The Premier League title race goes to the wire and remarkably, an unprecedented quadruple continues to be on for Liverpool.
Drained and hit by accidents after profitable the FA Cup remaining towards Chelsea on Saturday, Liverpool fielded a second-choice line-up towards Southampton and demonstrated an important mentality to come from behind to win 2-1 on Tuesday.
It leaves Juergen Klopp’s staff one level behind Manchester Metropolis heading into the remaining spherical of an exciting league marketing campaign. That is on Sunday, when Liverpool are at dwelling to Wolverhampton at the similar time as Metropolis hosts Aston Villa — managed by Liverpool nice Steven Gerrard.
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“Whatever happens this season, we have done ourselves proud,” Liverpool midfielder James Milner mentioned.
“All we could do is take it to the last game and we’ve done that.”
Metropolis stay the favourites of their bid for a sixth league title in 11 seasons, however Liverpool have achieved their half by taking the defending champions all the approach.
In actual fact, the Reds are taking each competitors to the remaining recreation this season, with a Champions League decider towards Actual Madrid nonetheless to come on Might 28. They’ve already gained each home cups in a season for the ages.
Joel Matip accomplished Liverpool’s newest comeback by unwittingly heading dwelling the profitable aim in the 67th minute at St. Mary’s Stadium.
Klopp’s staff had additionally come from behind of their earlier two league video games, a 2-1 win towards Villa and a 1-1 draw with Tottenham.
“We keep going,” Klopp mentioned.
“We never give up. That’s how it is.”
The sport got here solely three days after Liverpool’s energy-sapping penalty shootout conquer Chelsea. Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk had been injured at Wembley Stadium and did not journey to Southampton. Fabinho was already injured whereas Andrew Robertson and Luis Diaz had been unused substitutes.
Regardless of the slew of adjustments, Liverpool dominated a passive Saints staff with nothing left to play for this season however nonetheless fell behind in the thirteenth minute when a Nathan Redmond shot deflected off Milner and into the far nook.
Liverpool’s gamers saved their composure and replied 14 minutes later when Diogo Jota laid the ball off to Takumi Minamino, who displayed fast ft earlier than firing a rising shot inside Alex McCarthy’s close to put up.
The remainder of the match noticed Liverpool camped inside Southampton’s half. The ambiance was beginning to get tense when the Reds had been gifted what proved to be the profitable aim.
A Kostas Tsimikas nook skimmed off Mohamed Elyounoussi’s after which Kyle Walker-Peters’ head, hit the brow of Matip and rebounded into the far nook past McCarthy’s despairing dive.
Liverpool had been 14 factors behind Metropolis at one level in January, and the title continues to be inside attain with 90 minutes left to play. And Gerrard, who by no means gained the league with Liverpool as a participant, might but have a decisive function in serving to his former staff win it this time.
“If we said in January it would go to the last game, we would have taken that,” Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson mentioned.
“Hopefully Stevie and Villa do us a favor.”
