Liverpool vs Brighton LIVE - score, Pascal Gross OG, Alexander Isak goal, commentary stream

Liverpool have just taken their foot off the gas in the last 10 or 15 minutes here.

A third would surely kill the game but Brighton still feel they are in this.

As I type, Liverpool go down the other end and Gakpo almost finds Isak at the back post.

Brighton hit the post through Ayari.

All came from Mac Allister losing it on the edge of the box.

The crowd chant for Ronald Araujo after he won possession back near his own corner flag and cleared the danger.

Mac Allister heads a Wirtz near-post goalwards but he's took far outside the post, goes wide.

Referee Sam Barrott gives Gakpo and Vuskovic a talking-to after a little bit of a shoving match between the pair. No yellow cards handed out.

Florian Wirtz's goal has been taken off him, as things stand, and instead gone down as a Pascal Gross own goal. It was a big deflection to be fair.

Brighton try to find space for the shot inside the area and move it about but Liverpool defend it really well and Jacquet takes one to the face for his troubles before the home side eventually clear. The crowd enjoyed that, everyone threw their bodies on the line.

Liverpool are playing with a swagger about them here and it is probably the best 25 minutes they've had under Iraola in the Premier League.

It's Isk's sxith goal of the season and full credit to Barcola who wins it back with his tenacity before driving into the box and picking out his No.9.

Liverpool 2-0 Brighton.

What a start this is from the Reds.

Really good save from Verbruggen to deny Gakpo and then Isak smashes one over the bar. Liverpool have their tails up.

Florian Wirtz sticks it home with a low drive after Araujo's cross is only half cleared.

Verbruggen was unsighted by a deflection off Gross I think but it doesn't matter, Liverpool lead!

Massive chance for Ayari, who hits it into the Kop from Gross' cut-back. Really should be 1-0.

Liverpool undone too easily there, from Gomez's pass.

It's not so much windy as cold. Not the worst conditions for football although it is a bit blustery at times.

Liverpool are trying to settle but Brighton are pressing high. It's made for a bit of a tough watch in the early moments.

Barcola tracks back well and wins possession before carrying it and releasing Wirtz down the right.

The No.7 finds Isak with a cross-field ball but he can't quite control it to give him a shot on goal.

It was a nice move involving all three though.

As I type, Gakoo works Verbruggen with a shot from 20 yards or so.

Liverpool trying to make the most of their numerical advantage as Brighton attempt to make a sub. Eventually it's cleared for a throw Costinha is on for Kadioglu inside six minutes.

Early blow for Brighton with Kadioglu down.

Looks like his afternoon might be over already.

Underway at Anfield. Both sets of players take the knee in recognition of the Premier League's No Room for Racism campaign.

It's a who's who inside the Anfield directors' box. Vice-chairman Amit Bhatia is here with his family alongside CEO Billy Hogan, LFC Foundation director Matt Parish and a fella named Ian Rush, who used to put the ball in the net here many moons ago. You may have heard of him too?

Anyway, the teams are out. Kick-off on its way from Anfield.

One of the truly impressive things about this Brighton side is how well they are playing without any obvious 'stars'. It is very much a team thing where Fabian Hurzeler is concerned. Pascal Gross has rolled by the years so far but Luka Vuskovic has earned rave reviews this term and Charalampos Kostoulas has been excellent in what I have seen of Brighton so far this season.

But with all that being said, an injury-hit Liverpool were more than a match for league leaders Manchester City a fortnight ago here before that controversial Ryan Gravenberch red card, so they have to be at a similar level of intensity today too.

The Liverpool legend was asked on Sky Sports whether he believes Liverpool, who have lost just once in all competitions so far this season, have had a good start.

And he said: "In terms of the manager, I think it's been a really good start. And even from the game that they lost, against Manchester City, they should take confidence from that. Brighton have been the best team in the Premier League so far this season, so if Liverpool can beat them, then it would have been a very good start."

Whisper it quietly, but it isn't so bad in here regards wind.

It is, though, absolutely belting it down.

I think Bradley Barcola might be feeling the cold. While a number of Liverpool players are wearing gloves during the warm-up, he is the only one also donning both a woolly hat and scarf.

Liverpool, should they win at home in the Premier League for the first time since April, would move into the top four today after Chelsea's home loss to Tottenham Hotspur last night.

Andoni Iraola said last Monday that he feels the discourse around Florian Wirtz is too much and to an extent, he is right. But the £116m playmaker has been good in his last three outings, so he has to build on that today with two other players who cost a king's ransom in Alexander Isak and Bradley Barcola.

The big-money trio have contributed five goals and three assists in those victories.

If they come to the party today, it will feel like a particularly big step forward for this Liverpool outfit under Andoni Iraola.

With Rio Ngumoha benched today, you would assume that means he will get the opportunity to start against his former club, Chelsea, in midweek.

I would imagine the teenager would relish such a prospect as Liverpool continue to manage him carefully.

Cody Gakpo has been speaking about the challenge facing Liverpool today. He said: "It's going to be a tough game. I think they have shown in the last games that they are very good on the ball, defensively very good and score a lot of goals. So it will be a tough game for us but I think we are ready."