Liverpool boss Arne Slot on Sky Sports: “In the second half I saw the intensity that I was looking for in the first half. Southampton made it really difficult for many teams, including the top clubs, and they made it difficult today , although, in my opinion, we completely dominated the match.”

“There wasn’t enough urgency to get into the box (in the first half), we just kept the ball instead of attacking the box. Even though we fell behind in the second half, we We showed more urgency and intensity. This led to many chances and ultimately two goals.

“It’s difficult to create chances against a low 4-5-1 block, but we know that Southampton want to play from the back so we have to be very aggressive, otherwise they have a very good game plan” .

On Mohamed Salah: “If you want to win you have to score goals and we know Mo can score. For me his first goal is the most important because we scored out of nowhere and then after that he was just waiting for us to score one other.”

On performance in general: “The positive is that we fought back, but they only came to our penalty area twice. In general we dominated but because of the score it seemed difficult, but we deserved to win.

Facing Real Madrid and Man City this week: “These are two teams who have dominated football in recent years. So two great matches and that’s why we had to win today and that’s what I’m happy about.”