Liverpool travel to St Mary's as league leaders for Sunday's Premier League clash against the newly promoted Southampton who are at the foot of the table after 11 games of the top-flight campaign. The Reds went into the November international break on the back of a deserved 2-0 win over Aston Villa at Anfield while the Saint suffered a 2-0 defeat at Wolves as their struggles this season continue.

Trent Alexander-Arnold is likely to miss out too, though there is hope that he can return before the Real Madrid game in the Champions League on Wednesday. Harvey Elliott is back in training, while Diogo Jota and Federico Chiesa are still both some way weeks from training.

Liverpool have been in fine form since the start of the season, and Arne Slot seems to have adjusted very well to life in the Premier League.The Reds are top of the table and look genuinely ready to