{"id":32218,"date":"2021-01-05T20:08:22","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T18:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=32218"},"modified":"2021-01-05T18:07:38","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T16:07:38","slug":"southampton-beat-epl-leaders-liverpool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/southampton-beat-epl-leaders-liverpool","title":{"rendered":"Southampton Beat EPL Leaders Liverpool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>English Premier League (EPL) leaders and current champions, Liverpool, last night lost 1-0 to determined Southampton.<\/p>\n<p>Southampton took an early lead after former Liverpool striker, Danny Ings lofted the ball over Alisson and into the top-right corner.<\/p>\n<p>A disjointed Liverpool tried to respond to the goal but they were just not accurate.<\/p>\n<p>Tella went close to doubling the hosts\u2019 lead after 40 minutes but curled his effort wide of the near post.<\/p>\n<p>Two minutes before the break, Salah nodded Mane\u2019s cross over the bar, which was the Reds\u2019 best chance of a lacklustre opening half.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool\u2019s first shot on target in this match came in the 75th minute courtesy of Sadio Man\u00e9 \u2013 it\u2019s the Reds\u2019 longest wait for an attempt on target in a Premier League match since December 2015 (89th minute vs Newcastle).<\/p>\n<p>The Reds had a makeshift defence \u2013 Jordan Henderson and Fabinho as Vadijk and other full-backs are injured.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool wasted a chance to stretch a 3-point gap between them and second-placed Manchester United who have a game in hand.<\/p>\n<p>Depending on results from Manchester United (33 plus a game in hand), Leicester City (32) and Tottenham Hotspur (29 plus a game in hand), fifth-placed Manchester City (29), who have two games in hand, can go on top of the log if they win their next two matches.<\/p>\n<p>City play Brighton and Crystal Palace, in that order on the 13th and 16th of this month.<\/p>\n<p>The English Premier League has never been this unpredictable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. English Premier League (EPL) leaders and current champions, Liverpool, last night lost 1-0 to determined Southampton. Southampton took an early lead after former Liverpool striker, Danny Ings lofted the ball over Alisson and into the top-right corner. A disjointed Liverpool tried to respond to the goal but they were just not accurate. 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