Post-match context at AnfieldLiverpool’s 2–0 win over Brighton should have been a straightforward story about three points and control at Anfield. Instead, it became a wider conversation about

They’re coming into this match off the back of a defeat to Aston Villa at the beginning of the month and a draw to West Ham United midweek — and they had to score late in stoppage time against West Ham to take home the point. They need a win almost as much as Liverpool do.