"Ronald Araujo Is A BEAST!" | Liverpool 2-0 Brighton | Pajak's Match Reaction

SPEAKER_1 (0:00)

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Chris Pajak (0:35)

So there we go then, Liverpool have beaten Brighton by two goals and nil. In the first 20 minutes, I thought we were absolutely scintillating, I thought that was some of the best footy we've played this season, to be honest with you. Really, really, really, really good. And then after the first sort of half an hour or something, I think Brighton got back into it, it was a bit of a struggle for us from that point onward, to be honest with you.

But listen, there was loads of good chances, obviously. We had the GAC po, what early does. In fact, they had the first big chance of the game, didn't they? And I don't know how that fell askew, they're over it. It looked like it was kind of an open net, Galison obviously coming back across the goal and stuff. But yeah, we get the first goal through Throli and Virch. I don't know whether it went down as an own goal or not. Probably did, because it looked like a hefty deflection from where I was sat. Stud, I should say.

But I think I'm right in saying that was Ronald Araujo just not giving up on it. And then Barcola taking it into the penalty area, I think. And then obviously, Florent Invert hits it hard for once. And then Tash Dowie, I've just been at the game. I've given Tash a first experience of the Kop. I'm just going to take my mic off so she can speak. I've given Tash the first experience of the Kop. How did you enjoy it? I absolutely loved it. I want to say thank you.

SPEAKER_1 (1:44)

It was a great atmosphere. Had my Bob Raul, my chocolate at half time. The boys did the job.

Chris Pajak (1:50)

I mean, I've always wanted to experience the Kop. I just want to thank you because that was brilliant. Love you. See you later. Bye. Yeah, so I was stood with Tash and she had an absolute belt at the time. I'll be honest with you, it was great to see because from the moment of her going through the turnstiles, she was just like a hyperactive bunny. Obviously, that Liverpool's, I think I'm right to say it all time, women's top goalscorer who'd never stood in the Kop before. And she was just so excited. And I really loved that. I really loved spending the sort of day with her. And I loved hearing her actually talk about the sense of forward play and all that. And actually, that brings me on to Alexander Isak, who I thought in the first 10, 15 minutes of the game, really did a fantastic job of dropping in and playing football with the team and stuff like that. And that's when we were at our most potent, our best. Obviously, he gets a goal in that first half as well, takes it really well, doesn't he?

And yeah, I mean, it looked like it was gonna be an all-round performance for Alexander Isak. But unfortunately, the way the game went, the fact that Brighton had loads and loads of possession, loads and loads of the ball, kind of stopped doing that. But I thought him, I thought him and Wirtz and Barcola tracked really well throughout the game, did some really good stuff on the ball. Gapho again, relieving a lot of pressure in that second half for us on the left-hand side, just driving with the football and stuff. I thought they all did a really good job. And the fact that Florian Wirtz is now looking like the player that we paid all that money for is obviously absolutely brilliant. Alexander Isak is doing the business all season long for us, so him to get another goal, absolutely superb. But if I was the manager, if I was the head coach of Liverpool, I'd be putting up that first 20 minutes, half an hour of this game going, that's what you're capable of. I think Brighton started to really sort of dominate the game. And we were kind of hanging on for half time and hoping to go in. And I was thinking to myself at that point, you've got to change the narrative of this game. It can't be like this second half. And unfortunately, it kind of was like that second half. It was lots of Brighton on the ball, all of the time. Liverpool struggling to get there, overloads down the right back and the left back, and then really making it difficult for us. Hi, Clowie, you're OK? Really making it difficult for us.