Clinging as we are to what seems an impossible dream of a top-4 finish we needed these points even though it wasn’t all that impressive. At Anfield now teams don’t fight to stay in the game, we keep them in the game and that was the case against Southampton. In fact Ali nearly gift wrapped them a point but then snatched it away from them. Sadio Manè scored his first Anfield goal in what seems like an age but we had to wait until the final moments before we could sit comfortably and celebrate Thiago Alcântara’s first Liverpool goal.