Liverpool moved up to sixth in the Premier League table with a 3-1 win over Aston Villa in a hugely entertaining game at Villa Park.
Match Report
Mohamed Salah opened the scoring for Liverpool after just five minutes and Jurgen Klopp's side doubled the advantage late in the half when Virgil van Dijk's shot deflected into the far corner of the net. But Villa's second-half salvo threatened a comeback.
Ollie Watkins' expertly-placed header halved the deficit and chances continued to flow at both ends in a wide-open contest with Darwin Nunez particularly wasteful. But Stefan Bajcetic came off the bench to score his first senior goal and seal the points for Liverpool.
The result marks Unai Emery's first Premier League defeat since replacing Steven Gerrard and there were certainly positives for the Spaniard. But such is the potency of this Liverpool team, going toe-to-toe with Salah and the rest always looked to be a risk.
Match Events
0' The match is about to start!
2' CLOSE! Núñez misses a golden chance!
4' GOAL! Aston Villa 0-1 Liverpool (Salah)
8' What a save from Alisson！
17' Another Save From Alisson!
20' OFFSIDE! Matip’s goal disallowed
30' AGAIN! Núñez misses a good chance!
36' GOAL! Aston Villa 0-2 Liverpool (Van Dijk)
45' OFFSIDE! Villa’s goal disallowed
51' Salah almost scores a third goal
54' CLOSE! Digne’s shot wide out
58' GOAL! Aston Villa 1-2 Liverpool (Ollie Watkins)
75' AGAIN! Núñez misses a great chance!
80' GOAL! Aston Villa 1-3 Liverpool (Stefan Bajcetic)
Line-ups
Aston Villa XI: Young, R. Olsen, Digne, McGinn, Mings, Ollie Watkins, Buendia, Bailey, Kamara, Ngoyo, Douglas Luiz
Subs: Coutinho, Ings, Dendoncker, Chambers, Bednarek, Matty Cash, Cameron Archer, Filip Marschall, K. Young
Liverpool XI: Henderson, Thiago, Matip, Alisson, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Salah, Van Dijk, Fabinho, Robertson, Alexander-Arnold, Darwin Núñez
Subs: Joe Gomez, Naby Keita, Tsimikas, Kelleher, Fabio Carvalho, Nathaniel Phillips, Elliott, Stefan Bajcetic, Ben Doak
shakragunners
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He is a young, talented, and hard working player, all he needs is a good coach who advises him to Retire😀😂
maturidikxith
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robertson is now most assist by a defender in premiere league history
caesarbruno18
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klopp take on nunez: Nunez is a good finisher that's why I am sure one day he will finish Liverpool
kateperry1
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if you love Liverpool and salah gather here ❤️❤️
RaghibMustafa
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Klopp's reaction whenever Nunez misses chances be like....
GBZ_15
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125 Goals and 50 Assists in PL. 😯 EgyptianKing MoSalah
Paulamadubassie
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Truth be told my Liverpool fans let gather here, describe Nunez in 1 one word’ 👇👇👇
doublebb
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Klopp trusting youngsters... Better love the normal one
eggosa91
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FOR NEW COMMERS MÊSSI HAS WON THE WORLD CUP 🙌🌝
eggosa91
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Champions League dreaming 💭 gather here if you believe they can make it through 🌝
T-Fox
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I think it’s good to say that Bajcetic and Doak have a bright future ahead of them, tho they had few minutes but they showed that they are the club’s future, I wish them good luck🙏
eggosa91
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minus hate TAA. is one of the best RB in the world no doubt 👌
Doxmang
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Darwin Nunez will miss his period every month if he was a girl 😂🙈
jikabcdlms
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🇺🇾 Darwin Nunez in 88 minutes vs Aston Villa tonight 👇🏽 90% Pass Accuracy 9 Chances Created 11 Times won the Ball 3 Assists 2 Goals If you Believe in these Stats, then something is Wrong with you and me 😂 26% Pass Accuracy 9 Clear Chances wasted 9 Times dispossessed 11 Birds Killed 55 Thumbs ups 19 Spits Poured 5 Gallons of Sweat Released 8 Passes to Lines Man Better than Andy Carroll The only Goal NUNEZ can ever score is GORIMAKPA 😂 What a Beautiful way to Waste € 100Million How do I explain to my kids that Sadio Mane Requested for €200K Salary, Liverpool sold him for £26 Million and Bought MISS NUNEZ for £100 Million If you Convert NUNEZ goal Accuracy to Airtime, you can’t use it to Flash MTN to MTN
baleful
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eggosa91
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Mohamed Salah is the first Liverpool player to record 50+ goals and 50+ assists in Premier League history after Steven Gerrard 👀 Liverpool legends 🤝
Jacecrypto
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He is a young, talented, and hard working player, all he needs is a good coach who advises him to Retire😀😂
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he just needs to train more on how to finish he isn't useless he can make goods runs but can't finish u can't play better so don't say otherwise