It may be no surprise that against top-of-the-League Liverpool on their Home turf, Saints slipped to defeat following a first half drumming.
Having come into this game, off claiming four points in their last two games, some fans might’ve felt slightly optimistic about the chance of stealing a result at Anfield.
Mark Hughes’ men lined up slightly different to how they had in all of their previous games this season, opting for the one up-top whilst packing out the midfield with the addition of Oriol Romeu and Matt Targett to the starting line-up.
However, the plan to stop Liverpool’s flow and deadly attacking front-trio was quickly dimiesed due to a Wesley Hoedt own-goal. Joel Matip and Mohamed Salah added the finishing touches to a convincing win for the Merseyside club.
Despite the negatives of the performance in general, we’ll look into which players offered Southampton a foot-hold in the game.