Premier League leaders Liverpool defeated Southampton, who are at the bottom of the standings, 3-1 on Saturday thanks to two penalties from Mohamed Salah, while Nottingham Forest defeated Manchester City 1-0 to advance to the Champions League. Liverpool manager Arne Slot made just three changes as his team defeated Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 in the Champions League.

Will Smallbone gave Southampton the lead in first-half stoppage time, shocking Anfield despite the fact that Southampton has only taken nine points from 28 games this season. Slot switched to Harvey Elliott, Alexis MacAllister, and Andy Robertson after the interval, and the substitutions had the intended impact, with two goals in three minutes before the hour mark. Darwin Nunez leveled the score first, and later, the Egyptian slammed home a second penalty two minutes from time to raise his total for the season to 32 goals.