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Published 21:56 4 Jan 2021 GMT
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The second half was all about Liverpool and they upped the ante to get back in the game. The Reds felt they should have had a penalty when, on 50 minutes, Gini Wijnaldum's shot thwacked off the hand of a stretching Jack Stephens.
Referee Andre Marriner waved away the Liverpool appeals and although VAR may have called it in the favour of Jurgen Klopp's side, earlier in the season, it was not to be at St Mary's.
After Stephens slid in to block a goal-bound Mané effort, minutes later, and this time legitimately, there was another Liverpool shout for a penalty.
Mané raced into the Southampton box and was looking to get around Kyle Walker-Peters. The Saints defender had a nibble but did not get the ball. Mané tried to run on but, with the ball going out of play, he fell to the ground. That slight hesitation probably weakened his case and Marriner waved that one away too.
Liverpool pressed and pressed but Southampton's rearguard effort was impressive, with Fraser Forster sweeping up well when any danerous thru-balls came from the likes of Alcantara, Andy Robertson or James Milner.
The hosts could have wrapped up victory, on 82 minutes, when Yan Valery beat the on-rushing Yan Valery to the ball and nutmegged the Liverpool goalkeeper. His effort was tame enough, though, to be cleared away a couple of yards before crossing the Reds' goal-line.
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