Liverpool routed their de facto farm club Southampton 3-0 today and there are heroes aplenty for the Reds. Joel Matip and Xherdan Shaqiri are both top ten trending terms nationally on Twitter right now, due to the big contributions they made to a dominant overall team effort.
The scoring opened when Southampton’s Wesley Hoedt provided an own goal in the 10′. Matip then converted this beauty in the the 21′. Have a watch below:
https://twitter.com/SalahxcMane/status/1043505903364763649
Given all the harsh criticism, from all angles that Liverpool defenders have been hit with in recent years…you got to love this tweet below:
Matip shuts up Twitter!!
— Empire of the Kop (@empireofthekop) September 22, 2018
As for Shaqiri, he is not credited with a goal today, but man does he deserve one (or even more given the elite performance he turned in today) Watch below as Shaqiri is about as unlucky as it gets here with the crossbar, and then Mohamed Salah bangs it home. Salah really needed this one.
https://twitter.com/_RoarOfTheKop_/status/1043513841932492800
Unbelievable strike by Shaqiri, so unlucky not to go in. But delighted for Mo to get his goal which he deserves. You can see the sheer relief on his face. Just needs to relax and they’ll start flowing again.
— Joel Rabinowitz (@joel_archie) September 22, 2018
Liverpool Twitter is in fine form today.
https://twitter.com/Alissontastic/status/1043513091592339457
The big win puts Liverpool back atop the table, pending the result of tomorrow’s London derby between Chelsea and West Ham United.
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