Liverpool’s Premier League title defence suffered a setback as they fell to defeat at Southampton on Monday.
Danny Ings’ superb second-minute lob over Reds goalkeeper Alisson, from a James Ward-Prowse free-kick, settled the contest against his former club.
Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool side, for whom this was a second league loss of the season, remain top of the table on goal difference but have taken only two points from the past nine available.
Both Manchester United and Manchester City will leapfrog the reigning champions if they win their games in hand.
Southampton’s first win in five Premier League games sees them climb to sixth.
And the hosts were good value for their victory, forcing the pace early on against an unfamiliar Reds backline containing Jordan Henderson and then defending resolutely as the visitors poured forward after the break.
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Line-ups
Southampton
- 44Forster
- 2Walker-Peters
- 35Bednarek
- 5Stephens
- 3BertrandBooked at 90mins
- 17Armstrong
- 27Diallo
- 8Ward-Prowse
- 12DjenepoSubstituted forTellaat 32′minutes
- 9IngsSubstituted forN’Lunduluat 77′minutes
- 32WalcottSubstituted forValeryat 82′minutes
Substitutes
- 7Long
- 18Valery
- 20Smallbone
- 23Tella
- 29Vokins
- 31Ramsay
- 40N’Lundulu
- 41Lewis
- 72Chauke
Liverpool
- 1Alisson
- 66Alexander-ArnoldSubstituted forMilnerat 77′minutes
- 14Henderson
- 3Fabinho
- 26RobertsonBooked at 15mins
- 15Oxlade-ChamberlainSubstituted forShaqiriat 57′minutesBooked at 79mins
- 6Thiago AlcántaraBooked at 3mins
- 5Wijnaldum
- 11Salah
- 9Firmino
- 10Mané
Substitutes
- 7Milner
- 17Jones
- 18Minamino
- 23Shaqiri
- 27Origi
- 46R Williams
- 47Phillips
- 62Kelleher
- 76N Williams
Live Text
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Match ends, Southampton 1, Liverpool 0.
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Second Half ends, Southampton 1, Liverpool 0.
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Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Jan Bednarek.
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Attempt missed. Sadio Mané (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Andrew Robertson with a cross following a corner.
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Ryan Bertrand (Southampton) is shown the yellow card.
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Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Jan Bednarek.
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Offside, Southampton. Fraser Forster tries a through ball, but Daniel N’Lundulu is caught offside.
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Foul by Sadio Mané (Liverpool).
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Kyle Walker-Peters (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt blocked. Yan Valery (Southampton) right footed shot from long range on the right is blocked. Assisted by Jack Stephens.
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Substitution, Southampton. Yan Valery replaces Theo Walcott.
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Xherdan Shaqiri (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Foul by Xherdan Shaqiri (Liverpool).
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Nathan Tella (Southampton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Attempt blocked. Thiago (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
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Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Jan Bednarek.
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Substitution, Liverpool. James Milner replaces Trent Alexander-Arnold.
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Substitution, Southampton. Daniel N’Lundulu replaces Danny Ings.
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Attempt missed. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold.
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Attempt missed. Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Xherdan Shaqiri.
