LIVERPOOL, England, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Liverpool's Hugo Ekitike bagged a double to secure a 2-0 Premier League victory over Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday while talisman Mohamed Salah, whose future at the Merseyside team is uncertain, recorded a landmark assist on an emotional afternoon.

Atalanta, Barcelona, and Bayern Munich all overturned early deficits to win their own matches. Ginluca Scamacca and Charles De Ketelaere helped take down Chelsea, a brace from Jules Kounde helped get past Eintracht Frankfurt, and Lennart Karl scored for the third straight game as Bayern got past Sporting CP.

Liverpool loses 3-0 at Anfield against Nottingham Forest and slips to the right side of the table, currently in 11th place. This is already their 6th defeat in this Premier League out of 12 matches played (last year, they had only 4 in 38 matchdays).

Liverpool just hung on for a second straight Premier League win, and a third win in a row in all competitions, as they beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 in North London on Saturday evening. Spurs finished the game with nine men, following red cards to Cristian Romero and Xavi Simons.

Mohamed Salah shrugged off his recent problems at Liverpool to play a starring role for Egypt in their AFCON opener. The forward popped up in stoppage time to score the winner for Egypt in a 2-1 victory over Zimbabwe.

Liverpool have been devastated by injuries this season. Something that made their 1-1 draw to Chelsea Women a month ago even more surprising given the extreme lack of options that Gareth Taylor has at hand in challenges like a Blues side in title defence mode.

Alexander Isak comes off the bench to score for Liverpool but is forced off with injury as the Reds win a chaotic Premier League match at nine-man Tottenham.

Liverpool insider Lewis Steele has revealed that Arne Slot "doesn't like" a Liverpool forward who could "score every week" and he "still wouldn't play."