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Debutant Lewis Koumas was one of six Liverpool starters aged 21 or underTeenager Lewis Koumas scored on his debut and fellow 18-year-old Jayden Danns netted twice off the bench as Liverpool beat Southampton to set up an FA Cup quarter-final tie with Manchester United.
With injuries to a host of first-team players, Jurgen Klopp named six players aged 21 or younger in his starting XI and, just as in Sunday's Carabao Cup final, the youngsters did not let him down.
Southampton had a host of chances in the first half but having failed to make them count, they were punished when Koumas collected Bobby Clark's pass and found the bottom corner as his low shot deflected off Saints captain Jack Stephens a minute before the break.
The visitors had further opportunities to level in the second period but remained profligate in front of goal.
Again they were made to pay as Danns, on for Koumas to make just his third Liverpool appearance, ran on to Harvey Elliott's pass to score with a lovely dinked finish at the Kop End.
Danns struck again two minutes from time, thumping the ball home after Southampton goalkeeper Joe Lumley had parried Conor Bradley's shot into his path.
While Liverpool remain in contention for a quadruple, and can look forward to a mouth-watering meeting at Old Trafford in the last eight, Russell Martin's Saints can now give their full attention to trying to earn promotion back to the Premier League.
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Liverpool
Squad number62Player nameKelleher- Squad number84Player nameBradley
- Squad number78Player nameQuansah
Squad number4Player namevan Dijk- Squad number21Player nameTsimikas
- Squad number53Player nameMcConnell
Squad number2Player nameGomez- Squad number42Player nameClark
- Squad number19Player nameElliott
- Squad number18Player nameGakpo
- Squad number67Player nameKoumas
- Squad number5Player nameKonaté
- Squad number10Player nameMac Allister
- Squad number49Player nameGordon
- Squad number76Player nameDanns
- Squad number98Player nameNyoni
Southampton
Squad number13Player nameLumley
Squad number14Player nameBree
Squad number5Player nameStephens
Squad number35Player nameBednarek
Squad number3Player nameManning
Squad number7Player nameAribo
Squad number24Player nameCharles
Squad number19Player nameRothwell
Squad number23Player nameEdozie
Squad number18Player nameMara
Squad number20Player nameSulemana
Squad number2Player nameWalker-Peters
Squad number9Player nameA Armstrong
Squad number10Player nameAdams
Squad number16Player nameSmallbone
Squad number21Player nameHarwood-Bellis
Line-ups
Liverpool
Formation 4-3-3
- 62Kelleher
- 84Bradley
- 78Quansah
- 4van DijkSubstituted forKonatéat 45'minutes
- 21Tsimikas
- 53McConnellSubstituted forMac Allisterat 62'minutes
- 2Gomez
- 42Clark
- 19ElliottSubstituted forNyoniat 78'minutes
- 18GakpoSubstituted forGordonat 90'minutes
- 67KoumasSubstituted forDannsat 63'minutes
Substitutes
- 5Konaté
- 7Díaz
- 10Mac Allister
- 13Adrián
- 48Scanlon
- 49Gordon
- 65Nallo
- 76Danns
- 98Nyoni
Southampton
Formation 4-3-3
- 13Lumley
- 14BreeSubstituted forWalker-Petersat 58'minutesSubstituted forHarwood-Bellisat 75'minutes
- 5Stephens
- 35Bednarek
- 3ManningBooked at 79mins
- 7Aribo
- 24Charles
- 19RothwellSubstituted forSmallboneat 69'minutes
- 23EdozieSubstituted forAdamsat 69'minutes
- 18Mara
- 20SulemanaSubstituted forA Armstrongat 58'minutes
Substitutes
- 1McCarthy
- 2Walker-Peters
- 9A Armstrong
- 10Adams
- 16Smallbone
- 21Harwood-Bellis
- 27Amo-Ameyaw
- 29Meghoma
- 33Dibling
Live Text
Match ends, Liverpool 3, Southampton 0.
Second Half ends, Liverpool 3, Southampton 0.
Attempt missed. Adam Armstrong (Southampton) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jack Stephens.
Substitution, Liverpool. Kaide Gordon replaces Cody Gakpo.
Foul by Cody Gakpo (Liverpool).
Ryan Manning (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! Liverpool 3, Southampton 0. Jayden Danns (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Conor Bradley (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Ibrahima Konaté.
Attempt missed. Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right following a fast break.
Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Bobby Clark.
Foul by Cody Gakpo (Liverpool).
Ryan Manning (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Ryan Manning.
Foul by Bobby Clark (Liverpool).
Joe Aribo (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Jayden Danns (Liverpool) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Ryan Manning (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Ryan Manning (Southampton).
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