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Incredible 11-minute sequence that sums up Liverpool as Arne Slot gets major change he wanted
Liverpool sent out a clear Premier League title statement on Sunday when they battled back from 2-1 down to beat Southampton 3-2 at St Mary's and take advantage of the latest Man City slip-up.
Pep Guardiola's side were thumped 4-0 at home to Tottenham Hotspur to extend their losing streak to five games and hand Liverpool the opportunity to extend their lead at the top of the table to a barely-believable eight points before the Reds meet City at Anfield next Sunday.
And it was an opportunity that, eventually, Liverpool took. Dominik Szoboszlai had scored the opener but after goals from Adam Armstrong and Mateus Fernandes pegged them back, Mohamed Salah stepped up to net twice and win the game.
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Despite Southampton's courage, the Reds' comeback on the south coast was no accident. There was no luck involved as Arne Slot's men took the game to the Saints and eventually took it away from them.
Indeed, this Liverpool team is, like their manager, all business, and an 11-minute sequence before Salah's winning penalty sums up what Slot's team is all about.
He has made no secret of his desire to his his teams pass their opponents into submission, with Guardiola one of his biggest influences. And while his predecessor embraced the chaos that a relentless pressing approach would bring, Slot wants his side to take fewer risks and move the ball until opportunities present themselves.
'Kill them with passes', goes his mantra. And Southampton were left dead and buried after allowing themselves to think they might stop Liverpool in their tracks.
They did just that at Southampton, with former Liverpool striker Neil Mellor pointing out that Southampton didn't touch the ball in the Reds' half of the pitch for an incredible 11 minutes and 45 seconds before the penalty was won.
Slot will be pleased, with his side learning a lesson in patience when losing 1-0 to Nottingham Forest earlier this season and he spoke afterwards about Liverpool needing to improve in the final third of the pitch with their ball possession.
He'd watched his side keep Forest penned back in much the same way but had rushed it and too often coughed up possession instead of creating chances. Not so at St Mary's.
He said: "I think the only thing we had influence on was ball possession because they played a lot of long balls, so if you then take the ball back you need to go past 11 players. We had a lot of ball possession but only managed to create three [or] four quite good chances, so that is by far not enough if you have so much ball possession.
"If you play so much in their half, we need to do much better. We lost the ball so many times in simple situations. That is, I think, the main story from the game: ball possession not good enough."
Liverpool eventually totally 273 passes in the final third, managing 27 shots and 18 from inside the penalty area, with an xG of 3.15 throughout the 90 minutes.
