The Premier League title race is going to the wire. Remarkably, an unprecedented quadruple is still on for Liverpool. (More Football News)
Tired and hit by injuries after winning the FA Cup final on Saturday, Liverpool fielded a second-choice lineup against Southampton and demonstrated a great mentality to come from behind to win 2-1 on Tuesday.
It leaves Jurgen Klopp바카라s team a point behind Manchester City heading into the final round of a thrilling league campaign. That바카라s on Sunday, when Liverpool is at home to Wolverhampton at the same time as City hosts Aston Villa 바카라 managed by Liverpool great Steven Gerrard.
바카라Whatever happens this season, we have done ourselves proud,바카라 Liverpool midfielder James Milner said. 바카라All we could do is take it to the last game and we바카라ve done that.바카라
City remains the favorite in its bid for a sixth league title in 11 seasons, but Liverpool has done its part by taking the defending champions all the way.
In fact, the Reds are taking every competition to the final game this season, with a Champions League final against Real Madrid still to come on May 28. They바카라ve already won both domestic cups in a season for the ages.
Joel Matip completed Liverpool바카라s latest comeback by unwittingly heading home the winning goal in the 67th minute at St. Mary바카라s Stadium.
Klopp바카라s team had also come from behind in its previous two league games, a 2-1 win against Villa and a 1-1 draw with Tottenham. It just doesn바카라t know when it is beaten.
바카라We keep going,바카라 Klopp said. 바카라We never give up. That바카라s how it is.바카라
The game came only three days after Liverpool바카라s energy-sapping FA Cup triumph over Chelsea, which went 120 minutes before the Reds won a penalty shootout. Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk were injured at Wembley Stadium and didn바카라t travel to Southampton. Fabinho was already injured. Andrew Robertson and Luis Diaz were unused substitutes.
Despite the slew of changes, Liverpool dominated a passive Southampton team with nothing left to play for this season but still fell behind in the 13th minute when Nathan Redmond cut inside from the left and sent in a shot that deflected off Milner and into the far corner.
Liverpool바카라s players kept their composure and replied 14 minutes later when Diogo Jota laid the ball off to Takumi Minamino, who displayed quick feet before firing a rising shot inside Alex McCarthy바카라s near post. The Japan forward was on loan at Southampton last season and hadn바카라t started a league game since then.
The rest of the match saw Liverpool camped inside Southampton바카라s half but only managing to create half-chances. The atmosphere was starting to get tense when Liverpool was gifted what proved to be the winning goal, after a corner by Kostas Tsimikas was glanced on at the near post by Southampton forward Mohamed Elyounoussi.
The ball flew across the area, skimmed off the head of Southampton바카라s Kyle Walker-Peters, hit the forehead of Matip and rebounded into the far corner beyond McCarthy바카라s despairing dive.
Liverpool was 14 points behind City at one point in January, albeit with two games in hand. Somehow, the title is still within reach with 90 minutes left to play. And Gerrard, who never won the league with Liverpool as a player, could yet have a decisive role in helping his former team win it this time.
바카라If we said in January it would go to the last game, we would have taken that,바카라 Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson said. 바카라Hopefully Stevie and Villa do us a favor.바카라
