Liverpool entered the race for the Premier League title with Manchester City into the final round of the season after once again beating Southampton 2-1 on Wednesday.
Joel Matip completed Liverpool’s latest comeback by accidentally scoring the winning goal in the 67th minute, leaving Jurgen Klopp’s side one point behind Man City with one game left each.
It is on Sunday when Liverpool host Wolverhampton at the same time as Man City at home to Aston Villa – managed by Liverpool great Steven Gerrard.
Man City is still the favorite team but Liverpool have done their part when bringing the defending champion into the game.
The back four is still for Liverpool, but just that.
Klopp launched his second-choice squad at St.
AS IT HAPPENED:
Southampton vs Liverpool: Matip and Minamino’s goals help the Red Devils win 2-1; title race until the last day
Despite a series of changes, Liverpool overwhelmed a passive Southampton team with nothing left to play for this season but fell behind in the 13th minute when Nathan Redmond cut inside from the left and unleashed a shot that made deflect James Milner and go away. corner street.
The Liverpool players kept their cool and responded 14 minutes after Diogo Jota passed the ball to Takumi Minamino, who showed quick feet before unleashing a tight shot into Alex McCarthy’s near corner. The Japanese striker was on loan at Southampton last season and has not started a game since.
The rest of the game saw Liverpool press on in Southampton’s half but create only half of the chances. The atmosphere started to turn tense as Liverpool were awarded what proved to be the decisive goal, after a Kostas Tsimikas corner was glanced towards the nearest post by Southampton striker Mohamed Elyounoussi.
The ball flew over the area, past Southampton’s Kyle Walker-Peters, hit Matip and bounced back into the far corner after McCarthy’s desperate plunge.
Liverpool also came from behind in their last two matches, a 2-1 win over Villa and a 1-1 draw with Tottenham.
