Liverpool end home drought with 2-0 Brighton win as Wirtz hits back

📰 Liverpool beat Brighton 2-0 to end their long wait for a league win at Anfield. 📌 Key points 🏟️ Liverpool beat Brighton 2-0 at Anfield on 25 October. 🗓️ It was their first Premier League home win since April. ⚽ Wirtz's shot deflected in off Gross for an own goal. 🎯 Isak scored his sixth league goal, in his third straight league game. 🗣️ Wirtz answered his critics: "Maybe I'm just an interesting guy." 📝 What happened ⚽ Liverpool went ahead when Florian Wirtz's shot deflected in off Brighton's Pascal Gross, credited as an own goal. Alexander Isak then finished a move started by Bradley Barcola to make it 2-0. 📉 Liverpool had only 35.6% of the ball, their second-lowest possession in a Premier League home win since 2003-04, according to Opta. The win lifted them to fourth. 🗣️ Andoni Iraola praised "a team that you can trust". He said Wirtz, who came off after twisting his ankle, had a small problem and that he did not yet know whether it was even an injury. 😏 Wirtz, criticised since his £116m move, said: "Maybe I'm just an interesting guy," and on his ankle: "I think it will be alright, it's not too bad." Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler called it a "missed opportunity", pointing to two easy mistakes. 📊 By the numbers • Score: Liverpool 2-0 Brighton • Liverpool possession: 35.6% • Isak: six league goals, scored in three in a row • Liverpool: four straight wins in all competitions, fourth in the table 🔭 Why it matters Liverpool had been criticised for a run of home league draws. Having shown they can win without the ball, they beat Chelsea on penalties on 28 October to reach the Carabao Cup quarter-finals, and host joint leaders Arsenal at Anfield on 1 November.