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Although frustrated for much of the evening, Jurgen Klopp's team could count on Mohamed Salah to make a dramatic breakthrough in the 80th minute with a score of 1-1.
The Egyptian's solo effort was his first goal in nine games. The top scorer of last season celebrated the end of his drought by taking off his jersey in front of the delirious fans outside.
The three valuable points lead the Merseyside group two points behind rivals Manchester City, in second place, although Liverpool played an extra match.
The pressure to try to win his first national title in 29 years seemed to take him to Liverpool early on. Although the night began at five points from the relegation zone, it is Southampton who took the lead in an atmospheric night. the St Mary's Stadium.
Striker Shane Long took advantage of a dull defense to open the scoring in the ninth minute, allowing him to score his 50th goal in the English Premier League.
Liverpool found an unlikely source for his equalizer before the whistle at halftime.
Naby Keita soared to score his first goal for the club, on a superb Trent Alexander-Arnold center to soothe the nerves – despite protests that Salah was sidelined from the goal in preparation for the goal .
The table was then ready for the Egyptian to score his 50th goal in the English Premier League after a brilliant counterattack attempt. Salah recovered the ball in his own half and headed for the retired defender before producing a nice finish in front of the static goalkeeper, Angus Gunn.
Substitute Jordan Henderson, who seemed to change the game when he came in, finished a big night with a third goal in the final stages.
"I knew it would be difficult, Southampton was well organized and we scored two magnificent goals," Liverpool manager Klopp told BBC Sport.
"What purpose [from Salah]. He could not pbad because Firmino could not put himself in the right position. The defender could not focus on Mo. Wow, what a goal. "
Money talks
While Liverpool fight for first place in the English Premier League, the Merseyside club is the leader in the payment of fees for players' agents, according to the English Football Federation.
The club paid $ 57.2 million (£ 43,795,863) for intermediaries or agents between February 2018 and January 2019, $ 22 million more than its closest rival.
Liverpool has spent nearly double what his Manchester United rivals have spent and more than $ 30 million more than their rivals in Manchester City.
Expenses incurred in Liverpool reflect a $ 226 million recruitment strategy aimed at the acquisition of Brazilians Alisson and Fabinho, Guinean international Naby Keita and Swiss international Xherdan Shaqiri before the start of the the 2018/2019 season.
During transfers, clubs will employ agents to facilitate transactions. Intermediaries and agents will also represent the players.
Since the fees of most agents are paid in installments, this sum of $ 57.2 million can also take into account the offers made for Virgil van Dijk, who joined Liverpool on the transfer in January 2018, and Salah, who signed with the team of Jurgen Klopp in June 2017.
Liverpool spent $ 35 million in agent fees for the previous period.
In total, the 20 English Premier League clubs spent $ 340.7 million in fees of this type last year, exceeding the record of $ 275.8 million set for 2017/18.
Although the race for this season is quite different from the title race, Chelsea spent the second largest amount – $ 35 million – in agent fees, while the relegation threatened Burnley who was paying the least – just over $ 5 million to intermediaries.
Liverpool will host Porto next week in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final, before resuming their offer for the title against Chelsea on Sunday.
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