Liverpool returns to EPL summit; Brighton into FA Cup semis

LIVERPOOL, England — A combination of goalkeeping errors and penalties earned Liverpool a return to the Premier League summit and Brighton a place in the FA Cup semifinals on Sunday.

James Milner converted an 81st-minute spot kick — after two mistakes in a matter of seconds by Fulham goalkeeper Sergio Rico — to secure a 2-1 win for Liverpool at Craven Cottage, lifting the Reds above Manchester City and two points clear in the title race.

City has a game in hand in its quest for an unprecedented quadruple. Pep Guardiola’s side has already won the English League Cup, is into the Champions League quarterfinals, and now knows it will play Brighton in the last four of the FA Cup.

Brighton only made it to extra time in its quarterfinal match against second-tier Millwall by scoring an equalizer in the fifth minute of stoppage time, when goalkeeper David Martin allowed a free kick to sail into the corner .

The score stayed 2-2 after extra time and Brighton won the penalty shootout 5-4 to reach the semifinals for the first time since 1983.

Wolverhampton Wanderers and Watford complete the allPremier League lineup for the last four, with the semifinal games taking place at Wembley Stadium on April 6 and 7.

In the other Premier League game on Sunday, Chelsea lost 2-0 at Everton and missed a chance to move level on points with fourth-placed Arsenal. Richarlison and Gylfi Sigurdsson, with a rebound off his saved penalty, scored for Everton.