Mohamed Salah ended his goal drought in sensational style as Liverpool reclaimed top spot in the Premier League by coming from behind to beat relegation-threatened Southampton 3-1.
Egyptian forward Salah ran from inside his own half to find the net for the first time in nine games, 10 minutes from time, to help the title-chasing Reds move two points ahead of rivals Manchester City.
Substitute Jordan Henderson tapped home a late third to seal the success after Naby Keita's first goal in English football cancelled out Shane Long's early opener for the in-form hosts.
With Pep Guardiola's City in FA Cup semi-final action this weekend, Jurgen Klopp's men will remain at the summit until they play Chelsea on April 14 at the very least.
Saints, meanwhile, stay five points clear of the drop zone after their two-game winning run was ended.
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- Southampton have only managed to win one of their six Premier League games played on a Friday, suffering defeat in three of their last four such games (P6 W1 D2 L3).
- Liverpool have beaten Southampton in four successive league games for the first time in the club’s history.
- Southampton have now lost 23 points from leading positions in the Premier League this season, more than any other side in 2018-19.
- Liverpool have won five of their last six Premier League games when conceding the opening goal (L1), including tasting victory on each of the last three instances.
- Following their come-from-behind victory, Liverpool have now won 16 points from losing positions in the Premier League, the most of any side this season.
- Liverpool became the seventh club in English top-flight history to concede 5000 such goals after Everton, Manchester City, Aston Villa, Newcastle, Sunderland and Arsenal.
- Liverpool’s Jordan Henderson is the first Premier League substitute to score a goal, assist a goal and receive a yellow card since Graziano Pelle did so against Crystal Palace back in May 2016.
- Naby Keita’s goal for Liverpool was his first Premier League goal of the season from what was his 23rd shot in the competition. Indeed, he is the third player from Guinea to score such a goal after Kamil Zayatte and Titi Camara.
- Sothampton striker Shane Long is the fourth player from the Republic of Ireland to register 50 Premier League goals, along with Niall Quinn (59), Robbie Keane (126) and Damien Duff (54).
- Mohamed Salah has now scored 50 goals in just 69 appearances for Liverpool in the Premier League; only Alan Shearer (66 - Blackburn) and Ruud van Nistelrooy (68 - Man Utd) reached the milestone in fewer apps for a single club in the competition.
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