Soccer Football - Premier League - Liverpool vs Southampton - Anfield, Liverpool, Britain - November 18, 2017 Southampton manager Mauricio Pellegrino Action Images via Reuters/Jason Cairnduff
LONDON (Reuters) - When Mauricio Pellegrino was hired to help Southampton take the "next steps" after four consecutive top-eight finishes in the Premier League, the fans did not expect them to be backwards ones.
Twelve games into the Argentine's first season, however, they might be scratching their heads wondering about the logic of sacking Claude Puel under who they finished eighth last season and reached the final of the League Cup.
