Liverpool vs Brighton – FA Cup Preview
Date: Saturday, 14 February 2026
Venue: Anfield
Kick-off: 20:00 GMT
Following a hard-fought victory over Sunderland at the Stadium of Light, the reigning Premier League champions are afforded a brief pause from the suffocating top-five conversation. For one weekend at least, attention shifts away from league arithmetic and toward something more...
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Sunderland 0 - 1 Liverpool Premier League Player Ratings
The Premier League saw the faltering Premier League champions travel to face the overachieving promoted hosts at the Stadium of Light.
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The lineup and subsequent ratings are listed below.
Alisson Becker - 7.0
The giant Brazilian stopper was largely untested in a routine first half as the Reds...
Sunderland 0 – 1 Liverpool
Premier League Man of the Match
Florian Wirtz – Liverpool FC
There are games where dominance flows into comfort, and then there are afternoons like this — where control produces anxiety, territory becomes tension, and superiority must be protected rather than celebrated.
Liverpool scraped through at the Stadium of Light. Make no mistake...
