Good afternoon and welcome to the ECHO's live coverage of Liverpool's clash with Southampton in the Premier League.
On paper, this should be the Reds' easiest game of the Premier League season. For Arne Slot though, there are selection conundrums against Southampton.
After the mounmental effort in the 1-0 win over Paris Saint-Germain in midweek and with the second leg to come, this match could represent a chance to change things up. The title is virtually secured after all and Saints are in the running to be one of the worst Premier League teams in history.
Still, Slot will be wary of complacency keeping in and will be desperate to see his players extend the gap to Arsenal to 16 points. The Gunners are in action on Sunday against Manchester United and will have two games in hand on the Reds going into that game.
It will be intriguing to see if Cody Gakpo is involved. The Dutch winger missed the win in Paris and Slot will hope to have him available come Tuesday night for the second leg.
Southampton are on just nine points after 27 games. They need three points in the last 11 matches to surpass Derby County's all-time lowest total of 11.
Paul Gorst, Ian Doyle, Theo Squires and Keifer MacDonald will all be in attendance at Anfield, will team news coming up at 1:45 p.m. (GMT) and kick off at 3 p.m.. Stick with us for build-up, goal updates and reaction throughout the day.
11:43Matt C Jones
The sun is out, a 16-point lead is surely on the way - this has the potential to be a leisurely day at Anfield for Liverpool before the huge game with PSG on Tuesday.
Arne Slot won't won be thinking that way though. What will his team selection say about this one?
The lads will be in place soon. Stick with us for live build-up, goal updates and reaction.