Liverpool eventually earned three points away at St. Mary’s as goals from Naby Keita, Jordan Henderson and Mohamed Salah ensured the Reds the victory after an early Shane Long strike.
But, how did the players out on loan away from the Reds get on at the weekend?
Nathaniel Clyne – Bournemouth
Clyne played the first half at right back before being substituted after being carded in the 29th minute.
The Cherries were beaten 3-1 at home to Burnley with Chris Wood, Ashley Westwood and Ashley Barnes scoring – Barnes scored an own goal for the Bournemouth goal.
Apps: 12
Goals: 0
Harry Wilson – Derby County
Wilson put in another man of the match performance in Derby’s 3-3 draw away at Brentford.
The Welshman got on the scoresheet twice with Jayden Bogle getting the other goal but Julian Jeanvier, Neal Maupay and Said Benrahma got the goals for Brentford.
Frank Lampard’s side moved down to 7th place out of the playoff places in the Championship.
Apps: 38
Goals: 14
Ovie Ejaria – Reading
Ejaria played the full game behind the striker and got an assist for Reading’s goal in a 3-1 defeat away at Hull City in the Championship.
Kamil Grosicki (2) and Marc Pugh got the goals for the Tigers as the Royals moved down to 21st place in the Championship.
Apps: 9
Goals: 1
Ryan Kent – Rangers
Kent was banned for Ranger’s 3-0 victory over Motherwell yesterday for his incident in the old firm last week.
Scott Arfield played in Kent’s left-wing position and scored a hattrick there – Ranger’s remained in second place in the Scottish Premier League.
Apps: 38
Goals: 6
Liam Millar – Kilmarnock
Millar came off the bench for Kris Boyd in the 70th minute at striker as Killy beat St. Johnstone 2-0 at home.
Boyd and a Chris Kane own goal got the goals for Millar’s side as his side remained in third place in the SPL.
Apps: 9
Goals: 1
Adam Bogdan – Hibernian
Bogdan returned to the bench but Ofir Marciano was still preferred in goal as Hibs beat their Edinburgh rivals 2-1 away.
Daryl Horgan scored both the goals for Hibs and Peter Haring got the goal for Hearts – Hibs moved above their rivals and into 5th place in the SPL.
Apps: 25
Clean Sheets: 8
Marko Grujic – Hertha Berlin
Grujic was on the scoresheet for Berlin and played the full game in CDM in a 4-2-3-1 formation in another defeat, 2-1 to Fortuna Dusseldorf at home.
Benito Raman got both the goals for the away side as they moved down to 11th place in the Bundesliga.
Apps: 19
Goals: 4
Loris Karius – Besiktas
Karius played the full game in goal and conceded two in a very impressive 7-2 victory over Caykur Rizespor away from home.
Domagoj Vida, Adem Ljajic (2), Burak Yilmaz and Guven Yalcin (3) got the goals for Besiktas and Vedat Muriqi and Mohamed Aberhoune scored for the home side.
Karius and his side remained in third place in the Europa League qualification place along with Trabzonspor in fourth.
Apps: 28
Clean Sheets: 6
Sheyi Ojo – Stade Reims
Ojo was absent from the matchday squad as Reims drew 1-1 against Lille at home with Remi Oudin getting the goal for Ojo’s side and Jose Fonte scored for Lille.
Reims remained in sixth place in Ligue 1.
Apps: 16
Goals: 1
Allan de Souza– Fluminense
Allan came off the bench in the 56th minute for Daniel as Fluminense drew 1-1 with Flamengo in the Carioca Serie A Semi Final.
Gabriel Barbosa scored for Flamengo and Gilberto Moraes Junior got the goal for Allan’s side – the match will be replayed.
Apps: 5
Goals: 0
Pedro Chirivella – Extremadura UD
Chirivella is still yet to feature for the Spanish side, his side beat Almeria 1-0 at home in the Spanish Segunda Division.
Lolo Gonzalez scored the only goal of that game as Extremadura remained in 19th place in the relegation zone.
Apps: 0
Goals: 0
Kamil Grabara –AGF Aahrus
Grabara again played the full game in goal for AGF and kept a clean sheet in a 3-0 victory over Horsens away from home.
Patrick Mortensen (2) and Mustafa Amini got the goals for Grabara’s side, but despite the victory AGF moved down to 9th place in the Danish Superligaen.
Apps: 8
Clean Sheets: 3
Taiwo Awoniyi – Royal Mouscron
The Nigerian forward was still injured for Mouscron as his side were beaten 3-2 by Cercle Brugge in the Belgian First Division A Europa League Playoff.
Frantzdy Pierrot and Mico Kuzmanovic got the goals for Awoniyi’s team and Gianni Bruno (2) and Naomichi Ueda got the goals for Brugge.
Apps: 10
Goals: 7
Danny Ings was ineligible to play against his parent club Liverpool, in Southampton’s 3-1 defeat.
