London [UK], March 22: Brighton & Hove Albion forward Danny Welbeck struck twice as Liverpool's hopes of Champions League qualification were dealt a further blow by a 2-1 Premier League defeat on Saturday.
Arne Slot's Reds arrived in Sussex without injured pair Alisson Becker and Mohamed Salah and bidding to bounce back from drawing at home to relegation-threatened Tottenham and losing at bottom club Wolves.
Welbeck headed the Seagulls into an early lead at Amex Stadium before benefitting from the tightest of offside calls to claim his 12th top-flight goal of the season after Milos Kerkez had capitalised on a mistake from Lewis Dunk to equalise.
A fourth victory in five games lifts Albion back into the top half of the table, while another disappointing outing for the reigning champions was compounded by top scorer Hugo Ekitike suffering an early injury.
A miserable 10 days for Chelsea meanwhile culminated in a chastening 3-0 defeat as Everton won back-to-back league matches at home for the first time this season.
Beto became the first Everton player to score more than once in a game this season before Iliman Ndiaye curled a shot into the top corner to cap the Toffees' best performance at their new stadium.
In the space of just over a week, Liam Rosenior's side have lost 8-2 on aggregate in a Champions League exit to Paris St Germain, been beaten at home by Newcastle before being out-worked and out-performed by the Toffees - a team who had won just five times in 15 previous home league games.
Harry Wilson grabbed his 10th goal of the season as Fulham shoved their former boss Scott Parker closer to the drop with a 3-1 win over Burnley.
Wilson fired Fulham into the lead after Josh King had finally scored his first Premier League goal to cancel out Zian Flemming's opener for Burnley.
Substitute Raul Jimenez wrapped up the victory from the penalty spot in stoppage time after Josh Laurent was sent off.
It was a kick in the stomach for Parker, who managed Fulham to promotion in 2020 and relegation a year later and now looks odds on to repeat the trick with the Clarets. They are nine points adrift of safety - a gap which could widen after Sunday's matches - with only seven games to play.
Source: Qatar Tribune