English Premier League

Liverpool vs Southampton 2021-22 English Premier League

  • 2': Diogo Jota
  • 32': Diogo Jota
  • 37': Thiago Alcantara
  • 52': Virgil van Dijk
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4 - 0

Liverpool ship four past Southampton as Diogo Jota stars

Diogo Jota scored the fastest goal of the 2021-22 Premier League season on Saturday at Anfield as Liverpool thrashed Southampton 4-0.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 2': Goal! Liverpool 1, Southampton 0. Diogo Jota (Liverpool) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Andrew Robertson.
  • 11': Jan Bednarek (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 32': Goal! Liverpool 2, Southampton 0. Diogo Jota (Liverpool) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.
  • 37': Goal! Liverpool 3, Southampton 0. Thiago (Liverpool) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the top left corner.
  • 45': Substitution, Southampton. Nathan Redmond replaces Jan Bednarek.
  • 45': Substitution, Southampton. Nathan Tella replaces Che Adams.
  • 52': Goal! Liverpool 4, Southampton 0. Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold with a cross following a corner.
  • 59': Substitution, Liverpool. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain replaces Thiago.
  • 67': Substitution, Liverpool. James Milner replaces Jordan Henderson.
  • 81': Substitution, Liverpool. Takumi Minamino replaces Diogo Jota.
  • 88': Substitution, Southampton. Kyle Walker-Peters replaces Romain Perraud.

Game Information

Competition: English Premier League

Venue: Anfield
Location: Liverpool, England
Attendance: 53,040

English Premier League Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+21 Liverpool 16 39 1
+18 Chelsea 17 35 2
+18 Arsenal 17 33 2
+4 Nottingham Forest 17 31 4
Full Table

Statistics

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14 Fouls 7
1 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 2
7 Corner Kicks 5
2 Saves 3
35.5 Possession 64.5
7 SHOTS 20
3 ON GOAL 6
0.4 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
231 Accurate Passes 492
338 Passes 613
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.8
3 Accurate Crosses 5
14 Crosses 16
0.2 Cross % 0.3
77 Long Balls 64
23 Accurate Long Balls 32
0.3 Long Balls % 0.5
3 Blocked Shots 5
6 Effective Tackles 10
16 Tackles 13
0.4 Tackle % 0.8
13 Interceptions 6
30 Effective Clearances 24
30 Clearances 24

Line-Ups

LIV Liverpool (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Alisson Becker (GK)
4 Virgil van Dijk
5 Ibrahima Konaté
26 Andrew Robertson
66 Trent Alexander-Arnold
3 Fabinho
6 Thiago Alcantara
14 Jordan Henderson
20 Diogo Jota
10 Sadio Mané
11 Mohamed Salah

SOU Southampton (3-4-3)

No. Name
1 Alex McCarthy (GK)
4 Lyanco
22 Mohammed Salisu
35 Jan Bednarek Yellow Card
6 Oriol Romeu
8 James Ward-Prowse
15 Romain Perraud
21 Valentino Livramento
10 Ché Adams
9 Adam Armstrong
18 Armando Broja

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