Liverpool vs Southampton, 2020-21 English Premier League

Liverpool beat Southampton to keep Champions League hopes alive

Liverpool rode a Sadio Mane opener and some heroics from goalkeeper Alisson to a win over Southampton at Anfield on Saturday.

• 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
• 0': First Half begins.
• 2': Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Andrew Robertson.
• 2': Attempt missed. Jannik Vestergaard (Southampton) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by James Ward-Prowse with a cross following a corner.
• 4': Foul by Nathaniel Phillips (Liverpool).
• 4': Theo Walcott (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 10': Attempt missed. Sadio Mané (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold.
• 11': Foul by Fabinho (Liverpool).
• 11': Nathan Tella (Southampton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
• 14': Fabinho (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the left wing.
• 14': Foul by Che Adams (Southampton).
• 15': Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Trent Alexander-Arnold.
• 16': Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Fabinho.
• 19': Attempt saved. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sadio Mané.
• 19': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Fraser Forster.
• 19': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Kyle Walker-Peters.
• 19': Attempt missed. Nathaniel Phillips (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold with a cross following a corner.
• 21': Attempt missed. Nathan Redmond (Southampton) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by James Ward-Prowse.
• 22': Foul by Mohamed Salah (Liverpool).
• 22': Jannik Vestergaard (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 24': Foul by Jan Bednarek (Southampton).
• 24': Sadio Mané (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
• 25': Attempt saved. Diogo Jota (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Sadio Mané.
• 25': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Fraser Forster.
• 25': Attempt saved. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold.
• 26': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Nathan Redmond.
• 26': Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool) hits the bar with a header from the centre of the box. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold with a cross following a corner.
• 27': Attempt blocked. Stuart Armstrong (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nathan Tella.
• 28': Attempt missed. Nathan Redmond (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Theo Walcott.
• 30': Attempt saved. Che Adams (Southampton) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nathan Tella.
• 30': Attempt saved. Nathan Redmond (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
• 31': Goal! Liverpool 1, Southampton 0. Sadio Mané (Liverpool) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mohamed Salah with a cross.
• 33': Foul by Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool).
• 33': Nathan Tella (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 36': Attempt blocked. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
• 36': Attempt blocked. Thiago (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
• 37': Foul by Fabinho (Liverpool).
• 37': Nathan Tella (Southampton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
• 38': Attempt missed. Nathan Redmond (Southampton) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Theo Walcott.
• 40': Foul by Sadio Mané (Liverpool).
• 40': Theo Walcott (Southampton) wins a free kick on the right wing.
• 42': Foul by Diogo Jota (Liverpool).
• 42': Nathan Tella (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 43': Offside, Liverpool. Sadio Mané tries a through ball, but Andrew Robertson is caught offside.
• 44': Attempt saved. Nathan Tella (Southampton) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nathan Redmond with a cross.
• 45'+1': Foul by Sadio Mané (Liverpool).
• 45'+1': Stuart Armstrong (Southampton) wins a free kick on the right wing.
• 45'+2': Diogo Jota (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 45'+2': Foul by Jan Bednarek (Southampton).
• 45'+2': First Half ends, Liverpool 1, Southampton 0.
• 45': Second Half begins Liverpool 1, Southampton 0.
• 48': Foul by Nathan Tella (Southampton).
• 48': Thiago (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 49': Attempt saved. Diogo Jota (Liverpool) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Andrew Robertson.
• 49': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Fraser Forster.
• 50': Attempt missed. Nathaniel Phillips (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold with a cross following a corner.
• 53': Foul by Mohamed Salah (Liverpool).
• 53': Jack Stephens (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 56': Foul by Thiago (Liverpool).
• 56': Nathan Redmond (Southampton) wins a free kick on the left wing.
• 61': Fabinho (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
• 61': Foul by Nathan Redmond (Southampton).
• 61': Nathan Redmond (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
• 66': Substitution, Southampton. Michael Obafemi replaces Nathan Tella.
• 66': Substitution, Southampton. Ibrahima Diallo replaces Theo Walcott.
• 68': Foul by Jan Bednarek (Southampton).
• 68': Sadio Mané (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 69': Attempt blocked. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sadio Mané.
• 69': Attempt blocked. Kyle Walker-Peters (Southampton) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nathan Redmond.
• 69': Attempt saved. James Ward-Prowse (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
• 71': Attempt saved. Ibrahima Diallo (Southampton) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Michael Obafemi with a headed pass.
• 71': Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Alisson.
• 77': Attempt saved. Che Adams (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
• 77': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Kyle Walker-Peters.
• 78': Attempt missed. Diogo Jota (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.
• 79': Substitution, Southampton. Moussa Djenepo replaces Che Adams.
• 79': Substitution, Liverpool. Roberto Firmino replaces Diogo Jota.
• 80': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Stuart Armstrong.
• 81': Offside, Liverpool. Andrew Robertson tries a through ball, but Sadio Mané is caught offside.
• 87': Substitution, Liverpool. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain replaces Mohamed Salah.
• 88': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by James Ward-Prowse.
• 89': Offside, Liverpool. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain tries a through ball, but Roberto Firmino is caught offside.
• 90': Goal! Liverpool 2, Southampton 0. Thiago (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Roberto Firmino.
• 90'+3': Offside, Southampton. James Ward-Prowse tries a through ball, but Kyle Walker-Peters is caught offside.
• 90'+3': Substitution, Liverpool. Curtis Jones replaces Sadio Mané.
• 90'+3': Offside, Liverpool. Alisson tries a through ball, but Curtis Jones is caught offside.
• 90'+5': Second Half ends, Liverpool 2, Southampton 0.
• 0': Match ends, Liverpool 2, Southampton 0.