Liverpool vs Brighton 2-0

Liverpool beat Brighton 2-0 at Anfield after Pascal Groß's own goal gave the visitors the lead. Alexander Isak levelled in the 21st minute and Liverpool then added a second-half goal.

Brighton opened the scoring in the 17th minute when Pascal Groß put through his own net, making it 0-1. Liverpool replied four minutes later through Alexander Isak, who was set up by Bradley Barcola to make it 1-1. It stayed level at half-time.

The second half produced no further goals, but Brighton made four changes and Liverpool made three, including two together in the 77th minute when Treymaurice Nyoni and Rio Ngumoha came on for Florian Wirtz, Bradley Barcola and Alexander Isak. Liverpool held firm from there and finished the stronger side without adding to the scoreline.

Brighton had 64% of the possession and 575 passes to Liverpool's 323, and also had more shots, 16 to 13, while their xG was 1.4 to Liverpool's 0.95. Liverpool had four shots on target to Brighton's one, took four corners to two and made three saves to Brighton's one.

Brighton were booked twice, with Olivier Boscagli shown a yellow card in first-half stoppage time and Costinha booked in the 73rd minute. Liverpool were not booked, and there were no red cards.