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.
2022/2023 Premier League
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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