Liverpool take on Southampton in the Premier League at Anfield this afternoon, but if the Reds were hoping to start building momentum in the league, they won't be able to.
That's because this fixture is Liverpool's last before club football takes a six-week break for the first-ever winter World Cup in Qatar.
Victory at Tottenham Hotspur last time out has put Jurgen Klopp's side back on the front foot after hugely disappointing defeats against Nottingham Forest and Leeds United. But the German's stuttering side will be desperate to finish off the first part of the season with a home win against the Saints, who will have new boss Nathan Jones in the dugout.
