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Liverpool take on Southampton this Saturday at Anfield with both teams in need of a result for different reasons.
Jurgen Klopp's side arrive in form having won all three games since that 4-1 humbling by Tottenham at Wembley, scoring 10 goals in the process, and are desperate to keep up the pressure on the top four.
The Saints have picked up only one point from their past two games but Mauricio Pellegrino is confident he can bring an upturn in results and Anfield would be as good a place as any to make a statement of intent.
Sadio Mane returned to training this week and is expected to be available for Liverpool following a minor injury on international duty, while Klopp is expected to be on the touchline despite being unwell this week.
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Preview
What time does it start?
The game kicks off at the Anfield at 3pm on Saturday 18 November.
Where can I watch it?
The game won't be broadcast on British television. Follow the action in our live blog above.
It’s a big game for…
Jurgen Klopp. The manager was taken to hospital this week but returned to oversee training and is expected to be pitchside for the match. Liverpool were on something of a roll and the international break therefore came at an inconvenient moment. With Tottenham meeting Arsenal in the early kick-off Liverpool have the chance to haul themselves in amongst the chasing pack behind Manchester City. Klopp's side cannot afford anything less than three points.
Remember when…
Southampton last beat Liverpool at Anfield in the Premier League? In 2013 the future Reds defender Dejan Lovren scored the only goal of the game in a 1-0 away victory for the Saints.
Player to watch…
Mohamed Salah. With 13 goals in his opening 19 appearances in all competitions for Liverpool, the Egyptian forward has already shown himself to be a canny purchase by the Anfield hierarchy. His recent form, with six goals in his past five games, makes him the man to stop.
Past three meetings…
Liverpool 0 Southampton 0, Premier League, May 2017
Liverpool 0 Southampton 1, League Cup, January 2017
Southampton 1 Liverpool 0, League Cup, January 2017
Form guide…
Liverpool: WLWWW
Southampton: LDWDL
Odds…
Liverpool to win: 2/5
Draw: 15/4
Southampton to win: 13/2
45+2 mins: RED CARD! BOURNEMOUTH 2 HUDDERSFIELD 0:
In first-half injury time, Bournemouth find themselves reduced to ten men due to the sending off of captain Simon Francis. The defender had already been booked when he dived in on Rajiv van La Parra, and Lee Probert had no hesitation in bringing out a second yellow, and then a red card.
48 mins: GOAL! LEICESTER 0 MAN CITY 2:
...and City have doubled their lead! Seconds after Harry Maguire had gone close to equalising at one end - the defender denied on the line by a combination of David Silva and the post - the Premier League leaders pounced at the other. Leroy Sane tried to find Silva on the overlap, and the ball eventually landed at the feet of Kevin De Bruyne outside of the box from where the Belgian blitzed a shot into the roof of the net. Superb stuff.
63 mins: GOAL! WEST BROM 0 CHELSEA 4:
Eden Hazard has his second, Chelsea have four and Tony Pulis may be logging back into his LinkedIn account soon. Dreadful football is one thing when you're bagging clean sheets week after week, but when you're getting thumped for four at home then you may find yourselves on borrowed time.
68 mins: GOAL! LIVERPOOL 3 SOUTHAMPTON 0:
I'm not sure Liverpool will be buying up the Southampton class of 2017 in the next couple of transfer windows if this performance is anything to go on. The Saints defence were all at sea as Fraser Forster pushed Roberto Firmino's shot back into the danger area, and that meant Philippe Coutinho was free to sweep the loose ball home in front of a triumphant Kop.
70 mins: GOAL! BOURNEMOUTH 3 HUDDERSFIELD 0:
Harry Arter had an awful midweek with the Republic of Ireland but, hey, it's the weekend. The midfielder has bagged a third for the ten-man Cherries after dispossessing Scott Malone, turning one way and then the other before firing past Jonas Lössl.
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