‘We’ll fight to the end’ – James Milner warns as Liverpool’s Premier League title challenge goes to the last day

“That just made it (the win) even more special and I’m really proud of the lads.”

Reds midfielder Milner said that’s all they could do.

“We fight to the end, keep going. We can only take it as far as we can,” he told Sky Sports.

“Trying to win our game, that’s all we can do and that’s all we’ve tried since January.

“They (City) are an incredible team to compete against and whatever we do this season I think we’ve done proud.

“We tried to keep the pressure up until the end. Hopefully we can still have two big performances this season.”

The Reds, who continue to battle for an unprecedented quadruple, will welcome Wolves to Anfield in five days with hopes Steven Gerrard’s Aston Villa can do them a big favor away at City.

The loss for 15th place Southampton was an eighth in eleven games.

Klopp lamented the scheduling of this must-win game as it came three days after the Reds’ grueling FA Cup final win over Chelsea.

The German opted for nine substitutions after that penalty shoot-out success, with goalkeeper Alisson Becker and defender Ibrahima Konate the only men remaining and Sadio Mane joining injured duo Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah to get the evening off.

His realigned side enjoyed plenty of early possession but were rocked by Redmond’s delicate 13th-minute effort.

After Lyanco disowned Diogo Jota just outside the Saints’ box, Redmond received the ball from Nathan Tella and ran nearly half the length of the field before cutting in from the left and rolling home via a slight deflection from James Milner off the edge of the area .

Klopp took the harsh challenge to Jota as a foul and had further frustration minutes later when Roberto Firmino’s precise header from a Kostas Tsimikas free-kick was flagged for offside.

Choruses of “God Save the Queen” rang out from sections of the home support after Liverpool fans booed the national anthem at Wembley over the weekend before the visitors soon equalized.

Japan international Minamino equalized in the 27th minute by beating recalled Southampton goalkeeper Alex McCarthy at his near post with a powerful, rising shot into the roof of the net after being expertly slipped in by Jota.

Liverpool were forced into a move at the break with captain Jordan Henderson replacing the injured Joe Gomez and edging out the versatile Milner at right-back.

The forced change had little effect on the flow of play and narrow passes from Jota and Harvey Elliott gave the visitors a decisive lead in the 67th minute.

Tsimikas’ sweeping corner from the left was accidentally played by Saints winger Mohamed Elyounoussi and Matip held off Walker-Peters to send a header past McCarthy into the right corner in front of the madly traveling fans.

Southampton rarely threatened a costly equalizer, although Liverpool keeper Alisson fumbled a Redmond shot from long-range late on.

Klopp is hoping an injury to Joe Gomez, who was forced off the pitch with what appeared to be a knee problem, won’t be too serious.

“I hope we’re lucky. Joe himself is in pain, but not too much,” said Klopp at his post-match press conference.

“He went into real system shock. He was in the dressing room when I spoke to him and he was in a good mood.”