Southampton Vs Liverpool: 5 Key Battles That Will Define The Game

2. Liverpool's Wingers Vs Southampton Full Backs

Philippe Couttinho Luke Shaw and Maya Yoshida are both having decent debut seasons for Southampton in the full back position and they will have to be on top form on Saturday to deal with Liverpool's ever improving wingers, likely to be Stewart Downing and Phillipe Coutinho. Downing has been one of the most improved players in the Premier League this season with his performances, in the last three months in particular, delighting and impressing Liverpool fans and Coutinho has injected some youthful exuberance into the team since his move from Inter Milan in January. They will be looking to use their pace and trickery on Saturday to work chances for their strikers an it could prove to be too much for the young Saints' full backs. Both Shaw and Yoshida possess pace and are good positionally but they have been caught out on a number of occasions this season and one lapse of concentration could cost their team dearly.
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