Utter Shambles: LFC blow it against Southampton. CL still possible...?

According to Reds legend John Aldridge, Liverpool's starting line-up against Southampton today is as follows:

FULL TEAM: Jones, Johnson, Skrtel, Agger, Enrique, Allen, Gerrard, Coutinho, Downing, Suarez, Sturridge

SUBS Gulacsi, Wisdom, Henderson, Shelvey, Lucas, Suso, Ibe.

SOUTHAMPTON: Boruc, Clyne, Yoshida, Hooiveld, Shaw, Schneiderlin, Cork, Lallana, Ramirez, Rodriguez, Lambert.

On Carra's omission, Aldo said:

"Carras out. I've been told he's injured"

Pepe Reina failed a late fitness test so he misses out for the second week in a row.

As I predicted earlier today, Lucas is on the bench, which is a good thing after his poor performance against Spurs, though it's surprising to see Rodgers make that decision.

It's great to see Jordon Ibe on the bench. Having watched him a lot for various youth teams, he's a better prospect than Raheem Sterling IMO, especially in terms of dribbling skills, and ability to take players on. Hopefully, he'll get 15 minutes at some point in the game.

Liverpool legend Mark Lawrenson predicts a 2-1 victory for the Reds, and argues that his old club have a 'reasonable chance of finishing 5th' in the league. He told the BBC:

"The [LFC] players are playing well and enjoying their football and seeing where it can take them. The Reds have no worries while, in contrast, the pressure is really on at the bottom-of-the-table for Southampton now. They looked jittery in their goalless draw with Norwich last week"

Lawro's former team-mate, Jan Molby believes the Reds will have too much quality upfront for Southampton. He told the Liverpool Echo:

"If Southampton perform anywhere near the level they produced against Man City then it will be a tough game. But they will give you chances and I just feel with our firepower we’ll have too much quality for them"

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