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Liverpool's Premier League game against Brighton has been delayed due to a road traffic accident, with the Reds now set to kick off 15 minutes later than originally planned.
Arne Slot's side has made its way to the south coast for its final game before the international break, with Liverpool having the chance to strengthen its hold on a spot in the top five, which could prove to be enough to secure a spot in next season's Champions League.
The game has been scheduled to kick off at 12:30 pm U.K. time (8:30 am ET/5:30 am PT in the US), but it has now been confirmed that the game will be delayed to a 12:45 pm kick-off. The start has been pushed back due to an accident on the A27 road near Brighton's Amex Stadium.
A statement from the Premier League confirmed the delayed start: "Kick-off for today’s Premier League match between Brighton & Hove Albion and Liverpool has been delayed by 15 minutes to 12:45pm, due to heavy traffic in the local area delaying the arrival of supporters."
Liverpool will have the chance to stengthen its position against Brighton as it looks to secure qualification for next season's Champions League.
Having seen Manchester United slip up against Bournemouth on Friday, the Reds could go to within three points of the third-placed Red Devils with a victory.
With Chelsea and Aston Villa playing later this weekend as well, Liverpool will be assured of a spot in the top five for a couple of weeks with a win, with the Premier League on hold for the international break after this round of fixtures.
Asked what kind of game he expects against Brighton, Slot said on Friday: "A very attractive and interesting style, which makes it again complicated as well, because we only have 62 hours of rest in between after we put in an enormous shift Wednesday, in terms of physical performance.
"Tell me what is smart — and, yes, I have to make that decision — but Jeremie Frimpong, for example, is such an explosive player, made so many sprints and so many times this season, unfortunately, when games came fast he got injured. Now, Joe [Gomez] being out, so you can already understand which questions we have to answer.
"Now I'm only talking about Jeremie, but Brighton has always been a team, with their former managers and definitely with this manager as well, who always want to play, who always want to bring the ball out from the back, who are going to make it a very intense game because they've also seen how intense our game was, with their fans behind them.
"So, we've played them already twice this season and both games were fascinating, interesting, high tempo, high pace because we faced a team that wanted to play with us."
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