Overview

• Liverpool beat Southampton 2-1 at Anfield to progress, with Alexander Isak scoring his first goal for the club before Hugo Ekitike hit a late winner.
• Referee Thomas Bramall issued Ekitike a second yellow for removing his shirt after an earlier booking for punching the ball away.
• Slot labeled both cautions needless, and Ekitike posted an apology saying the emotion got the better of him.
• The dismissal triggers a one-match suspension that rules Ekitike out of the September 27 league trip to Crystal Palace as Slot continues to manage Isak’s minutes.
• Eighteen-year-old debutant Giovanni Leoni was stretchered off with a suspected knee injury and will undergo a scan.