Isak strike as Liverpool beat Brighton 2-0 for first home league win

Liverpool grab dia first Premier League home win dis season on Sunday, as dem beat Brighton and Hove Albion 2-0 at Anfield. Two goals inside four first-half minutes settle di match, and manager Andoni Iraola finally taste top-flight success for Merseyside.

Di opener come for 17th minute. Florian Wirtz shot bin dey head wide before e deflect off Brighton midfielder Pascal Gross enter net, and dem credit di goal as own goal. Four minutes later, Barcola cross from right and Isak finish from close range.

Brighton get dia own chances. Yasin Ayari fire over with di goal for him mercy early on, and later hit di post after Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker lose di ball while e dey play out from back. Bart Verbruggen also make several saves to keep di score down, deny Cody Gakpo and Ronald Araujo among others.

Why e matter

Di result lift Liverpool from fifth to fourth, one point behind third-placed Brighton and six behind leaders Manchester City. Na Iraola first league win at Anfield since e replace Arne Slot for summer, having already win Champions League and League Cup games there. Liverpool don win four in a row for all competitions since 3-0 home defeat to City.

Isak goal na him sixth in seven league games dis season, second only to Erling Haaland nine. Di Sweden striker, wey be British record £125 million signing from Newcastle in September 2025, don score in three straight league games for di first time since January 2025. He miss plenty of last season with broken leg.

Wirtz, wey dem dey watch him form closely since him move from Bayer Leverkusen, impress before dem substitute am for 65th minute. Brighton defeat na only dia second in 13 matches for all competitions dis season.

Wetin happen next

Liverpool host Chelsea for League Cup fourth round on Wednesday, before second-placed Arsenal visit Anfield on November 1. Brighton go look to bounce back for dia next league fixture.