Liverpool know the importance of stifling Danny Ings but will prepare themselves for everything Southampton can throw at them on Monday night.
The Reds’ opening match of the New Year takes them to St Mary’s for a Premier League clash with a Saints side who finished 2020 with fewer points than only four teams in the table.
Jürgen Klopp’s charges are set to come up against former teammate Ings – Southampton’s top scorer in the division so far this term with six goals.
And Nathaniel Phillips, who started in central defence for Liverpool in the stalemate at Newcastle United last time out, acknowledged the threat Ings will pose on the south coast.