Southampton vs Liverpool LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction tonight
Relive all the action from St Mary’s where Liverpool won to keep the pressure on Man City
Liverpool ensured the Premier League title race will go to the final day of the season by coming from behind to beat Southampton 2-1 at St Mary’s.
Joel Matip’s crucial second-half winner moved the Reds a single point behind leaders Manchester City to set up a tantalising finale on Sunday.
Jurgen Klopp’s men knew they had to be victorious on the south coast to remain in contention to become top-flight champions for only the second time in 32 years and were stunned by Nathan Redmond’s superb solo opener.
But the much-changed visitors controlled proceedings for almost the entire evening and levelled through former Saints loanee Takumi Minamino before Matip completed the turnaround with the aid of a deflection off Kyle Walker-Peters.
The Reds, who remain in contention for an unprecedented quadruple, will welcome Wolves to Anfield in five days’ time, hoping Steven Gerrard’s Aston Villa can do them a major favour away to City.
Relive all the action live below:
Southampton 0 - 0 Liverpool
3 mins: Liverpool dominating the opening minutes but haven’t yet put together a penetrating attack into the Southampton final third. Both teams are feeling each other out, trying to up the tempo of the game.
Kick off: Southampton 0 - 0 Liverpool
Southampton kick off the match and knock the ball back to Jack Stephens. He floats it over to the right wing where Kostas Tsimikas wins it in the air and Liverpool take over possession.
Southampton vs Liverpool
Here come the players. A reminder that if Liverpool lose tonight, Manchester City will be the Premier League champions. The Reds need to win to keep the pressure on the league leaders but Jurgen Klopp has named a fresh team to take on Ralph Hasenhuttl’s Saints.
Klopp on Southampton
Jurgen Klopp has warned his players not to give away any free kicks in dangerous areas due to the set piece threat of James Ward-Prowse.
“They are a highly energetic, well-organised team who defend well, press like crazy and counter-attack with all that they have,” he said.
“We mustn’t make silly fouls because James Ward-Prowse can shoot into the corner of the goal from any corner of the pitch!”
Southampton vs Liverpool
It’s a wet and windy night at St. Mary’s Stadium. The warm-ups are winding down and kick off is just over 10 minutes away.
Premier League Golden Boot 2022: Mohamed Salah and Son Heung-min battle for top scorer award
Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah currently leads the Premier League Golden Boot race, but Tottenham’s Son Heung-min could pip the striker on the final day of the season.
As of writing, Salah has 22 goals with two league matches remaining and Son has 21 with one game left to play. However, Salah won’t be available for the Reds’ trip to Southampton and it’s unknown if he will be up for selection for Wolves either, so Son has a huge opportunity to take the award on the final day with Spurs facing Norwich.
And while Son could be crowned the top league scorer, he has said it isn’t at the top of his priority list. “Obviously it’s a good thing that you are racing to be top scorer, but I have said a few times that it is more important to finish in the top four than anything else,” he said.
Premier League Golden Boot 2022: Salah and Son battle for top scorer award
Spurs’ Son could take the crown with Salah unavailable for Liverpool’s match against Southampton
Southampton vs Liverpool
Liverpool have kept 21 Premier League clean sheets this season, a joint high alongside Manchester City and one short of equalling the club record set in 2005-06.
They could reach 10 top-flight away clean sheets in a campaign for the first time since 1984-85, when they ended with 11.
Southampton vs Liverpool
Southampton are on a tough run. They’ve only won one game in their last nine league games and have lost four of the last five home games.
Although Southampton can’t be relegated the fans are beginning to grumble about the results and Ralph Hasenhuttl will feel under a little bit of pressure to get a result tonight, especially in light of the team Jurgen Klopp has picked.
Southampton vs Liverpool
Only one of James Ward-Prowse’s nine league goals this season has been scored at St. Mary’s Stadium.
Southampton vs Liverpool
A Liverpool defeat would confirm Manchester City as Premier League champions.
Yet, the Reds have won 18 of 19 matches this season against teams currently in the bottom half of the table, only dropping points in a 3-3 draw at Brentford in September.
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