Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp was pleased with victory over Southampton.
Sadio Mane gave the Reds the lead after 31 minutes of the contest when he headed in Mohamed Salah's cross at the back post.
The points were then sealed at the start of second-half injury time as Thiago Alcantara fired in his first goal for the club.
Jürgen Klopp's men are now within six points of fourth-place Leicester City in the Premier League standings and possess a game in hand.
Klopp remarked, "It was a big one for us obviously tonight, we really needed that. It was a tough one as well. It's always like this against Southampton, I can't remember a game against Southampton where it felt like kind of comfortable.
"Years ago we played a cup game where we won with six but it was before Ralph. They obviously have a very intense style and they ask for everything. We did a really good job and I'm happy about that, we scored the goals. Obviously being 1-0 up is, in the moment for us, not the result where we all feel halfway through – which is good because we should not but we had obviously now twice in a row a similar situation. So, scoring that second goal was obviously a big relief. What that means for our top-four hopes? That they're still alive.
"That's all, nothing else. It's nothing to do with confidence or whatever. Our situation changed slightly but only for us, for the other teams not too much because they are still in a better position and we know that. The only thing we can do is [keep] winning our games but that's really tough because we play Manchester United on Thursday and that's historically not easy – but we will give it a try."
