Liverpool 4-0 Southampton: Five talking points
Liverpool marched on at the top of the Premier League with a clinical 4-0 win over Southampton on Saturday. Four second-half goals - Mohamed Salah ’s brace following strikes from Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Jordan Henderson - saw off the Saints at Anfield. Here are five talking points on the Reds’ latest victory… Pos. P W D L GD Pts 1 Liverpool 25 24 1 0 45 73 2 Man City 24 16 3 5 38 51 3 Leicester 25 15 4 6 28 49 4 Chelsea 25 12 5 8 9 41 Jaw-dropping numbers “I have never seen it, to be honest.” That was how Jürgen Klopp began his response to a post-match query on whether he has ever witnessed such incredible consistency from a team before. And the stats are, quite frankly, mind-blowing: Seventy-three points from a possible 75 so far this season. One hundred points from the last available 102. Forty-two Premier League matches unbeaten (37 wins, five draws). Sixteen successive top-flight wins. Twenty consecutive h...