FT: SOUTHAMPTON 3-1 LIVERPOOL

Date: Saturday 16 March 2013
Kick Off: 15:00
Venue: St Mary's Stadium, Southampton
Competition: Barclays Premier League
Referee: Phil Dowd (Staffordshire)
Broadcast: n/a


LINKS

http://www.wiziwig.tv/broadcast.php?matchid=191179


LIVE ARTICLE

http://www.ja606.co.uk/articles/viewLiveArticle/196375


Liverpool suffered a miserable defeat away to Southampton in the Premier League on Saturday afternoon.

The Reds played awfully in the first half as Southampton took complete control, taking the lead as early as the sixth minute. Gaston Ramirez crossed in for Jay Rodriguez to head down to Morgan Schneiderlin to roll it in.

As Liverpool struggled to cope with the Saints' play, the home side should have scored one or two more before they actually did get the second. Rickie Lambert struck a free kick poorly but had a huge slice of fortune as the ball hit Daniel Sturridge in the Liverpool wall and wrongfooted Brad Jones as it rolled in.

But Liverpool gave themselves some hope in first half injury time as Philippe Coutinho smashed the ball in after Sturridge's shot had been blocked.

In the second half, Liverpool looked much better after Lucas replaced the struggling Joe Allen at half time. They poured forwards and put pressure on Southampton, but it was the home side who killed the tie off with 10 minutes to go as Rodriguez ran through the Liverpool defence and, after seeing his first effort parried by Jones, ran up and slotted it in from close range.

The result leaves Liverpool in seventh place as Everton leapfrog them, and with Arsenal also winning away to Swansea City it puts a big dent in their hopes of qualifying for Europe next season.


LIVE SCOREBOARD

SOUTHAMPTON - 3
Schneiderlin 6'
Lambert 33'
Rodriguez 80'

LIVERPOOL - 1
Coutinho 45+1'


LEAGUE POSITIONS AS IT STANDS

7. Liverpool - Pld 30, W 12, D 9, L 9, F 57, A 39, GD 18, Pts 45.
15. Southampton - Pld 30, W 7, D 10, L 13, F 42, A 52, GD -10, Pts 31.


TEAMS

Southampton
31 Boruc
2 Clyne
3 Yoshida
5 Hooiveld (Fonte 32')
23 Shaw
4 Schneiderlin
18 Cork
9 Rodriguez
10 Ramirez (S Davis 55')
20 Lallana (Guly 84')
7 Lambert

Subs: 1 K Davis, 6 Fonte, 8 S Davis, 15 Forren, 16 Ward-Prowse,
21 Guly, 42 Puncheon.

Liverpool
1 Jones
2 Johnson
37 Skrtel
5 Agger
3 Enrique
19 Downing
8 Gerrard
24 Allen (Lucas 46')
10 Coutinho
7 Suarez
15 Sturridge (Henderson 84')

Subs: 42 Gulacsi, 14 Henderson, 21 Lucas, 30 Suso, 33 Shelvey,
44 Ibe, 47 Wisdom.


KEY UPDATES

6: GOAL - SOUTHAMPTON 1-0 LIVERPOOL
Gaston Ramirez crosses the ball in from the right and Jay Rodriguez nods it down at the far post for Morgan Schneiderlin (5) to tap in.

32: SOUTHAMPTON SUB
Jos Hooiveld is replaced by Jose Fonte due to injury.

33: GOAL - SOUTHAMPTON 2-0 LIVERPOOL
Southampton win a free kick which Rickie Lambert (13) strikes poorly, however it takes a wicked deflection off Daniel Sturridge and completely wrongfoots Brad Jones and rolls into the far corner.

45+1: GOAL - SOUTHAMPTON 2-1 LIVERPOOL
Daniel Sturridge takes a shot at goal after Steven Gerrard nods it down to him, but it is blocked by Jose Fonte. The ball then comes out to Philippe Coutinho (2) who blasts it in.

46: LIVERPOOL SUB
Joe Allen is replaced by Lucas at half time.

55: SOUTHAMPTON SUB
Gaston Ramirez is replaced by Steven Davis.

80: GOAL - SOUTHAMPTON 3-1 LIVERPOOL
Jay Rodriguez (7) runs at the Liverpool defence himself and takes a shot at goal which is saved by Brad Jones, but he runs up and slots in on the rebound.

84: LIVERPOOL SUB
Daniel Sturridge is replaced by Jordan Henderson.

84: SOUTHAMPTON SUB
Adam Lallana is replaced by Guly.

90+2: LIVERPOOL BOOKING
Luis Suarez receives a yellow card (9) for dissent.


LAST MATCHES

Southampton
Saturday 9 March 2013
Barclays Premier League
Norwich 0-0 Southampton

Liverpool
Sunday 10 March 2013
Barclays Premier League
Liverpool 3-2 Tottenham

Head to head
Saturday 1 December 2012
Barclays Premier League
Liverpool 1-0 Southampton


TOP SCORERS

Southampton
Rickie Lambert - 13
Jay Rodriguez - 7
Jason Puncheon - 6

Liverpool
Luis Suarez - 29
Steven Gerrard - 9
Stewart Downing - 5