English Premier League

FT Saturday, November 18, 2017
Southampton LDWDL 0
–
Liverpool WLWWW 3
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SOU000
LIV213
Anfield · 53,256 att.

Match Report

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Mohamed Salah brace fires Liverpool to win over Southampton

A virtuoso performance from Mohamed Salah ran Southampton ragged as his two goals inspired Liverpool's 3-0 win at Anfield.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
15
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
2
Corner Kicks
10
5
Saves
0
38.9
Possession
61.1
5
SHOTS
21
0
ON GOAL
8
0.0
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
261
Accurate Passes
472
362
Passes
562
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
3
12
Crosses
20
0.3
Cross %
0.2
68
Long Balls
60
27
Accurate Long Balls
31
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
7
20
Effective Tackles
9
26
Tackles
11
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
36
Effective Clearances
20
36
Clearances
20

Head to Head

SOU leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

LIV · 4-3-3

  1. 22Simon MignoletG
  2. 17Ragnar KlavanCD-L
  3. 6Dejan LovrenCD-R
  4. 18Alberto MorenoLB
  5. 66Trent Alexander-ArnoldRB
  6. 14Jordan HendersonCM
  7. 10Philippe CoutinhoLM
  8. 5Georginio WijnaldumRM
  9. 9Roberto FirminoF
  10. 19Sadio ManéLF
  11. 11Mohamed SalahRF

Substitutes

  1. 15Daniel SturridgeSUB
  2. 21Alex Oxlade-ChamberlainSUB
  3. 12Joe GomezSUB
  4. 7James MilnerSUB
  5. 1Loris KariusSUB
  6. 29Dominic SolankeSUB
  7. 23Emre CanSUB

SOU · 4-2-3-1

  1. 44Fraser ForsterG
  2. 6Wesley HoedtCD-L
  3. 17Virgil van DijkCD-R
  4. 21Ryan BertrandLB
  5. 2CédricRB
  6. 19Sofiane BoufalAM
  7. 8Steven DavisLM
  8. 14Oriol RomeuRM
  9. 7Shane LongF
  10. 22Nathan RedmondAM-L
  11. 11Dusan TadicAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 23Pierre-Emile HøjbjergSUB
  2. 20Manolo GabbiadiniSUB
  3. 16James Ward-ProwseSUB
  4. 10Charlie AustinSUB
  5. 3Maya YoshidaSUB
  6. 33Matt TargettSUB
  7. 13Alex McCarthySUB

Timeline

  1. 31' Goal! Liverpool 1, Southampton 0. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Georginio Wijnaldum.
  2. 41' Goal! Liverpool 2, Southampton 0. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Philippe Coutinho with a through ball.
  3. 43' Dejan Lovren (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 55' Substitution, Southampton. Charlie Austin replaces Dusan Tadic.
  5. 61' Oriol Romeu (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 68' Goal! Liverpool 3, Southampton 0. Philippe Coutinho (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  7. 69' Substitution, Liverpool. Emre Can replaces Philippe Coutinho.
  8. 69' Substitution, Southampton. James Ward-Prowse replaces Sofiane Boufal.
  9. 74' Substitution, Liverpool. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain replaces Sadio Mané.
  10. 79' Substitution, Southampton. Manolo Gabbiadini replaces Shane Long.
  11. 80' Substitution, Liverpool. James Milner replaces Mohamed Salah.

Premier League News

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