Soccer Football - Premier League - Southampton vs Liverpool - St Mary's Stadium, Southampton, Britain - February 11, 2018 Liverpool's Mohamed Salah celebrates scoring their second goal with Roberto Firmino and Andrew Robertson REUTERS/Eddie Keogh
(Reuters) - After the agonies of last week, Liverpool closed to within two points of second-placed Manchester United with a comfortable 2-0 victory at relegation-haunted Southampton on Sunday.
Held 2-2 by top-four rivals Tottenham Hotspur last Sunday in a turbulent game that had manager Juergen Klopp apparently in danger of self combustion, Liverpool barely broke sweat at St Mary's Stadium as Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah ran the show.
