And that will be that from me.

Thank you for joining us as Mohamed Salah again shows Chelsea that they actually let a diamond slip away after just 19 appearances.

Liverpool remain fifth but close the gap on Tottenham in fourth and have now won three times in a row for the first time this year.

They have a big week ahead with matches against Sevilla and Chelsea.

Southampton will face off against Everton next Sunday in a scrap between two sides seemingly low on confidence.

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Be well my friends.

A glut of high-fives break out on the Liverpool bench.

How do you sum that up? Impressive without ever being scintillating. A haul of 21 shots shows it was a dominant offering and in Mohamed Salah, they really do look like they have a difference maker.

Jurgen Klopp is on the pitch hugging his players. His smile is wide and his applause for the fans frantic.

Job done.

Since around the hour mark this game feels like it has almost exclusively been played in the Southampton half.

As we enter the first of three added minutes Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain sets Liverpool away down the left but the cross into the box is cleared.

Roberto Firmino eyes glory from 35 yards but finds the top of the Kop with that one.

The game continues to slowly fade away as Jordan Henderson squanders possession in midfield. James Milner wins a header and send Liverpool on their way to an attack. Roberto Firmino's reverse ball is neat but Georginio Wijnaldum's run is just a touch quick to pick it up in the area.

It is nearly four as Roberto Firmino's driving run and low left-footed strike from 20 yards is a fraction wide.

Liverpool in total control here now as Southampton go through the motions a little. Roberto Firmino has become the home sides' focal point up top and we will not be seeing Daniel Sturridge today as all three changes have been made.

There will be no hat-trick today, Mohamed Salah departs, James Milner comes on.

A hug from Jurgen Klopp for Salah. He deserves that. If Jurgen hadn't been feeling unwell this week I'd argue he should give him his coat.

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I think it's fair to say most Southampton fans will concede their side have not quite done enough here. They competed well for spells in the first half but you just got the sense that when Liverpool upped the pace at any point the away side may struggle.

The Reds have had 18 shots in all, with Mohamed Salah and Philippe Coutinho each with five apiece.

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Sadio Mane gets an early finish, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is on.

Charlie Austin should be on the scoresheet. He has space to head James Ward-Prowse's in-swinging free-kick but it's over the bar.

Thanks for the goal and all that Philippe but you're coming off now. Emre Can enters...

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Philippe Coutinho floats in from the left and clips a lovely ball over the top. Mohamed Salah is after it but Wesley Hoedt has tracked his run and boots for a throw.

Liverpool have taken a grip of this in the last 10 minutes after a slow start to the second period. Emre Can is getting ready to come on too as his side win their ninth corner.

Lovely link up play by the home side sees Sadio Mane feed an overlap from Alberto Moreno. He slides a cross along the face of goal and Roberto Firmino will finish... nope. Ryan Bertrand stabs for a corner. That would have been a tap in.

Philippe Coutinho goes close. All his own work.

He gets on the ball, swaggers a little 30 yards out and then takes off towards goal. His right-foot shot from 18 yards is a foot wide.

Oriol Romeu oversteps what is allowable in the defensive midfield role as he tugs the shirt of Roberto Firmino.

Ryan Bertrand bursts into the area and can cross... blocked for a corner. Dejan Lovern heads the ball clear. For all his critics, he has been very good today.

The Reds will break. Mohamed Salah threads one for Alberto Moreno who has darted up on the counter... he's in... but he can't quite sort his feet as the ball was a tad behind him. Saints get away with it.

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These are the stats from the opening five minutes of the second period, showing Southampton have seen much more ball. The game is beginning to show signs of breaking up as the pattern changes. Southampton are building more play with a more expansive shape, allowing Liverpool to break. On a few occasions already in the half the home side have had space to run into on the corner.

Trent Alexander-Arnold gallops over the halfway line like a Grand National stallion and manages to find Roberto Firmino in the area. Fraser Forster rushes out at his feet and manages to save but that could have been number three.

Charlie Austin will be on shortly, Dusan Tadic to make way.

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