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Player Ratings: Sturridge and Origi shine as Liverpool put Southampton to shame
LIVERPOOL ran riot to reach the Capital One Cup semi-finals with a 6-1 thrashing of Southampton.
Daniel Sturridge bagged a vital first-half brace against Southampton
Here, Express Sport takes a look at how Ronald Koeman and Jurgen Klopp's men got on at St Mary's.
Southampton
Maarten Stekelenburg: 5, Cedric: 5, Steven Caulker: 5, Virgil van Dijk: 5, Ryan Bertrand: 5, Victor Wanyama: 4, Steven Davis: 4, Jordy Clasie: 4, Sadio Mane: 6, Graziano Pelle: 5, Dusan Tadic: 5
Substitutes
James Ward-Prowse: 5, Shane Long: 5, Oriol Romeu: 5
Divock Origi and Jordon Ibe also scored in Liverpool's thrashing of Southampton
Liverpool
Adam Bogdan: 6, Connor Randall: 5, Martin Skrtel: 6, Dejan Lovren: 5, Alberto Moreno: 8, Lucas Leiva: 6, Emre Can: 8, Joe Allen: 7, Adam Lallana: 7, Daniel Sturridge: 9, Divock Origi: 9
Substitutes
Jordon Ibe: 8, Jordan Henderson: 6, Brad Smith: 8
Sadio Mane opened the scoring at St Mary's in the first minute
STAR PLAYER
Daniel Sturridge: Divock Origi may have scored a hat-trick, but Sturridge scored Liverpool's crucial first and second goals with finishes that surpassed the Belgian's.
Without Sturridge's influence, the second half could have been far more difficult than it eventually proved. It is absolutely pivotal for Liverpool and England that they keep him fit.