Liverpool pulled off one of the most unexpected results in recent football history when they left Paris Saint-Germain with a 1-0 win on Wednesday night.
Liverpool withstood 27 shots from PSG, 10 of which were on target, and had just 29.5 percent possession to the hosts’ 70.5 percent.
However, PSG were up against an Alisson Becker in inspired form, the Brazilian goalkeeper pulling off nine saves.
At the other end, the Parisians couldn’t cope with Darwin Nunez, the ‘agent of chaos’ who set up Harvey Elliott for the winner.
However, a number of Liverpool players struggled on the night and will be eager to put the game behind them.
Paul Merson has now claimed he wouldn’t be surprised if three were at risk of losing their starting spots against Southampton.
Alexis Mac Allister, Dominik Szoboszlai and Ryan Gravenberch at risk of dropping out
Merson believes Liverpool will have no problems at Anfield against a Saints side sitting bottom of the Premier League table and destined for relegation.
The pundit then said Reds midfield trio Alexis Mac Allister, Dominik Szoboszlai and Ryan Gravenberch had a hard time against PSG.
As a result, Merson says he’d understand if Arne Slot were to drop one or more of them for a game that, on paper, is not the most difficult.
“Alexis Mac Allister, Dominik Szoboszlai and Ryan Gravenberch got run to the ground against PSG,” Merson wrote on Sportskeeda.
“So I understand if Arne Slot wants to ring in changes in midfield this weekend.
“But if I’m being honest, I would rather choose to play the best team for the first 45 minutes and then slowly take key players off just to ensure the result is in the bag.”
Liverpool v Southampton team news
Liverpool will hope to welcome Cody Gakpo back for Saturday’s 3pm kick-off against southampton.
The Dutchman missed Liverpool’s win over PSG, having injured himself while blocking a shot in training.
Liverpool will continue to be without the injured Tyler Morton, Joe Gomez and Conor Bradley.
As for Southampton, they have a number of doubts including Adam Lallana, Jan Bednarek, Lesley Ugochukwu and Ryan Fraser.
Meanwhile, Ross Stewart is expected to remain out with a calf issue.
