Liverpool 2 – 0 Brighton – Match Report & Highlights
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Report and free match highlights as Liverpool move up to fourth with a 2-0 win over third-place Brighton at Anfield; Pascal Gross scored an own goal from a Florian Wirtz shot before Alexander Isak struck for a third consecutive Premier League game
Sunday 25 October 2026 16:27, UK
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Alexander Isak scored for a third straight Premier League game as Liverpool inflicted only Brighton’s second loss of the season.
Isak’s goal, finished emphatically from Bradley Barcola’s right-wing cut-back, came four first-half minutes after Pascal Gross had diverted a Florian Wirtz shot into his own net.
Brighton arrived at Anfield having scored 23 goals in their first seven games of the season but lacked a clinical edge, with Yasin Ayari blazing a golden chance over moments before the opener.
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Ayari later struck the post with a curling effort from outside the box as Brighton finished the game with only one shot on target despite having 64 per cent of the possession.
Trey Nyoni, a second-half substitute for Wirtz, who went down the tunnel after taking a knock to his ankle, also made a crucial, last-ditch tackle to deny Maxim De Cuyper in the Liverpool box.
The hosts had chances to add to their lead, wasting several counter-attacks and drawing Bart Verbruggen saves from Ronald Araujo and Cody Gakpo. But their first-half flurry proved sufficient to secure a first Premier League home win under Andoni Iraola.
The result takes them above Chelsea into fourth in the Premier League, only a point behind Brighton, who taste defeat for the first time since August. Liverpool’s fourth win in a row in all competitions also provides further evidence of their attack finally clicking.
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Isak’s goal, his sixth of the season in the Premier League, came after fine work by summer signing Barcola, who stole possession high up the pitch before driving forward and picking out his team-mate.
The key moments at Anfield
- 7: INJURY! Brighton’s Ferdi Kadioglu is forced off after appearing to injure his hip
- 14: BIG MISS! Ayari fires a glorious Brighton chance over the bar
- 17: GOAL! Wirtz’s shot deflects off Gross and into the net
- 21: GOAL! Barcola picks out Isak to double Liverpool’s advantage
- 36: POST! Ayari crashes a shot off the post after Brighton win the ball high up the pitch
- 42 CHANCE! Araujo charges into the box but his shot is saved
- 64: INJURY! Wirtz is withdrawn for Nyoni after hurting his ankle
- 66 BIG TACKLE! Nyoni gets a foot in just before De Cuyper can pull the trigger in the Liverpool box
What the result means and next fixtures
