English Premier League

Liverpool vs Southampton 2022-23 English Premier League

  • 6': Roberto Firmino
  • 21': Darwin Núñez
  • 42': Darwin Núñez
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3 - 1
  • 9': Ché Adams

Darwin Nunez brace leads Liverpool to victory over Southampton

Darwin Nunez scored two goals as Liverpool secured a confident 3-1 victory over Southampton at Anfield on Saturday.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 5': Duje Caleta-Car (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 6': Goal! Liverpool 1, Southampton 0. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Andrew Robertson with a cross following a set piece situation.
  • 9': Goal! Liverpool 1, Southampton 1. Che Adams (Southampton) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by James Ward-Prowse with a cross following a set piece situation.
  • 21': Goal! Liverpool 2, Southampton 1. Darwin Núñez (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Harvey Elliott with a through ball.
  • 42': Goal! Liverpool 3, Southampton 1. Darwin Núñez (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Andrew Robertson with a cross.
  • 45'+2': First Half ends, Liverpool 3, Southampton 1.
  • 58': Substitution, Southampton. Theo Walcott replaces Stuart Armstrong.
  • 59': Substitution, Southampton. Samuel Edozie replaces Adam Armstrong.
  • 59': Substitution, Southampton. Ainsley Maitland-Niles replaces Duje Caleta-Car.
  • 66': Mohammed Salisu (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 68': Substitution, Liverpool. James Milner replaces Harvey Elliott.
  • 72': Substitution, Southampton. Lyanco replaces Armel Bella-Kotchap.
  • 75': Substitution, Liverpool. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain replaces Roberto Firmino.
  • 82': Substitution, Southampton. Joe Aribo replaces Roméo Lavia because of an injury.
  • 86': Substitution, Liverpool. Konstantinos Tsimikas replaces Andrew Robertson.
  • 87': Substitution, Liverpool. Fábio Carvalho replaces Darwin Núñez.
  • 87': Substitution, Liverpool. Nathaniel Phillips replaces Trent Alexander-Arnold.
  • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Liverpool 3, Southampton 1.

Game Information

Competition: English Premier League

Venue: Anfield
Location: Liverpool, England
Attendance: 53,331

English Premier League Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+56 Arsenal 34 77 5
+48 Manchester City 33 76 3
+41 Liverpool 34 74 4
+21 Aston Villa 34 66 8
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Statistics

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8 Fouls 8
2 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 0
0 Corner Kicks 6
4 Saves 4
40.1 Possession 59.9
9 SHOTS 15
5 ON GOAL 7
0.6 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
356 Accurate Passes 578
445 Passes 670
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
7 Accurate Crosses 10
14 Crosses 23
0.5 Cross % 0.4
69 Long Balls 55
32 Accurate Long Balls 31
0.5 Long Balls % 0.6
1 Blocked Shots 2
8 Effective Tackles 5
16 Tackles 12
0.5 Tackle % 0.4
10 Interceptions 7
18 Effective Clearances 14
18 Clearances 14

Line-Ups

LIV Liverpool (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Alisson Becker (GK)
4 Virgil van Dijk
2 Joe Gomez
26 Andy Robertson
66 Trent Alexander-Arnold
3 Fabinho
6 Thiago Alcantara
19 Harvey Elliott
9 Roberto Firmino
27 Darwin Núñez
11 Mohamed Salah

SOU Southampton (5-3-2)

No. Name
31 Gavin Bazunu (GK)
6 Duje Caleta-Car Yellow Card
22 Mohammed Salisu Yellow Card
37 Armel Bella-Kotchap
15 Romain Perraud
24 Mohamed Elyounoussi
45 Romeo Lavia
17 Stuart Armstrong
8 James Ward-Prowse
10 Ché Adams
9 Adam Armstrong

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