Football pundit Chris Sutton is predicting a seven-goal thriller for Liverpool's FA Cup Fourth Round trip to Brighton on Sunday, but not in the Reds' favour.
Jurgen Klopp will be hoping for a considerable improvement on the 3-0 drubbing his side suffered at the hands of their hosts when the two sides met on the same ground in the Premier League only two weeks ago.
But former Blackburn Rovers and Chelsea striker Sutton says that he cannot trust Liverpool to get the job done.
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Predicting a 4-3 Brighton win in his weekly BBC Sport column, he wrote: "I'm not going to apologise to Liverpool fans for saying this - but I just don't trust their team to deliver anymore.
"They don't have the same intensity in their play that they once did under Jurgen Klopp, and it is far too easy to get through their defence, as Brighton showed when they beat them 3-0 earlier this month.
"Of course Mohamed Salah can still do his stuff and score a brilliant goal but that's not enough to make up for all the problems behind him.
"Liverpool are a long way off the pace in the Premier League so I am sure Klopp would love a FA Cup run, but I don't see it happening.
"This might be an open game which, in the past would have suited the Reds. Now it plays into Brighton's hands and they look full of confidence at the moment.
"I can see there being a few goals but if the Seagulls win, is it really a shock? I don't think so."
Regardless of Sutton's prediction and their recent defeat at Brighton, Liverpool enter the tie as the FA Cup's defending champions and Seagulls boss Roberto De Zerbi has dismissed suggestions that the hosts are favourites.
Speaking in his pre-match press conference on Friday (as per Sussex Live), he said: “No, [we are not favourites]. The table is how it is, but Liverpool are always a big team. It will be a different game, but also the last game was difficult. It always is against Liverpool. We need to make the conditions right to win the game, we can play better than we did against Leicester.
“Jurgen Klopp is one of the best coaches in the world. His history reflects that, I have big respect for him. I know Liverpool are a big team, we have a lot of respect for them. But we would like to repeat if it’s possible, if we play like the last game.”
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