Paul Merson has tipped Liverpool to ‘destroy’ Southampton on Sunday once they journey to St. Mary’s for his or her last Premier League recreation of the season.
The Saints, who head into the ultimate day already conscious that they’ll be plying their commerce within the Championship subsequent time period, have gained simply two residence league video games all season and the ex-Arsenal favorite can’t see that report enhancing this weekend.
The journey to the south coast will even be Bobby Firmino’s final recreation for the membership and Merson was eager to spotlight the significance of the Brazilian to Jurgen Klopp’s aspect.
“I feel Liverpool will destroy Southampton to complete their season on a optimistic word, I’m going for a 4-0 win for the away aspect,” he wrote for Sportskeeda (as quoted by Metro). “On a sizzling summer season’s day down at St Mary’s towards a relegated workforce, they are going to end on a blast.
“Mohamed Salah loves scoring targets and I anticipate him to play a giant function for Jurgen Klopp’s aspect because the Reds put together to bid adieu to the likes of Roberto Firmino, James Milner, Naby Keita and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
“Firmino is an unbelievable participant and I want to assume he’s a legend of the Jurgen Klopp period at Liverpool. Salah and Sadio Mane produced the numbers season after season, however Firmino knitted all of it collectively. I couldn’t speak extremely sufficient of the person – Liverpool wouldn’t have been nearly as good as they have been if it wasn’t for him.
“Oxlade-Chamberlain is a superb participant however he’s simply been dogged by accidents through the years. If he will get match, he might be a terrific signing for a handful of Premier League golf equipment. As for Keita, I can rely on one hand the variety of good video games he’s hand for Liverpool. He’s a proficient participant however I don’t assume he ever performed 20 video games in a row for the Reds, I don’t know why issues simply by no means occurred for him at Anfield.”
Liverpool defeated Southampton 3-1 within the reverse fixture again in November and though there’s nothing using on this weekend’s recreation we’re hoping for a optimistic outcome and a robust exhibiting.
Klopp recommended in his press convention earlier at the moment that he could make a number of changes to his beginning XI with the likes of Firmino, James Milner, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Arthur Melo and Naby Keita leaving the membership this summer season and subsequently having the prospect to signify the membership one final time.
Fringe gamers like Nat Phillips, Joe Gomez and Fabio Carvalho will even be desperate to earn some minutes in a marketing campaign that has seen their recreation time extraordinarily restricted to say the least.
Let’s hope that Merson’s rating prediction is just about spot on as we put together for a busy summer season of transfers forward of the 2023/24 marketing campaign.
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