Southampton v Liverpool - as it happened
Join us for live coverage of the Premier League clash between Southampton and Liverpool at St Mary's stadium. Liverpool will be hoping to get three more points after winning the UEFA Super Cup in midweek.
List of goalscorers
Match report in news
End of match
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94'Last chance for Soton, but Valery's cross from the near side goes straight to Adrian!!! And that's the end!
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93'Mane tried to take it to the corner before losing it.
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93'Liverpool win a corner!
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92'Ward-Prowse's free-kick beats a few Soton players and it's pinball before being cleared! Panic stations now for Liverpool.
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91'Mane finally gets his card after another poor challenge on Djenepo.
Substitution
at Liverpool
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89'Liverpool sub: Henderson is on for the Ox.
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88'Mane makes a bad foul on Djenepo and is lucky not to be booked.
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86'That goal has lifted the home fans and what a miss!!!!!! Valery puts in a superb ball for Valery and the ball is put in for Ings who scuffs it from inside the six when he had an open net!!!!!! Valery may have been offside though so it may not have counted.
Yellow card
a Southampton
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84'Djenepo is carded.
Goaaaaaal!
de Southampton en el 83'
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Statistics of Danny Ings in Premier League38220.58230
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83'Danny Ings!!!!! What an error by Adrian!!!! Van Dijk passes to his GK, Adrian takes a touch and as he tries to clear, Ings puts his foot there to divert it in!!! The same thing nearly happened in the first half.
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80'Attempts: 4-10 in the second half.
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79'Matip almost scores an own goal!!! He tries to clear Valery's cross and Adrian has to deflect for a corner!
Substitution
at Liverpool
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79'Liverpool sub: Origi comes on for Salah.
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78'Alexander-Arnold is booked for a foul on Djenepo.
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77'Soton sub: Djenepo replaces Bertrand.
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77'Gunn again denies Liverpool!! A superb one-two between Robertson and Mane and the Scot is denied by Gunn after a stunning backheel by Mane.
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75'Mane!!!! He gets on the end of Alexander-Arnold's free-kick with his head and he is denied by Gunn.
Substitution
at Liverpool
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74'Fabinho on for Milner for Liverpool.
Goaaaaaal!
de Liverpool en el 71'
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Statistics of Roberto Firmino in Premier League3890.24800
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71'It's all over!!!! Firmino kills this one off!!! Bednarek is dispossesed near his own goal by Mane, the Senegalese passes to Firmino who turns before slotting it into the goalie's bottom right hand corner. Soton lost the ball from a throw-in and were punished.
Substitution
at Southampton
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68'Southampton: Armstrong on for Adams.
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67'Ings fires over the bar!!! He turns past Milner and his curling shot just goes over.
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65'79% possession for Liverpool.
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65'Firmino!!!!!!!! What a chance!! Sadio Mane gets it on this near flank on the counter, he puts it on a plate for Firmino and he inexplicably puts it wide.
Substitution
at Southampton
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64'Southampton sub: Ings replaces Romeu.
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63'Liverpool have a long move now which ends with Milner firing over the top for a two point conversion.
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63'Robertson gets the ball near the post and his cross is headed out by a defender.
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60'Liverpool in control now here at St Mary's. The second half is a completely different story.
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56'What a save by Gunn to deny Salah!!! That was a brilliant save to deny the Egyptian although the linesman missed the Liverpool man being offside.
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55'Liverpool win a corner and Milner's shot is deflected deliberately by Matip's heel towards goal!!! It missed the goal by a whisker.
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53'Redmond again!!!! He finds Hojbjerg who gets a corner for his side.
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52'Salah tries to play in Firmino inside the area and Bednarek makes a fabulous intervention.
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51'Salah wins a corner for the away side.
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50'Salah strikes the wall with his free-kick!
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49'Romeu brings down Matip outside the box with a late challenge and Romeu has already been booked. This is in a dangerous area.
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46'Robertson makes a move into the Soton box, but his cross is blocked.
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46'Southampton get us going again!
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45'HT: Southampton 0-1 Liverpool!!! Half-time on the South Coast and despite being very average for most of the half, the away side lead thanks to a great goal by Sadio Mane right on half-time. Redmond and Adams have been the dangerous for the hosts up to now. See you again shortly for the rest of this one!
Goaaaaaal!
de Liverpool en el 45'
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Statistics of Sadio Mané in Premier League35180.51730
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45'Mane scores out of nothing!!!! Wijnaldum and Milner combine before Mane gets the ball on the edge of the box, he takes a touch and turns before smacking it right into the far corner. Liverpool undeservedly lead!
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45'Two added minutes.
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45'Liverpool need this half-time interval as soon as possible.
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43'Redmond is playing really well for the home side. Milner has got a large white bandage on his head.
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42'Redmond makes yet another brilliant move down this near side and he plays in Bertrand. He is offside though.
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38'Adams!!!! A lovely cross in by Romeu and Adams gets too much on his header. It flies just over the bar.
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35'Romeu sees yellow for a challenge on Robertson. He gets the ball first. Poor decision.
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33'Salah fires over the crossbar now!
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33'Shots: 4-3, on target: 1-1.
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32'Robertson makes a vital tackle on the counter as Redmond was bearing down on the goal.
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31'Corner for Liverpool. Salah takes and the ball back in by Alexander-Arnold is well cliamed by Gunn.
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28'Adams goes down wanting a spot-kick, but nothing given. And then Adrian has to make a brilliant stop from Bertrand's cross after Redmond had given him the ball.
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27'Liverpool are not dominating this game at all. Saints are playing really well now.
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25'Ward-Prowse's free-kick in beats everybody.
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23'Alexander-Arnold's ball in beats everyone and it's a goal kick.
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22'Saints get another corner which comes to nothing.
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21'Ward-Prowse delivers and Adrian makes a tremendous save to deny Yoshida!!! It was a great header by the Japanese and superb by the keeper.
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20'The hosts get a corner.
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19'Valery runs out of space now.
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18'Adams shoots from the corner at the far post and Vestergaard almost turns it in!!
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17'Nice move by the Saints after Redmond is fed the ball before a winning a corner off the Ox.
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15'Man down here for Southampton. It was Ward-Prowse, but I think Milner has got to his eyebrow. He headed Ward Prowse's head. Milner is bleeding.
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13'Chance for Liverpool!! Salah gets the ball, but he is surrounded by defenders so he backheels it to the Ox who fires well wide of the GK's right hand post.
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12'Mane is brought down in his own half.
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9'Adams is in now!!! A long pass by Redmond looks for Adams and Adrian comes out to put pressure on and get the ball.
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8'What was Adrian doing?? Van Dijk passes it back to his keeper and his clearance is charged down by Ward-Prowse. Fortunately for the Spaniard, it goes out for a goal kick, but that could've gone anywhere.
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7'Good defence by Adams to stop Alexander-Arnold going any further and he the Liverpool,man then fouls him.
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6'Ward-Prowse has to head the Ox's cross in for a corner. Yoshida caused the problem after losing the ball in defence.
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3'Milner!!!!! He charges down the middle and shoots from 25 yards out!!! His effort is deflected by Yoshida though and the deflection is kind for Gunn.
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2'Valery is caught offside.
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2'The Ox makes a lovely made down the middle, he passes to Alexander-Arnold, the ball is sent to the far stick where a Liverpool player gets his head to it to square, but can't find a teammate. Dangerous.
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1'Liverpool get us underway in the black and shooting from left to right! Soton in the usual.
Start of match
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PRVWThe players make their way out!!!! Gomez, Henderson, Fabinho and Origi drop to the bench. They are the four changes Liverpool make compared to the Norwich game.
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PRVWVeteran Andy Lonergan, who was brought to the club as an emergency GK, is on the bench and would have started if Adrian hadn't been fit. He's almost 36, has never played in the PL and used to play for clubs like Preston.
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PRVWBy the way, Firmino is starting today not like in midweek when he didn't come on until half-time.
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PRVW21 degrees in Southampton this afternoon and dry.
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PRVWThe referee is Andre Marriner and Craig Pawson is the VAR. Pawson left PAOK Salonika fuming in midweek after giving three pens against them at Ajax on Tuesday night in a CL qualifier.
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PRVWSouthampton will be looking to bounce back after losing 3-0 at Burnley last weekend.
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PRVWRemember Liverpool beat Norwich 4-1 in their opening PL game before winning on penalties on Wednesday after it was 2-2 after 120 minutes. Will they be tired this afternoon!
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PRVWThe big news here is that Adrian is fit in the Liverpool goal. He passed a late fitness test on his ankle after a fan who ran onto the pitch on Wednesday night to congratulate him on his penalty save, slipped and kicked his ankle!
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PRVWLiverpool team: Adrian (GK); Robertson, Van Dijk, Matip, Alexander-Arnold; Milner, Wijnaldum, the Ox; Mane, Firmino and Salah.
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PRVWThe teams are in!! Southampton XI: Gunn (GK); Vestergaard, Yoshida, Bednarek; Bertrand, Hojbjerg, Romeu, Ward-Prowse, Valery; Redmond and Che Adams.
Pre-match
17 August 2019, 16:00
Referee: Andre Marriner
Stadium: St. Mary's Stadium
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PRVWGood afternoon and welcome to live coverage of the Premier League clash between Southampton and Liverpool from St Mary's! Will the hosts bounce back from last weekends defeat or will Liverpool feel the effects of Istanbul? Stay here to find out!