English Premier League

FT Sunday, February 22, 2015
Liverpool WDWWW 2
–
Southampton WLLWD 0
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LIV112
SOU000
St. Mary's Stadium · 31,723 att.

Match Report

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Philippe Coutinho scores stunner as Liverpool beat Southampton

Philippe Coutinho scored a stunning goal as Liverpool beat Southampton 2-0 to move to within two points off the Premier League's top four.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
11
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
1
Corner Kicks
6
5
Saves
2
40.3
Possession
59.7
6
SHOTS
13
4
ON GOAL
5
0.7
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
273
Accurate Passes
440
377
Passes
543
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
4
3
Crosses
26
0.7
Cross %
0.2
59
Long Balls
71
17
Accurate Long Balls
36
0.3
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
5
15
Effective Tackles
12
18
Tackles
16
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
36
Effective Clearances
4
36
Clearances
4

Head to Head

LIV leads series 3-2

Lineups

SOU · 4-3-3

  1. 23Fraser ForsterG
  2. 3Maya YoshidaCD-L
  3. 6José FonteCD-R
  4. 33Matt TargettLB
  5. 2Nathaniel ClyneRB
  6. 12Victor WanyamaCM
  7. 8Steven DavisLM
  8. 16James Ward-ProwseRM
  9. 19Graziano PellèF
  10. 22Eljero EliaLF
  11. 15Filip DjuricicRF

Substitutes

  1. 1Kelvin DavisSUB
  2. 28Harrison ReedSUB
  3. 11Dusan TadicSUB
  4. 10Sadio ManéSUB
  5. 7Shane LongSUB
  6. 4Morgan SchneiderlinSUB
  7. 5Florin GardosSUB

LIV · 3-4-2-1

  1. 22Simon MignoletG
  2. 37Martin SkrtelCD
  3. 23Emre CanCD-L
  4. 6Dejan LovrenCD-R
  5. 24Joe AllenCM-L
  6. 14Jordan HendersonCM-R
  7. 50Lazar MarkovicLM
  8. 33Jordon IbeRM
  9. 31Raheem SterlingF
  10. 10Philippe CoutinhoCF-L
  11. 20Adam LallanaCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 18Alberto MorenoSUB
  2. 45Mario BalotelliSUB
  3. 4Kolo TouréSUB
  4. 15Daniel SturridgeSUB
  5. 52Danny WardSUB
  6. 9Rickie LambertSUB
  7. 2Glen JohnsonSUB

Timeline

  1. 3' Goal! Southampton 0, Liverpool 1. Philippe Coutinho (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Lazar Markovic.
  2. 43' Dejan Lovren (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45' Substitution, Southampton. Morgan Schneiderlin replaces Steven Davis because of an injury.
  4. 45' Substitution, Liverpool. Alberto Moreno replaces Lazar Markovic.
  5. 57' Substitution, Southampton. Sadio Mané replaces James Ward-Prowse.
  6. 62' Substitution, Liverpool. Daniel Sturridge replaces Adam Lallana.
  7. 63' Victor Wanyama (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 73' Goal! Southampton 0, Liverpool 2. Raheem Sterling (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  9. 75' Substitution, Liverpool. Glen Johnson replaces Jordon Ibe.
  10. 75' Substitution, Southampton. Dusan Tadic replaces Filip Djuricic.
  11. 78' Alberto Moreno (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 84' Jordan Henderson (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 90'+1' Eljero Elia (Southampton) is shown the yellow card.

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