Liverpool's win over Southampton ruined Everton, fans in tears

Andy Robertson equals Baines as the defender with the most assists in Premier League history. Liverpool beat Southampton 3-1 with a sensational Darwin Nunez in the 16th Premier League fixture of the season to take three vital points and avoid being relegated from the cup places. While the Uruguayan scored a brace, the spotlight was also on Andy Robertson, who shared a brace of assists to equal a Premier League record.

The Scot was one of the stars of the match against Southampton. Thanks to his two assists, the defender reached 53 and equalled Leighton Baines' record as the highest assisting defender in Premier League history from the start of 1992/93. Although on the official Premier League website Ashley Young appears at the top of the table with 71 assists, the fact that the player has played for many years as a winger means that the number is not taken into account and Baines and Robertson are weighted as the defenders with the most assists.

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Moreover, according to data provided by SofaScore, in 230 games he has eight goals, 331 assists and 67 great chances created. His full-back partner Alexander-Arnold, meanwhile, accumulates 45 assists, making both full-backs real attacking options for Jurgen Klopp. Still a long way off the top of the standings, now focused in the Premier League on moving up the table to at least reach the Champions League places, now four points behind, Liverpool re-emerged just before the World Cup break, led by Uruguay's Darwin Nunez, a vindictive first-half double scorer to beat Southampton 3-1 and relaunch themselves towards Qatar 2022, and protected by Brazilian goalkeeper Alisson, who held on for the win with three crucial saves.

The doubt that has hitherto dogged Darwin, who measures every game, every shot, every goal, because of the multimillion-dollar summer investment Jurgen Klopp's team made to bring him from Benfica to Anfield, is becoming less and less, because there is no better answer to everything in a striker like him than goals, nine in 18 official matches this term, but, above all, seven in the sequence of his ten most recent matches. He is on his way up.

Andy Robertson outshone Everton's Baines

From his finishing, but also from his mobility, his participation and his determination, Liverpool solved a duel that began compromised, in that roller coaster in which the 'red' team moves this season, to the point that it has only scored 22 of the 42 points for which it has competed; able to take the lead at full speed, with Firmino's header - this one absent from the next World Cup - from Andy Robertson's cross. The header, more of an extension than a finish, made it 1-0. Sixth minute.