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- Updated: November 19, 2016
Liverpool failed to make their second-half dominance count as they were held to a goalless draw at Southampton on Saturday.
Sadio Mane was brilliantly denied by Fraser Forster in the first half, but it was after the break that the Premier League leaders turned the screw.
Roberto Firmino and Nathaniel Clyne spurned the Reds’ best opportunities, both failing to hit the target from good positions.
Liverpool have now been joined at the top of the table by Manchester City after they won at Crystal Palace, and both could be leapfrogged by Chelsea on Sunday if they beat Middlesbrough on Nissan Super Sunday.
Both teams were missing players injured on international duty – Adam Lallana out for Liverpool and Dusan Tadic not involved for Southampton.
But Philippe Coutinho was fit to start despite needing a scan after his return from Brazil and Sofiane Boufal made his first Premier League start for Southampton, who …
