Liverpool, who led two goals in the first half, actually lost the game.

No one expected that after 80 minutes, the situation would change suddenly. Southampton scored two goals in 5 minutes, and Jing'an reversed the score at the last moment of the game.

Liverpool missed a good game. In the away game, not only did they not win the game, but they did not even get the final situation in the game.

Liverpool's Champions League schedule is over.

On the road, after 120 minutes of fierce battle and 8 rounds of penalty shootouts, Liverpool finally died at the Wanda Metropolitan Stadium in Madrid.

The team has lost the possibility of going further in the Champions League. This season, there is still no team that can break the curse of not being able to defend the champion after the Champions League reform.

Of course, for Liverpool, the season is far from over. After losing the opportunity to compete for the highest honor in the Champions League, for Liverpool, it can also be regarded as a way to devote all of its energy to the competition for the league championship, so that Liverpool can make efforts in the final stage of the league to increase its investment in the league and compete for the championship honor with Leicester City.

However, for Liverpool, in the middle of the week, the players' physical fitness has actually reached its limit after just 120 minutes of fierce battle with Atletico Madrid.

With a very long game time of 120 minutes and being eliminated in a penalty shootout and suffering a lot of psychological trauma, when returning to England, the league on the weekend was still away, and many adverse factors were entangled, which made Liverpool not have many advantages in this round of league games against Southampton, and Liverpool may even be the disadvantaged side.

Although Southampton has been called the Red Army reserve in recent years, it has sent a lot of talents to Liverpool.

For example, Larana and Klein, the two main players under Klopp, both came from Southampton.

Thanks to its excellent scouting system and the team's own good main framework, many new players who have just arrived in Southampton can play a role immediately. Southampton's record is not bad every season, and new players can also quickly perform eye-catching performances, so that after each season, Southampton can find revenue points.

For example, although Mane in Southampton's lineup has not been in Southampton for a long time, it has already attracted Liverpool coach Klopp.

Klopp needs players like Mane who runs actively, is fast enough, and has certain interlude and shooting ability.

In Klopp's view, if Mane can join in the summer, it will be of great help to Liverpool's sidelines.

Everyone is short of good players, and for Liverpool, there is no worry about Mane being intercepted.

This "strategic relationship" between Liverpool and Southampton, as long as the transfer price is appropriate, Southampton will still release people and give priority to "joining the army".

Liverpool, which has been booming in recent years, is also very attractive to talents.

Klopp only needs to wait until the transfer window this summer to make a big move and further adjust Liverpool according to his own wishes.

Although the two teams have a good relationship between the management and are very good partners off the court, Southampton, who plays at home, will still show the best performance to show the strength of his players.

If you don’t have to play, how can you show your strength? How can you be bought?

Southampton's mid-to-upper-level teams in the Premier League this season, as a team that can rely on selling main players every summer transfer window and make a lot of money, can continue to maintain good results in the fiercely competitive Premier League after re-signing.

It can only be said that the team's transfer department has a correct view of people, and the head coach also has two tricks to exert the strength of the players and form a good team's combat power.

Liverpool, who played away, was greatly affected after the Champions League.

After all, after 120 minutes of high-intensity game, players' bodies will inevitably become exhausted. This is also the most vulnerable stage for players to get injured.

Firmino, Lucas, and Milner all hang out of the game due to muscle injuries.

The core midfielder Henderson also felt some muscle discomfort. Although he could still play in this game, Klopp, who was on the safe side, was placed on the bench.

Not to mention the loss of three starting players, Firmino, the core fulcrum of the frontcourt, was unable to play, which was a great damage to Liverpool's current offensive rhythm.

In this game, Klopp had no choice but to change the formation.

Sturridge, who has recovered from injury, started again, and his partner is young player Origi.

Benteke did not get a chance to play in the Champions League. When Liverpool was short of major generals, he still could not get a starting opportunity. It also showed Klopp's determination to clean up Benteke, unless he was really willing to receive his salary, but he was just a blue-collar job to appear on the bench.

In the midfield, Klopp, who was seriously accused of being a little, also sent Joe Allen, the direct player of former coach Rodgers. This season, Joe Allen has not many opportunities to play. The re-watch of this game is also a good opportunity to prove his offensive ability.

Coutinho, Larana, Joe Allen and Emre Jen.

Today, due to player injuries, Liverpool's defense in the midfield dropped by a level instantly, which also put more pressure on the backcourt players.

Moreno, like Henderson, was also limited by a little muscle discomfort, and sat on standby on this game.

Flanagan, who had just recovered from a serious injury, appeared at the starting left back position, which actually brought some uncertainty to the defense line.

Fortunately, Flanagan was at least obedient and obeyed the instructions of the big brother Yang Feng, so there should be no big problem.

Southampton, who plays at home, also has a 442 lineup, but Mane did not start. Mane, who is sitting on the bench, may be replenishing his strength and give Liverpool another fatal blow in the second half.

Perhaps he was concerned about Yang Feng's ability to defend the opponent's counterattack. Southampton first sent Pelle and Sean Lang's forward line matching to deal with Yang Feng, consuming Yang Feng's physical fitness, and at the last moment, he sent Mane to use his speed to attack Liverpool's defense.

Southampton's record is already very outstanding, now ranks 9th in the Premier League. If you succeed in relegation early, you can see the team's strength.

In addition, Liverpool has suffered from previous Champions League events, not only did the players suffer losses, but also many players in the current starting lineup have endured their fatigue.

So for Liverpool, this game is definitely in its worst state, and the home team Southampton has a chance to create an upset in this game.

Judging from the state at the beginning of the game, Southampton does have a strong desire to win the game at home.

The game was in a stalemate from the beginning.

Southampton, who played at home, played very enthusiastically against Liverpool's remnants. In the game, the team was competing with Liverpool for possession from the beginning to conduct an offensive test with Liverpool.

You attack once, I attack once.

The two teams formed a even-matched stance on the scene.

This can be seen from the close ball possession rate between both sides and the number of shots that have been shot in synchronization.

Less than 5 minutes into the game, Liverpool created a threat in the frontcourt.

Larana's dribble forward and further compressed Southampton's defense line. Larana's pass back after a quick stop just found Coutinho, who followed up in the defense.

Coutinho faced Larana's return pass from the penalty area, bent his bow and arrow and directly completed a long shot.

The football made an excellent arc and flew quickly into the goal, but in the end it was slightly higher than the crossbar, a little bit behind the goal.

However, Coutinho was not discouraged. He just shot a long shot, just pretending to be a long shot.

As long as you remember the feeling of shooting just now, and then there will be a long shot opportunity in this area. As long as you can wrap the ball more fully and complete the force, you can adjust to an excellent shooting angle. Coutinho is confident that in the next long shot opportunity, you can hit a more threatening shot.

Liverpool has threatened an offensive threat on the other side, while Southampton's offense is not bad on the other side.

Taking advantage of Liverpool midfielder Joe Allen's pass mistake, Southampton's counterattack hit extremely quickly.

After Romeou got the ball, he directly sent a straight pass ball with extremely strong penetration in the midfield area, avoiding the defense range controlled by Yang Feng, and passing the ball directly to the depths of the left side.

Yang Feng was unable to intercept the first time, and then he could only compete with Sean Lang for speed.

But as a forward player, Sean Lang must be stronger than Yang Feng's acceleration ability.

When he was unable to block Sean Lang with his body at the first time and was accelerated to chase the football, Yang Feng could only give up the defense before the ball was obtained, but instead gave up the pursuit of Sean Lang, but ran straight with all his might and returned to the penalty area first.

After receiving the ball from the outside, Sean Long was quite decisive when handling the ball, without wasting a slight time. He directly strides to the shooting and rushed into Liverpool's penalty area, and once again took the initiative to look for Yang Feng's defense.

Sean Lang's speed was too fast.

It was almost there and even went further after receiving the ball on the wing and inserted diagonally into the Liverpool penalty area. There was still a chance to run ahead of Yang Feng while dribbling the ball.

Yang Feng tried his best to catch up with the defensive position in the game.

But the disadvantages in speed are irreparable.

Sean Lang still dribbled the ball sideways, taking the lead in Yang Feng's extra half of his body and entering the penalty area.

"There is no choice but to bet!"

Yang Feng couldn't let Sean Lang run ahead of him like this and get a chance to shoot alone.

At this time, because Shaun Lang is wide enough in front of him and the shooting angle is extremely large, it is difficult for Yang Feng to make an effective defensive interception from the side and behind him, so he can only find a way to put Shaun Lang pressure on him.

Yang Feng did not slow down at all, raised his arms high and his body straightened, but exerted force directly from the rear, giving Shaun Lang a collision.

"Down!"

"Shawn Lang was hit to the ground by Yang Feng's body fighting behind him."

"But, the referee..."

"No penalty was made, the gesture given was that the game continued."

This may be the reason why the Premier League advocates physical confrontation. Yang Feng's collision this time is within the range of the referee's permission.

It may also be due to Liverpool's strong team factor, as well as the bonus of Yang Feng's star halo. Without obvious foul action, referee McDonald also chose to open the net.

As the saying goes, if you survive a great disaster, you will have good fortune.

After suffering a threatening counterattack from Southampton, Liverpool turned around and played the desired offensive effect on the offensive end.

In the 17th minute of the game, Liverpool successfully pressed the frontcourt and threatened to fight back.

Coutinho received a ball from Joe Allen on the left.

When Sturridge and Origi quickly stepped into the Southampton penalty area, putting a lot of pressure on Southampton's defense and compressing the Southampton defense directly into the penalty area, Coutinho did not choose to send a pass in the middle from the wing.

Instead, he dribbled the ball himself, and in the front court, he was like walking around, constantly dribbled the ball forward, and directly entered his long-range shooting area.

Southampton's defensive players, when the number of defenders was insufficient due to the previous attack, Antić stood alone on the penalty area line, preparing to defend Coutinho's breakthrough and block Coutinho's long-range shooting angle.

However, Antich's defensive position choice obviously underestimates Coutinho's long-range shooting range.

Still 5 meters away from the penalty area, Coutinho bent his bow and arrow, and suddenly completed a long shot while he was marching.

This half-high long shot shot also hit the goal, and there was a landing rebound in the penalty area. After bounced up, it still kept flying towards the goal.

This also gave Southampton goalkeeper a lot of defensive interference.

The ball was extremely fast and was still a rebound. Although the home goalkeeper made a save, the ball still flew into the goal.

1-0, Coutinho relied on his personal performance to successfully help the visiting team Liverpool score the first record.

Five minutes later, Liverpool's offense made a comeback.

When Southampton thought he was behind and had to attack, it was time for Liverpool to take effect on the defensive counterattack.

After successfully completing a straight pass interception against the opponent, Yang Feng directly looked at the forward duo who had already rushed to the front court.

Yang Feng chose the target of passing the ball, the faster young player Origi.

A long pass leaning against the left side successfully avoided the protective area of ​​Southampton centreback Van Dijk, allowing Origi to catch the ball on the side to burst out his own speed and launch a counterattack and advance as soon as possible without defensive pressure.

Origi dribbled the ball from the wing to the Southampton penalty area. Before entering the penalty area, he was subjected to two Southampton players' siege, which allowed Origi to quickly pass the ball after attracting enough defensive vitality and allocated the ball to Sturridge's feet not far from the right side of the penalty area.
Chapter completed!