to the byline and cuts tbe ball back towards Mac Allister at the near post. Gomez’s woolly clearance goes straight to Ferguson, who belabours a shot from eight yards that is brilliantly blocked by the stretching Konate.

80 min “Who owns Brighton?” says David Horn. “Can’t Liverpool just buy them?”

79 min: Liverpool substitution Curtis Jones replaces Thiago.

77 min Alisson has to run a long way outside his area to beat March to Steele’s long punt.

76 min After a good move involving Bajcetic and Gakpo, Robertson’s cross is slightly too close to Steele.

Gakpo has been terrific since about the half-hour mark.

74 min “Poor old Jürgen has only served half the time Bill Shankly chalked up,” says Nigel Moore, “and already the vultures are circling waiting for a peck. Give him a break!”

You are familiar with a thing called the modern world, right? (Mind you, if everyone is ever going to do 15 years at a big club again, it probably is Klopp>0

72 min Liverpool break dangerously, but Nunez’s pass is slightly behind Salah. Lamptey fouls him and is lucky not to be booked.

71 min: Vital save by Alisson! Dunk curls a fine pass out to Mitoma on the left. He takes an insouciant touch and stabs the most delicious, precise cross with the outside of the right foot. March charges onto it, eight yards from goal, and rams a shot that hits the outrushing Alisson, rebounds off March and flies wide of the near post.

70 min “The taking one for the team foul by Dunk, as perfected by Ramos, should be clamped down on with an orange sin-bin card,” says Andy Tuohy. “If it has literally stopped a goalscoring opportunity it needs to be punished much harder. I’m all for sin-bins.”

Sin-bins and VAR; what’s the worst that could happen?

That’s a rhetorical question, please don’t email your scenarios.

69 min The increasingly influential Gakpo plays a good return pass to Milner, whose cross is headed behind by Dunk. Milner was shoved slightly by Estupinan as he shaped to cross, though it wasn’t enough for a penalty.

67 min: Brighton substitution Billy Gilmour replaces Danny Welbeck. Alexis Mac Allister will now play behind/alongside Evan Ferguson.

67 min “Obviously, I live in fear of Klopp leaving,” says Matt Dony. “But, can you think of anything funnier than seeing him rock up at PSG?”

I have to be honest, the first season of Peep Show would give it a run for its money.

66 min This is a good spell for Liverpool, their best of the second half.

64 min “Huh?” sniffs Bill Ireland. “Lots of jobs fit Klopp’s personality (many clubs have enthusiastic fans) and there isn’t any reason to think he would be uncomfortable working for rich owners- FSG are rich and they spend a lot of money to buy better opportunities for success.

“On the scale of football ownership, FSG has more in common with PSG than Dortmund or Mainz. Klopp seems likeable through a media prism and he’s been very successful but let’s not assume he shares your values or opinions. He’s not wearing a hair shirt or choosing to pass on opportunities to manage wealthy clubs.”

I think Klopp likes being, if not the underdog, then at least a relative outsider who prefers punching up and down. That’s just ma pinion; I guess we’ll find out in the next few years. Also, who says they are my values? Yes, it’s true, I did win the Champions League with Margate on Championship Manager 2001-02, but that shouldn’t necessarily define me.

63 min Dunk is booked for a brazenly cuynical foul on Gakpo, who had slipped him beautifully and was making a beeline for the penalty area. Gakpo has grown into this game and is doing a decent impression of Roberto Firmino with his pressing and slippery movement.

62 min Konate is booked for wiping out Ferguson, who has held the ball up really well today. Those two might be meeting in the Euro 2024 qualifiers in March.

60 min Milner plays a brilliant, Alexander-Arnoldian ball around the defence towards Salah. His touch takes him a bit wide and eventually Steele beats away his cross.