Ilkay Gundogan scores in back-to-back Premier League games for the first time since 2018.
vs. Newcastle
vs. Chelsea
Firing City into the lead.
Ilkay Gundogan scores in back-to-back Premier League games for the first time since 2018.
vs. Newcastle
vs. Chelsea
Firing City into the lead.
Chelsea have now failed to keep a clean sheet in five of their last six Premier League games.
The Edouard Mendy honeymoon is well and truly over.
Thierry Henry and Kevin De Bruyne hold the joint-record for most assists provided in a Premier League season: 20
Thierry Henry and Kevin De Bruyne now also have the same number of Premier League assists in total: 74
Joint-11th in the competition’s all-time list.
Phil Foden has provided an assist and scored a goal in the space of three minutes against Chelsea.
18’:
21’:
Running riot against the Blues.
Phil Foden in the Premier League this season:
6 starts
3 goals
2 assists
Blistering start at Stamford Bridge.
Roy Keane on Chelsea’s performance against Man City: “They need a miracle to get back in this game. They’ve been shocking.”
Way to go De Bruyne!
Man City start 2021 with an impressive win!
Man City run riot in dominant first half and move within four points of Premier League leaders!
Callum Hudson-Odoi fires in a consolation goal for the Blues in added time.
Southampton goalkeeper Alex McCarthy will miss tomorrow’s Premier League game against Liverpool after testing positive for coronavirus.
Manchester City impressively overcame the absence of key first-team players due to coronavirus as they eased to a 3-1 victory over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.
Liverpool will be looking to move back out on their own at the top of the Premier League table when they visit Southampton in their opening match of 2021 on Monday night.
Both sides ended 2020 with disappointing goalless draws as the Saints were held at home by West Ham United and Liverpool were frustrated by Newcastle.
Liverpool’s Back-to-back draws against West Bromwich Albion and Newcastle, the latter seeing them fail to score for the first time this season, means that only goal difference is now keeping them on top of the pile heading into this match.
Any more dropped points could see that blip become a real concern, and Liverpool have only won their opening league game of the year once in the last eight attempts when that match has come away from home.
The reigning top-flight champions have only begun the New Year with a defeat twice in the last 31 years and, with still only one loss to their name this season, Liverpool will at least be confident of upholding that tradition.
Southampton are also in shaky form heading into this match, though, with a run of four games without a win seeing them slip from a place in the top four down towards mid-table.
The Saints come into this match having recorded back-to-back 0-0 draws for the first time since October 2018, and they could record three in a row for the first time in their league history - although that looks unlikely against the division’s highest scorers.
All three of their home defeats this season have come against ‘big six’ teams, though, and Liverpool will be hoping for that trend to continue on Monday night.
Southampton Premier League form: WWDLDD
Liverpool Premier League form: WDWWDD
Liverpool form (all competitions): DDWWDD
With an aggregate score of 17-2, Liverpool have won their last 6 Premier League meetings with Southampton
Southampton have won 10 matches Premier League champions, beating all six different teams to win the trophy when defending their crown
They could become the first team to beat all seven PL champions in the season following a title win
Since Ralph Hasenhüttl took charge of Southampton in December 2018, Danny Ings has been directly involved in 38 goals in the Premier League (31 goals and seven assists); 16 more than the player with the next most at the club in this period (22 - James Ward-Prowse).
Mohamed Salah has scored seven goals in his six Premier League games against Southampton, only scoring more against Bournemouth (8) and Watford (8) in the competition.
The reigning top-flight champion has lost their first league game in just two of the last 32 calendar years (W18 D11), with Man Utd losing 0-3 at Newcastle in 2012, and 1-2 at home to Spurs in 2014
Will Liverpool falter against the Saints tonight?
Gerry’s anthem bonded players, staff and fans around the world, helping create something truly special.
Originally a showtune in musical Carousel, Marsden and his band covered the hit in 1963, and it was number one in the UK Singles Chart for four weeks.
It was soon adopted by the club’s fans as an anthem sung before and after games.
It’s stayed with the club through both good times and bad, with rivals players revealing their love and admiration for the song.
Liverpool XI: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Henderson©, Fabinho, Robertson, Wijnaldum, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Thiago, Salah, Roberto Firmino, Mané
Subs: Milner, Minamino, Jones, Origi, Williams, Phillips, Shaqiri, Williams, Kelleher
Southampton XI: Forster, Walker-Peters, Bednarek, Stephens, Bertrand, Djenepo, Ward-Prowse©, Diallo, Armstrong, Ings, Walcott
Subs: Vokins, Lewis, Valery, Smallbone, Ramsay, Chauke, Long, Tella, N’Lundulu
No centre-back in the Liverpool XI.