Mohamed Salah has scored a goal for Liverpool! Assist by D. Origi.
GOAL! SALAH MAKES IT 2-0! The Egyptian nets his second after Mane's cutback is mis-hit by Origi, allowing Salah to backheel in at the near post! That should be that!
Origi makes an instant impact, although he may be disappointed to not have gotten on the scoresheet himself after he fluffed his shot!
88'
D. Origi enters the game and replaces Roberto Firmino.
Firmino, who has had a poor afternoon, trudges off for Origi in Klopp's final change.
87'
Domingos Quina enters the game and replaces A. Doucouré.
Doucoure now makes way for young midfielder Quina as Pearson looks to salvage a point.
80'
Gray plays a poor ball forward that Van Dijk collects before passing back to Alisson, but the goalkeeper is off his line and can't collect the pass, but it trickles just wide of the near post! That could have been a comedy own-goal!
79'
Liverpool are working the ball around a little bit more effectively now, stretching Watford and pulling them around the pitch.
77'
Sarr is played clean through on the left but his first touch is heavy, allowing Gomez to nip in and the winger then fouls the Liverpool defender. What a waste of an opportunity.
75'
A. Gray enters the game and replaces T. Deeney.
Deeney, who has hardly touched the ball today, goes off for Gray up front in Pearson's first Watford change.
72'
The tempo has dropped a little in the last few minutes as Liverpool's flurry of opportunities comes to an end.
70'
A. Oxlade-Chamberlain enters the game and replaces X. Shaqiri.
Shaqiri, who has been quiet today, comes off for Oxlade-Chamberlain in a straight swap on the right wing.
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68'
Alexander-Arnold's cross is half-cleared to Henderson outside the box, but his first-time strike is always rising and sails over the bar.
66'
Liverpool are creating plenty of opportunities now but they just can't capitalise on any as Firmino overruns the ball and allows Foster to gather, with another chance going begging.
64'
Salah then sprints clear on the right but places a right-footed effort well wide of the target. That's a very poor attempt.
63'
Firmino takes the ball a little too wide to the left of the box and tries to drill a shot back across goal, but it's a tame effort which is easily held by Foster.
59'
A. Robertson enters the game and replaces G. Wijnaldum.
Wijnaldum comes off for Robertson, who goes to left-back and allows Milner to move into his preferred midfield berth.
58'
Wijnaldum is down with an injury and it looks like he will have to be replaced.
57'
J. Milner gets yellow.
Milner earns himself the first yellow card of the second half for a poor challenge on Sarr.
46'
We're back under way for the second half!
45' +1
HALF-TIME: LIVERPOOL 1-0 WATFORD
45'
Watford's heads are beginning to drop as the half draws to a close. They can't believe they are trailing.
43'
J. Henderson gets yellow.
Henderson now goes into the book for holding Deulofeu's shirt as the Spaniard tried to break away.
38'
Mohamed Salah has scored a goal for Liverpool! Assist by S. Mané.
GOAL!! LIVERPOOL TAKE THE LEAD! Watford's corner following Doucoure's chance is woeful and Firmino sends Mane on his way down the left, who feeds Salah into the box. The Egyptian cuts past Femenia before curling a lovely effort into the top corner past a stranded Foster on his right foot! It's 1-0 to Liverpool!
Mane led the breakaway down the left before giving Salah the opportunity to take Femenia on in the box, and the Egyptian produced a delightful finish!
35'
Firmino twists and turns in the box before trying to flash a cross towards the back post, but Kabasele slides in to make a crucial block and send the ball out for a corner, which comes to nothing.
33'
Van Dijk is forced to repel a couple of dangerous crosses from the lively Doucoure, who is playing as the most advanced of Watford's central midfielders today.
31'
Klopp has a lot to do at half-time to coax a better performance out of his side. They've been very sluggish so far.
29'
Liverpool have been quiet since Salah's effort and they are struggling to create anything at the moment.
24'
W. Hughes gets yellow.
The referee goes back after playing advantage to give Hughes the first yellow card of the day for a poor, late challenge on Henderson.
23'
Mane gets to the byline down the left and stands a cross up to the back post. It's half-cleared to Henderson as he makes a late run into the area, but the ball bounces up at an awkward height and the Liverpool skipper skies his half-volley.
21'
Liverpool try to break following a Watford corner, but the execution of their passes still isn't quite right and the attack fizzles out.
19'
There's a lot of slow passing at the back for Liverpool, but Watford are pressing sharply as soon as the ball enters their half of the pitch and disrupting the Reds' attacking patterns.
17'
Watford have been afforded their fair share of territory in the early stages of this one, but have yet to make the most of Liverpool's slow start.
15'
The ball is crossed in from the right into Mane, who takes it on his chest before Capoue hacks clear, but the Senegal forward is penalised for handball.
13'
Alexander-Arnold ups the tempo as he drives forward from right-back and looks to find Salah in behind twice, but he can't quite connect with the Egyptian.
11'
Liverpool appear relatively content to hold the ball at the back as they try to settle into the contest.
7'
There have been a few stray passes from both sides in the opening stages as neither are able to hold on to the ball for a sustained period.
3'
Deulofeu gets past Alexander-Arnold and into the box, but runs out of options and cuts back. His attempted pass then hits the referee and Liverpool break, but Mane's cross is overhit.
1'
We're under way at Anfield!
Domestically unbeaten Liverpool will hope to maintain their vice-grip at the top of the Premier League table as bottom-of-the-league Watford visit Anfield in new Hornets boss Nigel Pearson's first game in charge.
Hello and welcome to our LIVE coverage of the Premier League fixture between Liverpool and Watford at Anfield.
Liverpool XI (4-2-3-1): Alisson; Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joe Gomez, Virgil van Dijk, James Milner; Jordan Henderson, Georginio Wijnaldum; Xherdan Shaqiri, Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mane; Mohamed Salah.
Liverpool substitutes: Neco Williams, Andrew Robertson, Adam Lallana, Divock Origi, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Adrian, Naby Keita.
Watford substitutes: Craig Dawson, Isaac Success, Heurelho Gomes, Dimitri Foulquier, Andre Gray, Domingos Quina, Nathaniel Chalobah.
Watford XI (4-2-3-1): Ben Foster; Adrian Mariappa, Craig Cathcart, Christian Kabasele, Kiko Femenia; Etienne Capoue, Will Hughes; Ismaila Sarr, Abdoulaye Doucoure, Gerard Deulofeu; Troy Deeney.
Despite being in front at half-time, Klopp will be concerned about the nature of the performance in the first half and will expect an improvement. Pearson, on the other hand, will feel encouraged by his team's display - if not their finishing - and will hope they can continue to cause Liverpool problems in the second period.
Liverpool have an EFL Cup quarter-final against Aston Villa next, with the Club World Cup soon to follow. Watford, meanwhile, host Manchester United in the Premier League next weekend.
Thank you for joining our coverage, we hope you enjoyed the game. Until next time, goodbye!
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