Liverpool defeat Southampton to go top of the table
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| Mohamed Salah turned the game around with his goal |
Liverpool move back to the top of the Premier League table after coming from a goal down to defeat Southampton by 3-1 at the St Mary's stadium. Shane Long scored first for Southampton early in the first half but Naby Keita equalised before the break to put the score at 1-1.
Mohamed Salah however stole the show as his lobed second half finish took the Reds ahead before Jordan Henderson made it 3-1 in dying minutes.
Having played one more game, Liverpool now have 82 points in the Premier League, two more than Manchester City who are second. Southampton however are 16th on the table with 33 points.
Southampton have played Six Premier League matches on Friday and have only managed to win one of those matches.
Southampton have also lost 23 points from winning positions this season in the Premier League, more than any other side.
Liverpool have now won seven of their last eight Premier League matches in which they conceded the first goal.
Liverpool have won 16 points from losing positions in the Premier League this season, more than any other side.
Liverpool join the likes of Arsenal, Aston Villa, Everton, Manchester City, Newcastle and Sunderland as the seventh club to have conceded 5000 goals in English football top-flight history.
Results in full...
Premier League
Southampton 1-3 Liverpool
Bundesliga
Mainz 05 5-0 Freiburg
Ligue 1
Bordeaux 2-0 Marseille
Matches continue today with the following fixtures...
Premier League
AFC Bournemouth Vs Burnley 3:00pm
Huddersfield Town Vs Leicester City 3:00pm
Newcastle United Vs Crystal Palace 3:00pm
Serie A
Parma Vs Torino 2:00pm
Juventus Vs Milan 5:00pm
Sampdoria Vs Roma 7:30pm
LaLiga
Girona Vs RCD Espanyol 12:00pm
Real Madrid Vs Eibar 3:15pm
Rayo Vallecano Vs Valencia 5:30pm
Barcelona Vs Atletico Madrid 7:45pm
Bundesliga
Bayer Leverkusen Vs RB Leipzig 2:30pm
Schalke 04 Vs Eintracht Frankfurt 2:30pm
Hertha BSC Vs Fortuna Düsseldorf 2:30pm
VfB Stuttgart Vs 1. FC Nürnberg 2:30pm
Wolfsburg Vs Hannover 96 2:30pm
Bayern München Vs Borussia Dortmund 5:30pm
Ligue 1
Lyon Vs Dijon 4:00pm
Angers Vs Rennes 7:00pm
Guingamp Vs Monaco 7:00pm
Nimes Vs Caen 7:00pm
Amiens Vs Saint-Etienne 7:00pm
All time is in GMT+1...

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