Swansea City 1-0 Liverpool: Mawson's strike enough to down laboured Reds

Full-time: Swansea City 1-0 Liverpool

How have Liverpool not scored there?!

Ings finds Van Dijk, who crosses for Firmino. A free header from the Brazilian hits the post and Lallana contrives to balloon his opportunity. Amazing.

Matip and Lallana combine to play in Salah, who shoots well, well wide. Awful from the Egyptian, who should have done much better.

Four minutes of added time at the Liberty. A mishit clearance from Naughton falls kindly to Can but his effort doesn't trouble Fabianski, much to his chagrin.

Firmino's the latest player to see his shot go wide. Liverpool are exerting some real pressure on the hosts in the last few stages, but Swansea, though the concentration wavered a little just then, are still holding firm.

Salah eventually delivers a cross that finds Van Dijk but his header fails to test Fabianski, who has taken a knock.

Gomez drives forward before shooting well wide of Fabianski's left post.

Van Dijk then tries to hit a half-volley. He catches it cleanly, but he just can't keep it down.

First Swansea City change is made; Ayew off, Bony on.

Swansea not overly troubled as we head into the business end of tonight's match.

A great first touch from Ings gives him a shooting opportunity, but Fabianski saves well once again.

Second substitution for Liverpool - Wijnaldum off, Ings on.

Ayew forces Karius into a routine save as he jinks away from a couple of challenges.

At the other end, Matip blazes over. Not Liverpool's night so far as we head into the final 20 minutes.

Liverpool really trying to exploit Swansea's apparent weakness with balls over the top. Salah was almost set away but he was once again thwarted by Fabianski.

Liverpool make their first change; Oxlade-Chamberlain comes off for Lallana.

Less than half an hour remaining here at the Liberty. Fabianski comes and claims a ball superbly to quell the threat of a lurking Salah, and Swansea eventually win a ball high up the pitch to earn themselves some temporary respite.

Mane bundled down by Clucas in a dangerous area. A real goalscoring opportunity.

Salah takes, and forces a brilliant save from Fabianski. It looked like it was hitting the bar, but he wasn't to know.

Superb intervention from Naughton prevents Robertson from making it 1-1.

Fabianski then reads the danger spectacularly to deny Firmino, who was almost played in brilliantly by Salah.

Liverpool trying to turn the screw now but Swansea clear and eventually win a foul as Ayew is felled by Matip, who engages in melodramatic histrionics.

Liverpool eventually come again with concerted pressure but Salah's shot is nothing short of awful. Never troubling Fabianski.

Another lofted ball over the top causes trouble for Swansea as Firmino strives to latch onto Oxlade-Chamberlain's delivery.

Liverpool win a corner but Swansea break through Ayew, who is eventually stifled by Gomez.

Second half now underway. Can Swansea hold on here?

Mawson's goal proves to be the difference at the break.

Half-time: Swansea City 1-0 Liverpool

Mawson's lovely finish from a corner has given a battling Swansea the lead against a rather one-dimensional, one-paced Liverpool side. Two balls over the top have been the Reds' only source of danger, thought the Swans have not created much in the way of clear-cut chances either.

Not a game full of quality, but finely poised at the interval.

Oxlade-Chamberlain finds Salah brilliantly. The Egyptian darts into space and picks out Mane in space, but the Senegal star slips at the vital moment and sees his effort go well wide.

Another yellow card for Liverpool. This time for Matip, who scythes down Clucas as he looked to break.

One added minute at The Liberty. So far, so good for the Swans.

Fernandez is currently receiving treatment after taking a whack during all of the celebrations.

Liverpool are trying to exploit the temporarily 10-man Swansea, but in the end they give away a free-kick for a foul on Ayew. Robertson is cautioned for needlessly kicking the forward.

Clucas' corner is not dealt with by Liverpool at all. The ball rebounds off Fernandez and falls kindly to Mawson, who finishes with the grace of a centre-forward. Huge goal for Swansea!

GOAL! Swansea City 1-0 Liverpool (Mawson)

Olsson's teasing ball in is booted for a corner by Van Dijk, who has had made a number of clearances already.

Ki takes, van der Hoorn keeps it alive and forces Van Dijk to give away another corner.

Van Dijk gives away a needless foul in a dangerous area as he kicks Dyer. Clucas takes, cleared by the Dutchman, and Naughton blazes well over.

Fabianski makes the first save of the match as he holds onto Oxlade-Chamberlain's well-driven shot.

At the other end Naughton tries to find Ayew with a low cross but his effort is thwarted by Van Dijk.

A impudent ball from Van Dijk finds Salah, but the Egyptian could not guide and control his volley into the net.

Lovely pass from Van Dijk, a tad rash from Salah, though it certainly wasn't the easiest chance to execute.

Mawson grapples with Salah and eventually gives away a free-kick in a fairly dangerous area. Oxlade-Chamberlain takes, Naughton heads behind for a corner.

The Ox takes the set-piece again, but Van Dijk just can't direct his header goalwards. 23 minutes gone, still 0-0.

Ayew has the ball in the net but the linesman's flag was already up. The Ghanaian ran the ball out of play before netting past Karius.

He did force a corner, but the German punched well.

A goalline clearance from Olsson is negated by the referee's whistle. Firmino was adjudged to have used his hand to control the ball, according to Neil Swarbrick. 15 minutes gone, 0-0 is the score.

Liverpool win a corner from van der Hoorn, who nipped in ahead of Salah.

Oxlade-Chamberlain takes, it's initially cleared, Firmino crosses back in, Fabianski claims.

A lofted ball over the top by Can picks out Mane, who beats the offside trap but can't beat the smothering Fabianski. Lucky escape for the Swans, who did not track the dangerous winger.

The ball is being kicked into touch quite a lot in the early stages. Mawson the latest to poorly execute a pass as Ayew chased.

Long streaking ball from Gomez picks out Mane but the flag goes up for offside.

Ki then executes similar for Naughton, who miscontrols. Not a blistering start so far.

We are underway. Firmino immediately engaging a press, Swansea working it around their 18-yard box.

Before the match a minute of applause takes place in memory of Cyrille Regis and Jimmy Armfield, who passed away earlier today.

The teams are emerging from the tunnel now. Kick-off just moments away. Emre Can and Federico Fernandez lead the teams out.

10 minutes until kick-off. A final reminder of today's teams.

Swansea City: Fabianski; Naughton, Fernández, Van der Hoorn, Mawson, Olsson; Leroy Fer, Ki, Clucas; J.Ayew, Dyer.

Liverpool: Karius, Gomez, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson, Can, Wijnaldum, Chamberlain, Salah, Mane, Firmino.

Wrong way, Jurgen.

Lukasz Fabianski is being put through his paces pre-game. Swansea will need him to be at his brilliant best tonight - he's made more saves than any other 'keeper in the Premier League.

Something catch your eye there, Virgil?

Wow. A rather interesting statistic:

Eight Premier League managers have lost their jobs this season. In 2011-12, only two bosses were relieved of their duties.

Heady times, these.

Just under half an hour until kick-off at the Liberty.

A reminder of today's teams:

Swansea City: Fabianski; Naughton, Fernández, Van der Hoorn, Mawson, Olsson; Leroy Fer, Ki, Clucas; J.Ayew, Dyer.

Liverpool: Karius, Gomez, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson, Can, Wijnaldum, Chamberlain, Salah, Mane, Firmino.

Reds fans will certainly be happy to see Salah in fine fettle as heads into the away dressing room. Will the mercurial Egyptian plunder yet more goals tonight? Kick-off in just 40 minutes.

Some pre-match thoughts from Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp:

"I didn't think too much about a single player – I thought about the team's performance.

"It's very important that we all show the perfect attitude tonight. Life can be quite a challenge; our last game was against the top of the table and now it's against the bottom of the table.

"We had a really good training week and the pitch here looks quite OK. A lot of things are different tonight. It's all about the right attitude and I expect the right attitude from Virgil of course as well.

"If we show it then we are difficult to play, and if we are difficult to play then we can win the game."

Swansea boss Carlos Carvalhal makes a few changes to the side that drew away at Newcastle United last week.

Naughton, Fernandez and Fer come in for McBurnie, Bartley and Carroll, who are named as substitutes. Looks like a five-man defence for the beleaguered Swans this evening.

So Virgil van Dijk makes his first league start for the Reds after missing the incredible win over Manchester City through injury.

Salah, Mane and Firmino all start, while Karius continues in goal as Klopp attempts to give him every chance to prove himself.

With Henderson and Milner out, the captain's armband falls to Emre Can, who has been heavily linked with a move away from Anfield.

SUBSTITUTES

Swansea City: Bony, Narsingh, Nordfeldt, Carroll, Bartley, Roque, McBurnie.

Liverpool: Milner, Klavan, Lallana, Mignolet, Ings, Solanke, Alexander-Arnold.

TEAM NEWS

Swansea City's line-up in text form:

Fabianski; Naughton, Fernández, Van der Hoorn, Mawson, Olsson; Leroy Fer, Ki, Clucas; J.Ayew, Dyer.

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TEAM NEWS

Liverpool's line-up in text form:

Karius, Gomez, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson, Can, Wijnaldum, Chamberlain, Salah, Mane, Firmino.

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Supporters making their way down to the Liberty.

Team news less than 10 minutes away. Will Carvalhal spring a surprise or two, will Klopp unleash Mane, Salah AND Firmino? He has been known to rotate this season.

We'll find out in due course.

As you may have heard, Manchester United have confirmed the signing of Alexis Sanchez in a deal that sees Henrikh Mkhitaryan join Arsenal.

Will such a monstrous transfer convince Klopp to delve in the market once again?

"The answer to something like that [is] if something jumped in my face then maybe we will think about it, but if not we don't actively [look to] find a new player that we don't know so far and think that's a solution or whatever." Klopp said.

Liverpool will be able to call upon in-form Mohamed Salah for tonight's clash after the Egyptian recovered from a cold to make it to south Wales.

Captain Jordan Henderson will not feature, though he has returned to first-team training.

For Swansea, Kyle Naughton is back after serving a three-match suspension, while Mike van der Hoorn has returned to fitness in time to face the Reds.

My mistake. Swansea have released a fancy social media video, complete with funky, sliding graphics and all. Enjoy below.

No fancy social media videos from Swansea's end. Only a rallying cry from their long-serving full-back, Angel Rangel.

No game is ever truly complete without a rather needless pre-match video these days.

They may be bottom of the table, and his side may have beaten them from pillar to post last month, but Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp is not underestimating Swansea.

"I can't imagine any easy games in the Premier League and Swansea is for sure not an easy game.

"We played Swansea a few weeks ago with a caretaker manager and I said after the game it was much more difficult than the result could make you think, so we know about the specific challenge in this game.

"They are bottom of the table but they are in a good way. What you have seen since the new manager has come in is a big improvement again: much better results and they won their FA Cup replay during the week."

Swansea City manager Carlos Carvalhal is hoping his side can pull off a giant-killing tonight.

"It's David versus Goliath, but surprises do happen and we will be ready to prepare a surprise on Monday.

"They have strong points, but a team that lets in three has weak points also.

"So let's try and exploit that and hide the strong points that they do have."

Good evening and welcome to IB Times UK's live coverage of Swansea City vs Liverpool.

Jurgen Klopp's side, fresh off the back of a momentous victory over league leaders Manchester City, could leapfrog Chelsea into third place with a comfortable win over the Swans, and it's look they will be able to call upon the services of Mohamed Salah after the Egyptian recovered from an illness.

Carlos Carvalhal's side are in dire need of points for very different reasons, though - the south Wales outfit are rooted to the bottom of the Premier League table, with those around them picking up form and points in recent weeks.

Swansea will be able to call upon Kyle Naughton and Mike van der Hoorn, though, while Liverpool will have to make do without captain Jordan Henderson, who suffered a hamstring problem last month.

Stay with IB Times UK for the latest team news, updates and reaction from all the goings on at The Liberty Stadium.