VIDEO: Fan legs it onto pitch at Anfield one hour and 30 minutes BEFORE Liverpool v Brighton

A fan bizarrely legs it onto the pitch at Anfield one hour and 30 minutes BEFORE Liverpool v Brighton with a video doing the rounds.

Footage was uploaded by Twitter user @imfootybants who is said to have got into the stadium early, only to see the random scenes playing out on the field.

The pitch invader decided to give the stewards a run around, was doing some dummies to get himself further ahead of the chase before eventually getting taken down the ground.

Came very early cuz I was bored, why has someone pitch invaded an hour and a half before the game 😭 pic.twitter.com/YIMsERxexs

— IG: Imfootybants (@imfootybants) October 30, 2021

It comes just days a pitch invader was also spotted at the Carabao Cup meeting between Preston North End and Liverpool in midweek.

Curtis Jones, who had a very impressive game at Deepdale, could be seen evading stewards (and a pitch invader) so that he could give his shirt to a fan at the end of the tie.

Jurgen Klopp’s side won that fixture 2-0 thanks to goals from Takumi Minamino and Divock Origi, both in the second half to advance through to the quarter finals – you can see the draw for that HERE.

Curtis Jones evades stewards (and a pitch invader) to give his shirt to a fan at the end 🔴#LFC pic.twitter.com/shP16zbr2H

— Neil Jones (@neiljonesgoal) October 27, 2021

Twitter users gave their reaction after a fan legs it onto pitch at Anfield one hour and 30 minutes BEFORE Liverpool v Brighton had even kicked off…

@StokeyyG2: Donny Van De Beek trying to get a few more minutes

@KohChungWei: Those poor stewards look like they’re out of a cartoon 😭 their running pattern 😂

@jayefc_: he just loves exercise? what happened to freedom smh 🙄

@NorfolkElliot: It’s the security guard who falls over nothing for me

@dan05delaney: Why would you run on the pitch 80 kins before kick off when the stadium is empty

@aledaw96: He just wasted his money for no reason…

@Mikey47_: Stadium ban needed just for getting caught by that fat cunt steward. Seen Icebergs move quicker.

@Ditchy0: That lad who ran on at Preston is pushing it a bit now

@irvine75: What an absolute fucking bellend

@wearebrighton: Aaron Connolly trying to escape Anfield to get back to Shoosh #BHAFC

@SahlAkuji: Poor steward couldn’t keep up with his pace 😭

@ABjr_UTD: More minutes on the pitch than Van de beek

@ToGo89: Needs the fuckin benny hill music that

@SamTrevitt8: Cannot beat a steward falling arse over tit 😂😂😂😂😂

@PennRichardpenn: Hahahah that steward tripping over thin air

@Billyscott_: Why do stewards always fall over when chasing pitch invaders hahahahaha

@CorderyJustin: Maybe he thought he’d do a dress rehearsal before he does it for real when the game starts😂😂

@darren_snaith: That’s just the warm up for the stewards.

@JamesCowiee:
Stadium Ban, Criminal Record ✅
A whole 80 mins before kick off 😭

@LAYLFC68: Love it when a steward goes flying 😂😂

@Luca_HJ_: It isn’t a proper pitch invasion unless the steward slips hahaha

@Ferneylfc85: What a twat

@PaulBax52823336: This cracker is obviously fresh from the Friday night sesh 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Team news

Liverpool midfielder Naby Keita looks set to be involved at home to Brighton after escaping serious injury against Manchester United last weekend.

The Guinea midfielder was carried off on a stretcher at Old Trafford but his leg injury was not as serious as first feared.

Thiago Alcantara is back in full training for the first time since mid-September but is unlikely to feature, while fellow midfielders Fabinho (knee) and James Milner (hamstring) are absent.

Brighton, who won at Anfield last season to end Liverpool’s 68-game unbeaten home run in the Premier League, return to Merseyside without Dan Burn.

The big defender suffered a heavy fall and injured a knee during the Carabao Cup game at Leicester on Wednesday night. However, Yves Bissouma will be available following his substitute appearance in the cup after more than a month out with his knee problem.

The big defender suffered a heavy fall and injured a knee during the Carabao Cup game at Leicester on Wednesday night. However, Yves Bissouma will be available following his substitute appearance in the cup after more than a month out with his knee problem.

OPTA STATS:

• Having won their first six Premier League meetings with Brighton, Liverpool picked up just one point in their two meetings with the Seagulls last season, losing 1-0 in this exact fixture in February.
• Following their 1-0 win at Anfield in February, Brighton are looking to secure back-to-back victories against Liverpool in all competitions for the first time. Indeed, the Seagulls have won just five of their previous 33 meetings in total against the Reds (D9 L19).
• Liverpool have won 5-0 in their last two Premier League games, beating Watford and Man Utd. They are looking to become the fourth side to win three top-flight games in a row by 5+ goals, after Aston Villa in 1899, Chelsea in 2010 and Manchester City in 2017.
• Liverpool are unbeaten in their last 19 Premier League matches (W14 D5). They’ve had two previous runs of 20+ unbeaten games in the Premier League under manager Jürgen Klopp (21 games between May and December 2018 & 44 games between January 2019 and February 2020) and Klopp could become the third manager to have three separate such runs, after Sir Alex Ferguson (six) and Arsène Wenger (four).
• Brighton conceded four goals for the first time in 43 Premier League matches against Man City last time out, shipping as many goals in that 4-1 loss as they had in their previous seven league matches combined.
• Liverpool have scored 27 goals in their nine Premier League matches this season, their best tally at this stage of a top-flight season since 1987-88 when they’d scored 28 and went on to win the title.
• Mohamed Salah has been directly involved in nine goals in his eight Premier League games against Brighton (5 goals, 4 assists), only failing to score or assist against the Seagulls twice (2-1 in November 2019, 0-1 in February last season).
• Liverpool forward Sadio Mané has never scored in six Premier League meetings with Brighton – the Seagulls are the only side he’s faced more than once in the competition without ever finding the net.
• Mohamed Salah’s hat-trick at Old Trafford last week took the Liverpool forward to 10 Premier League goals after just nine games this season, only the third player to reach double figures before their side’s 10th game of a campaign after Les Ferdinand (Newcastle) in 1995-96 and Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton) last season.
• Brighton’s Alexis Mac Allister has scored two goals in his seven Premier League games this season, having netted just once in his first 30 appearances in the competition. All three of the Argentine’s Premier League goals have been scored as a substitute.