Liverpool and Southampton are playing live on the English Premier League opening weekend and the match is from Anfield on NBC Sports Network at 8:30 am ET and the Reds come in looking to start the EPL season with a win and this comes as Luis Suarez is gone and that means Brendan Rodgers needs his players to step up this season after losing to Manchester City last year for the title.
Liverpool is coming off of their best season in years and many felt that the team would finally snap their championship streak in the Premier League but they were beaten out by Manchester City right at the end. The Reds have the chance to play in the Champions League this year and they will need players like Raheem Sterling and Steven Gerrard to step up now that Luis Suarez is off to Barcelona.
Dejan Lovren and Rickie Lambert should be in with their new team against their old club, while Adam Lallana and Lazar Markovic are not playing and now the Reds are coming in with a number of new players looking to get things going. The Reds ended up in second in the Premier League table last season and now they are looking to get things going and they finished ahead of Chelsea and Arsenal, while Manchester United was in seventh place and now the Reds have some new players to work in to get together.
The team need to replace Suarez and they were second in the league in scoring last season and now they need someone to step up. Raheem Sterling had a fine season last year and he will be relied on heavily to get things going. Liverpool is into the Champs League and they should be one of the top teams again, but it will be tougher to end up in the top four with the chances many other teams made.
