Liverpool - Southampton summary: score, goals, highlights, FA Cup
Liverpool vs Southampton: as it happened
Liverpool advance to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup, where they will face Manchester United.
Youngsters Koumas and Danns were on the score sheet for the Reds at Anfield, as they defeated Southampton 3-0.
There goes the final whistle!
There will be four minutes added on.
And that will be that. Liverpool lead 3-0 and will advance to the quarter-finals, where they will face Manchester United.
Gakpo fires over from 25 yards. Liverpool look for their third but it's just over the bar.
Southampton couldn't convert their early chances and now find themselves with a mountain to climb at Anfield.
Elliott picks out Danns and the 18-year-old dinks it into the net with a cool finish.
Liverpool lead 2-0 and Anfield is bouncing as another youngster nets.
Chelsea have booked their place in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup, with a 3-2 win over Leeds.
What a chance for Southampton!
Charles is all alone at the back post. The corner makes its way to him - but he smashes the effort from close range into the side netting.
Liverpool have certainly been more comfortable in this half than in the first half.
Danns pulls his effort from inside the area wide. He's only on the pitch a couple of minutes and has been gifted a good chance.
Liverpool are preparing their own changes now.
Kelleher rushes off his line to gather the loose ball in the box. Sulemana was breathing down his neck.
Kelleher has been outstanding in recent games, covering for the injured Alisson between the sticks.
Russell Martin is preparing some changes as his side look to get back into this FA Cup tie.
Gakpo fires well wide from 12 yards out. He looks like a player quite short on confidence. 1-0
Kelleher keeps Sulemana out again. It's from four yards out but the Southampton player can't squeeze it past the man from Cork.
The Saints have had numerous chances and just can't convert. Russell Martin will be pulling his hair out.
Liverpool have made a half-time change:
OFF Virgil van Dijk
ON Ibrahima Konaté
And we're underway for the second half.
There's the half-time whistle!
Liverpool lead at the break.
Koumas picks it up on the edge of the box and fires a low shot home. It comes off Bednarek on the way in but Koumas won't care, he has a goal on his Liverpool debut.
It's a night he will never forget.
Elliott strikes!
It's a fine, swerving effort from distance. Lumley gets a strong hand on it to keep it out.
I'm not sure if you're into Scottish football, but Celtic are beating Dundee 6-0 at half-time. At half-time.
Sulemana has been a constant threat down the left. This time he cuts onto his right and shoots low from the left-hand side of the area. Kelleher saves it with ease. 0-0
Liverpool have not had a single shot on target yet.
Mara breaks through but Van Dijk shows all his experience to clear the danger.
The Dutchman was the hero at Wembley on Sunday, scoring the winning goal for the Reds as they beat Chelsea 1-0.
Bobby Clark - son of Lee - slips as he hits an effort from 25 yards. He gets power on the shot but it flies wide.
Sulemana does superbly down the left and wins a corner.
The ball comes in from the left... it's cleared away at the front post. It's a poor delivery.
The stadium announcer asks for a supporter to leave their seat and move their car. You would be sick.
Southampton have lost their last six away games against Liverpool in all competitions, and are winless in seven (D1) since a 1-0 victory in the 2016-17 EFL Cup semi-final.
Some of the shirt numbers in the Liverpool starting XI today: 84, 78, 67, 62, 53, 42
Gakpo receives it in the box, but the ball gets stuck in his feet and Southampton manage to escape.
It remains goalless on Merseyside.
Liverpool have really struggled to get into this game.
Liverpool have won their last four FA Cup meetings with Southampton, most recently a 3-0 fifth-round victory at Anfield in 1989-90.
Gomez shoots from distance but it's high and wide; Klopp can't help but smile.
MARA!
Kelleher makes himself big and denies the Saints striker once again. The Championship club are in again but fail to convert thanks to a fine stop by the Irish international.
The Saints will feel they should be leading here but haven't managed to take their early chances.
Mara is through on goal and Kelleher gets down to his right to keep the striker out with a fine save.
Southampton should really be ahead and have had three excellent chances inside six minutes at Anfield.
Liverpool have had an extremely shaky start, with some sloppy passing in defence.
Sulemana cracks the post!
Lewis Koumas, 18, is making his debut for Liverpool. The forward will be hoping to make an impact for his side in attack.
Southampton have the ball in the net!
Mara scores with a fine strike but is flagged for offside. What a start we have had at Anfield!
Liverpool are playing from right to left as we watch it. Southampton are in their away strip, with white shirts and blue shorts and socks.
We're underway at Anfield!
Southampton: Lumley; Bree, Stephens, Bednarek, Manning; Charles, Rothwell, Aribo; Edozie, Mara, Sulemana
Substitutes: McCarthy, Walker-Peters, Meghoma, Harwood-Bellis, Smallbone, Dibling, Amo-Ameyaw, Adams, A.Armstrong
Liverpool: Kelleher; Gomez, Quansah, Van Dijk, Tsimikas; Clark, Elliott, McConnell; Bradley, Gakpo, Koumas
Substitutes: Adrian, Konate, Diaz, Mac Allister, Scanlon, Gordon, Nallo, Danns, Nyoni
Today's referee is Craig Pawson.
Southampton won the FA Cup in 1976 and last season they also got to the fifth round of the competition. They will be aiming to go one step further with a shock at Anfield.
Here come the teams!
Kick-off is just five minutes away!
There will be no replay so this will go to extra time and penalties if required.
Liverpool have a very young side out tonight and are without the likes of Salah and Alexander-Arnold as they look to get past Southampton.
Southampton's last game
Southampton's most recent game was a 2-1 home defeat to Millwall on Saturday.
Russell Martin's side are currently fourth in the Championship.
"Just try to recover. No big celebrations, what you saw in the stadium is what we had then we flew home. Since then we tried to recover. We had some problems added on - Gravenberch was clear, Endo cannot play. Mac Allister was ill yesterday and came back this morning and we can see how long he can do.
"It's great for the youngsters but it's slightly different. We play a top team in the Championship, they have changed a lot as well.
"The boys are ready to defend, that's the most important thing. Then when we get the ball. Koumas is a striker, a top finisher, he's outstanding. Bobby [Clark] and James [McConnell] - you saw what you saw [at Wembley]. We have to be good against the ball, we have had no time to prepare this."
Debut for Koumas
Lewis Koumas is making his Liverpool debut at Anfield.
Koumas is indeed the son of former Wales international Jason Koumas. That just made me feel slightly older.
The FA Cup draw has thrown up some tasty fixtures. The winner of this game between Liverpool and Southampton will play the winner of Nottingham Forest and Manchester United.
Wolves/Brighton vs Coventry City
Nottingham Forest/Manchester United vs Liverpool/Southampton
Chelsea/Leeds United vs Leicester City
Manchester City vs Newcastle United
FA Cup key dates
The four FA Cup quarter-final games will be played on the weekend of 16-17 March.
The Wembley semi-finals are set to be staged during the weekend of 20 April, with the final taking place on Saturday 25 May.
Team news from both camps is on the way very shortly!
Liverpool skipper Virgil van Dijk came up with the winning goal in the 118th minute at Wembley on Sunday, as the Reds defeated Chelsea 1-0 to lift the Carabao Cup.
In his programme notes for today's game, Van Dijk wrote: “Ever since I was given the honour of wearing the armband for Liverpool, I have said that I am always proud to be captain of this team.
“This isn’t a feeling that increases or decreases depending on results, it is always there. I have to admit, though, that the sense of pride I have for the entire club right now is as strong as it could be.
“What happened at Wembley on Sunday was incredible. Just thinking about it gives me goosebumps. All the problems that we had before and during the game and we still found a way to win. We stayed together – on and off the pitch – and we found a way to win. This is Liverpool Football Club."
Erling Haaland scored five goals for Manchester City in their 6-2 victory over Luton.
Earlier on Wednesday, we took a look at the injury issues Jurgen Klopp has to deal with.
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