Southampton found themselves livin’ on a prayer as Liverpool breezed to a 3-0 victory.
The Saints continue living with the ghost of shaky defending, horrendous set-piece management, and an inability to remain competitive for 90 minutes. It’s true that it ain’t over until the fat lady sings, but she had plenty of time to warm up as Mark Hughes’ men capitulated early.
If a neutral football fan wanted to know the story of us for the last few seasons, a long-suffering Saint could easily point to this latest outing as a depressing example of past and present sins.
Whether it was Wesley Hoedt doing his best pinball wizard impression with a comical own goal, the blank space approach to marking, or the fact that Liverpool were simply too hot to handle, nothing about the game proved to be music to any supporters’ ears.
In an effort to change that, sit back and relax as we reveal which player is top of the charts, as well as the chorus of players who couldn’t even find the hymn sheet let alone sing from it, in this week’s player ratings.