Salah extends Liverpool lead; Arsenal suffers Hammers blow
London, UK - Mohamed Salah's second-half penalty was enough to give English Premier League leader Liverpool a 1-0 win away to Brighton on Saturday that saw it go seven points clear at the top of the table.
Jurgen Klopp's men were enduring a frustrating afternoon on the south coast until Egypt forward Salah converted a spot-kick after being brought down in the box by Pascal Gross at the Amex Stadium.
Second-placed reigning champion Manchester City, fresh from a 9-0 rout of Burton Albion in the first leg of a League Cup semifinal, will look to close the gap at home to Wolves - who knocked Liverpool out of the FA Cup - on Monday.
Saturday's early kick-off saw teenage midfielder Declan Rice score his first West Ham goal in a 1-0 win at home to London rivals Arsenal.
Victory, in front of a London Stadium record crowd of over 59,000, cemented the Hammers' place in the top half of the table.
West Ham's Marko Arnautovic waved to home fans when substituted in the 71st minute which suggested the Austria forward, linked with a move to the Chinese Super League, may have played his last game for the club.
At the other end of the table, ten-man Southampton moved a point clear of the bottom three with a 2-1 win away to Leicester.
Fulham remained in the relegation zone after a 1-2 loss to Burnley that saw it concede two own-goals in three minutes at Turf Moor as the Clarets - who didn't have a shot on target - moved three points clear of the drop.
Craig Cathcart scored at both ends as Watford won 2-1 away to Crystal Palace in a match coinciding with the second anniversary of former Hornets manager Graham Taylor's death.
Huddersfield remained bottom of the table following a goalless draw away to relegation-threatened Cardiff.
Immobile fires Lazio into quarterfinals
Milan, Italy - Ciro Immobile scored a first-half brace as Lazio booked the first Coppa Italia quarterfinal berth on Saturday with a 4-1 win over third-division Novara in a game which was marred by racist and anti-semitic chants from a small section of the crowd at the Stadio Olimpico.
Lazio, who won the last of its six Coppa Italia trophies in 2013, will next play either Inter Milan or Benevento in the quarterfinals.