Liverpool moved menacingly into second vicinity inside the Premier League after dispatching Southampton ?-0 with a dominant performance at Anfield on Saturday.
Jurgen Klopp’s guys moved to only a point in the back of leaders Chelsea, who face Man Utd on Sunday. Diogo Jota (2), Thiago and Vigil van Dijk did the damage as Ralph Hasenhuttl’s 5-at-the-returned experiment backfired within the first half of.
Klopp reverted to his most powerful line-up for the visit of Southampton with six changes from the Champions League win over Porto.
Trent Alexander-Arnold, Van Dijk, Andy Robertson, Fabinho, Jordan Henderson and Diogo Jota all back.
Centre-lower back Ibrahima Konate kept his vicinity at the fee of Joel Matip.
Southampton made 3 adjustments from final weekend’s defeat at Norwich with Lyanco, Armando Broja and Romain Perraud all coming in.
And Liverpool have been quickly into their stride and took less than two minutes to take the lead.
Robertson combined properly with Mane down the left and were given to the byline to drag back for Jota, who seconds earlier had squandered a hazard on the breakaway with the aid of delaying too long, scored from close variety.
Mane become simply off track with a header from a Robertson go simply moments later. But on 12 mins he had the ball in the net simplest for it to be ruled offside.
