⏱️How it unfolded
Every goal and card, from kick-off to full time.
Liverpool above the line
Brighton Hove belowGoals and cards
- 6'InjuryFerdi Kadioglu went off injured, Costinha on
- 17'Own goalOwn goal by Pascal Gross, credited to Liverpool1-0
- 21'GoalAlexander Isak, left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Set up by Bradley Barcola2-0
Half-time 2-0
54'InjuryChema Andrés went off injured, Malick Yalcouyé on- 65'InjuryFlorian Wirtz went off injured, Trey Nyoni on
The score, against the pace we expected
Liverpool got ahead of the pace we expected in the first half and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LIV better than we expected
▼ BHA better than we expected
The first half was where it moved most, about 2 goals better than we expected for Liverpool.
⚽Good plays, bad plays
The goals and saves that went each side's way, and what each side did to itself.
Liverpool
Good plays
- GOAL
Alexander Isak, left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner, set up by Bradley Barcola
21' · LIV 2-0 BHA
- SAVE
Alisson Becker kept out Charalambos Kostoulas from the right side of the box
45+1' · LIV 2-0 BHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Brighton Hove
Good plays
- SAVE
Bart Verbruggen kept out Cody Gakpo from the left side of the box
8' · LIV 0-0 BHA
- SAVE
Bart Verbruggen kept out Cody Gakpo from the left side of the box
19' · LIV 1-0 BHA
- SAVE
Bart Verbruggen kept out Ronald Araujo from the right side of the box
43' · LIV 2-0 BHA
Bad plays
- OWN GOAL
Pascal Gross put it into his own net
17' · LIV 1-0 BHA
- WOODWORK
Yasin Ayari hit the woodwork from outside the box
36' · LIV 2-0 BHA
- BIG MISS
Diego Gómez missed from the centre of the box, just wide
45+2' · LIV 2-0 BHA
- BIG MISS
Charalambos Kostoulas missed from the left side of the six yard box, just wide
83' · LIV 2-0 BHA
⭐Who stood out
The players who made the difference, and the ones it went wrong for.
Liverpool
- ★
Alexander Isak Forward
Goal 21'
- ★
Bradley Barcola Attacking Midfielder Right
Set up Isak, 1 shot, 0 on target
- ★
Cody Gakpo Attacking Midfielder Left
6 shots, 2 on target
Brighton Hove
- ★
Bart Verbruggen Goalkeeper
3 saves
- ✗
Pascal Gross Right Midfielder
Own goal 17'
- ✗
Charalambos Kostoulas Forward
Big chance missed 83', 4 shots, 1 on target
⚖️What decided it
Why Liverpool won, and why Brighton Hove did not.
From the game
- Got away with it at the back, kept a clean sheet from chances worth about one goal
- Brighton Hove were without Kaoru Mitoma
- Won it with 36% of the ball
Key battles
📊The numbers
| LIV | BHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Possession | 64% |
| 13 | Shots | 17 |
| 4 | Shots on target | 1 |
| 4 | Corners | 2 |
| 1 | Saves | 3 |
| 224 | Passes completed | 486 |
| 69% | Pass accuracy | 84% |
| 9 | Tackles won | 6 |
| 13 | Fouls | 9 |
| 0 | Yellow cards | 2 |
| 49% | Share of the chances | 51% |
| 9 | Passes completed near goal | 16 |
| 17 | Passes allowed before winning it back | 6 |
