Southampton vs Liverpool LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction tonight

Relive all the action from St Mary’s where Liverpool won to keep the pressure on Man City

Liverpool take the lead through Joel Matip (Liverpool FC via Getty Images)

Liverpool ensured the Premier League title race will go to the final day of the season by coming from behind to beat Southampton 2-1 at St Mary’s.

Joel Matip’s crucial second-half winner moved the Reds a single point behind leaders Manchester City to set up a tantalising finale on Sunday.

Jurgen Klopp’s men knew they had to be victorious on the south coast to remain in contention to become top-flight champions for only the second time in 32 years and were stunned by Nathan Redmond’s superb solo opener.

But the much-changed visitors controlled proceedings for almost the entire evening and levelled through former Saints loanee Takumi Minamino before Matip completed the turnaround with the aid of a deflection off Kyle Walker-Peters.

The Reds, who remain in contention for an unprecedented quadruple, will welcome Wolves to Anfield in five days’ time, hoping Steven Gerrard’s Aston Villa can do them a major favour away to City.

Relive all the action live below:

Southampton vs Liverpool

• 67’: Matip header puts Liverpool in front
• 27’: Minamino equalises against old club
• 13’: Redmond stunner gives Saints lead
• Southampton XI: McCarthy, Lyanco, Salisu, Stephens, Walker-Peters, Redmond, Diallo, Ward-Prowse, Elyounoussi, Broja, Tella
• Liverpool XI: Alisson, Gomez, Konate, Matip, Tsimikas, Milner, Jones, Elliott, Minamino, Firmino, Jota

[17 May 2022 21:23 · Michael Jones]

Southampton 1 - 2 Liverpool

76 mins: Liverpool are getting the job done here. As it stands they’ll move to within a point of Manchester City and take the title race into the final day.

It’s still a mammoth task. No team leading the Premier League on the final day has gone on to lose the title. The last time that happened in the top-flight came in 1989 when it was Liverpool themselves who lost the title.

[17 May 2022 21:19 · Michael Jones]

Southampton 1 - 2 Liverpool

73 mins: Nathan Tella goes in the book too before getting subbed off for Southampton. Stuart Armstrong and Oriol Romeu come on for Tella and Ibrahima Diallo.

[17 May 2022 21:18 · Michael Jones]

Southampton 1 - 2 Liverpool

70 mins: Jack Stephens goes in the book for a clumsy tackle on Divock Origi which goes down well with the travelling Liverpool fans who start chanting the forwards name.

[17 May 2022 21:13 · Michael Jones]

GOAL! Southampton 1 - 2 Liverpool (Matip, 67’)⚽️

67 mins: Joel Matip! What a strange goal this is. Kostas Tsimikas curls a corner kick into the box and Mohamed Elyounoussi flicks it into the middle. Kyle Walker-Peters and Joel Matip both lunge for the ball, Matip seems to get the last headed touch and it loops into the top corner over Alex McCarthy’s outstretched hand!

[17 May 2022 21:10 · Michael Jones]

Southampton 1 - 1 Liverpool

65 mins: Southampton will be happy. They’re restricting Liverpool to shots from the edge of the box. Firmino plays a one-two with Elliott before guiding an effort from range into the hands of McCarthy.

Divock Origi is brought on the replace Elliott for the Reds.

[17 May 2022 21:08 · Michael Jones]

Southampton 1 - 1 Liverpool

62 mins: Curtis Jones finds a touch of space on the right side of the box and decides to go for goal but doesn’t get enough curl on his effort and it goes wide.

[17 May 2022 21:03 · Michael Jones]

Southampton 1 - 1 Liverpool

59 mins: Liverpool win a corner that Milner pulls back to the front edge of the box for Elliott. He stops the ball and hits a low shot into the many bodies clustered in the penalty area and Southampton boot it clear.

[17 May 2022 21:01 · Michael Jones]

Southampton 1 - 1 Liverpool

56 mins: Off the woodwork! Liverpool sweep up on the counter-attack and Roberto Firmino drops deeper to receive the ball who turns towards goal and slides in Harvey Elliott on the right side. Elliott gets to the ball and drills it across the ball, striking his effort into the outside of the near post!

[17 May 2022 20:58 · Michael Jones]

Southampton 1 - 1 Liverpool

53 mins: Nearly. Southampton launch the ball into the box from a throw in but Joel Matip is calm enough to nod it back to Alisson. He throws it up to Firmino who threads a pass into the box for Jota. Jota attempts to work it over to Minamino but there’s a deflection that knocks the ball back to Henderson. He gives it to Firmino and a flick puts the ball back to Jota but he isn’t able to turn it towards goal.

[17 May 2022 20:53 · Michael Jones]

Southampton 1 - 1 Liverpool

50 mins: Chance! Tsimikas dribbles into space over to the left of the penalty area and puts the ball into space in the area. Jota stops it dead and squeezes off a quickfire effort that rolls narrowly wide of the back post!