Back on topic: Southampton are starting to settle in possession now, and the game's going just the way they want it. They've been well-organised at the back, and they've left the chance creation to the less-skilled footballers. Liverpool have been unsurprisingly static today. They're always like that when they face a team that's asking them to attack. Liverpool initially tried to play their natural game with the long balls forward and their challenges for the second balls, but Southampton dealt with them well, so now they're trying to play a more possession-based game without the fluidity.
Liverpool will need Coutinho's brilliance here if they are are to get 3 points.