Gone in ten seconds. Southampton's hope, the game and, perhaps, even the reign of beleaguered manager Mauricio Pellegrino.
After witnessing Huddersfield and Newcastle rally to remarkable victories earlier in the afternoon, Southampton supporters may have wondered if this was to become the day of the improbables, where the perceived down-and-outs raise themselves from the canvas.
Any optimism was swiftly filed away. In one devastating sequence only six minutes into the game, Liverpool produced a counter-attack of pace and brutality for which they are becoming famed under Jurgen Klopp.
