Match report: U23s start PL2 season with Brighton draw

The game had been in doubt in the hour before the originally scheduled kick-off time due to heavy rainfall but after two pitch inspections, and some diligent draining, the referee gave the go-ahead.

Neither side quite found their full flow when the action did start, though Kamil Grabara made four excellent saves for Neil Critchley’s Reds, and a point apiece was a just outcome on balance.

It was the hosts who started the brighter when the match got under way – by now under clear skies – and Aaron Connolly should have done better than flick the ball over the bar from yards out after a delivery into the Liverpool box fell kindly.

Grabara had to stretch moments later as Mathias Normann opened up…