Daily Mirror - 19.08.2019

19.08.2019 DAILY MIRROR

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S ROCKY

IN ASSOCIATION

WITH

COMING UP...

FACT ROOM...

SOUTHAMPTON

Sat Brighton (away) ..........PL

Aug 31 Man United (home) .....PL

Sep 14 Sheff United (away) ....PL

LIVERPOOL

Sat Arsenal (home) ...........PL

Aug 31 Burnley (away) ............PL

Sep 14 Newcastle (home) .......PL

THEY SAID IT...

Sadio scored a fantastic goal in

pretty much the last seconds of

the first half and in the second half

we made other big steps,

controlled the game better.

JURGEN KLOPP

Liverpool have now won 11

consecutive Premier League

matches, equalling their best-ever

winning streak in the competition,

previously set between February

and April 2014 under manager

Brendan Rodgers.

Southampton have now lost each

of their last five league games

against Liverpool by an aggregate

score of 13-2.

Liverpool have won their first two

league games to a season in back-

to-back campaigns for only the

second time in the Premier League

era, having previously done so in

1993-94 and 1994-95.

Southampton have lost both of

their first two Premier League

games of a season for the first

time since their first season back

in the division in 2012-13 under

Nigel Adkins.

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SOUTHAMPTON

Gunn ................................................7

Bednarek ........................................ 5

Yoshida ........................................... 6

Vestergaard ................................... 6

Valery ..............................................7

Ward-Prowse ...................................7

Romeu BOOKED .............................. 6

Hojberg .......................................... 6

Bertrand ..........................................7

Adama ............................................ 6

Redmond ........................................ 6

SUBS

Ings (Romeu 64) ............................ 6

Armstrong (Adams 68) .................. 6

Djenepo BOOKED (Bertrand 77) ..... 5

LIVERPOOL

Adrian ............................................. 5

Alexander-Arnold BOOKED ............. 6

Matip .............................................. 6

Van Dijk............................................7

Robertson .......................................7

Oxlade-Chamberlain ...................... 6

Wijnaldum....................................... 6

Milner ............................................. 6

Salah............................................... 6

Firmino ............................................7

Mane............................................... 8

SUBS

Fabinho (Milner 74) ........................ 6

Origi (Salah 79) .............................. 5

Henderson (Oxlade-Chamberlain 89)

STATS YOUR LOT...

37% POSSESSION 63%

3 SHOTS ON TARGET 6

7 SHOTS OFF TARGET 6

295 TOTAL PASSES 518

65% PASSING SUCCESS 78%

5 CORNERS 9

4 OFFSIDE 1

10 FOULS 6

0 2 CARDS 1 0

SADIO MANE

MAN OF THE MATCH

Referee

Andre Marriner

Attendance

31,712

wanted to make

sure I focused on

the defensive duties

and making sure I was

putting in the work and

had the legs to help the

boys,” he said.

“I’m glad we did that as

a team.

“On a personal level,

it’s nice for me. It has

been a while since I

started, but I’m delighted

that I could help

contribute to the team

because that’s what I’ve

missed so much. It was

really nice to be back out

there.”

Liverpool did not

make a major signing

this summer, but Oxlade-

Chamberlain’s return adds

depth to the squad.

“It is really good for us

to have him back,” said

Georginio Wijnaldum. “He

is a good quality player

and he showed that before

he got injured. As he

showed two seasons ago

he is fast, he can do

crosses and score goals.

“It is important for him

and good if you have

quality players and we

just have to make sure we

can rotate during the

season as we all have so

many games and we have

a big squad.”

OX IS HAPPY TO BE

BACK IN HARNESS

ALEX

OXLADE-

CHAMBERLAIN declared

it was good to be back

after making his first

Premier League start for

16 months at his former

club.

The England star (left)

suffered a serious knee

injury in the

Champions League

semi-final

against Roma

in April last

year and

missed

virtually

all last

season.

After a rusty

45 minutes playing

in the front three in

Liverpool’s midweek

Super Cup final win over

Chelsea, the

26-year-old played

89 minutes back in

his preferred

midfield role at

Southampton.

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all-right

game, a

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ALEX

OXLADE-

CHAMBERLAIN declared

it was good to be back

after making his first

Premier League start for

16 months at his former

club.

The England star (left)

suffered a serious knee

injury in the

Champions League

semi-final

against Roma

in April last

year and

missed

virtually

all last

season.

After a rusty

45 minutes playing

inthefrontthreein

Liverpool’s midweek

Super Cup final win over

Chelsea, the

26-year-old played

89 minutes back in

his preferred

midfield role at

Southampton.

“I had an

all-right

game, a

decent

game,

but the

main

thing was I

NIGHTMARE^

Adrian makes a big

hash of clearing the

ball and Ings scores

ADRIAN’S reaction to his Southampton blunder will be

more important than gifting Danny Ings a late goal,

according to Georginio Wijnaldum.

The penalty shoot-out hero of Istanbul in midweek

turned villain at St Mary’s on Saturday as his attempt at

a short pass handed Saints a late lifeline in only his

second Liverpool start.

Defender Andy Robertson

described the goal as “daft” – and it

could have been costly but for a

late miss from former Reds striker

Ings that should have hauled

Saints level.

But Dutch midfielder Wijnaldnum

said: “Those kind of things can

happen with a goalkeeper. Last season

it happened to Alisson against

Leicester City. And in a pre-season

friendly.

“How is he going to react to the

mistake? I think that is more

important than the mistake itself.

Everyone can make a mistake.

“The tough thing for him is that,

when a keeper makes a mistake, a lot of times it will

result in a goal.”

And Wijnaldum said Adrian (above) has been thrown in

at the deep end so soon after arriving at

Anfield. “Everyone needs time to

adjust,” he said. “It would have been

much easier for him if he had come in

from the start, with Simon Mignolet leaving

and him coming in.”

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