Milos Kerkez joined an incredibly exclusive Liverpool club on Saturday, despite being on the losing side of the Reds’ 2-1 defeat to Brighton Hove Albion.
Kerkez would have been viewed as an unlikely goalscorer for the Reds when you consider the likes of Dominik Szoboszlai and Hugo Ekitike started the contest on the South Coast.
However, with Ekitike hobbling off towards the start of the contest, the Hungarian had to produce a moment of striker-like quality in his absence, and he did just that when he instinctively beat Bart Verbruggen in the Seagulls net, to level the even match at 1-1.
Unfortunately, Danny Welbeck’s goal was the match-winner when the second half commenced, but the full-back would have loved his moment in the goalscoring spotlight, all the same.
The ex-AFC Bournemouth defender has entered into a very limited group of Liverpool players, after bagging this goal, with Kerkez surely desperate to chip in with a match-winning strike, down the line.
Kerkez has entered into exclusive club
There were a lot of Liverpool statistics to sink your teeth into at the close of the 2-1 defeat at the Amex.
This defeat means Slot’s side has now lost ten games across the entire season, which is the first time they’ve hit this sorry number in the Premier League in ten long years.
Moreover, with 42 goals shipped from 31 league games, the reigning Premier League champions have now leaked more goals this campaign alone than they managed to concede across their last two top-flight seasons.
The most startling statistic of them all involves Kerkez, with the 22-year-old becoming only the sixth player in the club’s entire history to have lost both games where they picked up their first two Reds goals.
Milos Kerkez’s Liverpool goals:
| Date | Competition | Opponent | Result |
| October 25 2025 | Premier League | Brentford | 3-2 L |
| March 21 2026 | Premier League | Brighton | 2-1 L |
Indeed, Slot’s men were on the receiving end of another bruising loss away at Brentford, when Kerkez bagged his first-ever Reds strike.
Amazingly, he is the first player in the last 90 years that this perplexing situation has fallen onto, with Liverpool supporters watching on, surely fearful of what the final result will turn out to be, when the attack-minded full-back next pops up with an effort.
Kerkez was honest post-match about the team’s overall “tired” display, with the £40m signing having plenty to work on at the back, alongside the likes of a shaky Virgil Van Dijk, away from being pleased with his individual moment in the spotlight.
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