English Premier League

Aston Villa vs Liverpool 2021-22 English Premier League

  • 3': Douglas Luiz
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  • 6': Joël Matip
  • 65': Sadio Mané

Liverpool beat Aston Villa to draw level with Manchester City in Premier League

Liverpool drew level in first place with Manchester City on 86 points in the Premier League after beating Aston Villa 2-1 on Tuesday night.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 3': Goal! Aston Villa 1, Liverpool 0. Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) left footed shot from very close range to the top left corner.
  • 6': Goal! Aston Villa 1, Liverpool 1. Joel Matip (Liverpool) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal following a set piece situation.
  • 30': Substitution, Liverpool. Jordan Henderson replaces Fabinho because of an injury.
  • 45'+4': First Half ends, Aston Villa 1, Liverpool 1.
  • 62': Substitution, Aston Villa. Carney Chukwuemeka replaces Marvelous Nakamba.
  • 62': Substitution, Liverpool. Thiago replaces Curtis Jones.
  • 65': Goal! Aston Villa 1, Liverpool 2. Sadio Mané (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Luis Díaz.
  • 70': Substitution, Aston Villa. Emiliano Buendía replaces Philippe Coutinho.
  • 72': Substitution, Liverpool. Mohamed Salah replaces Luis Díaz.
  • 81': Substitution, Aston Villa. Bertrand Traoré replaces Ollie Watkins.
  • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Aston Villa 1, Liverpool 2.

Game Information

Competition: English Premier League

Venue: Villa Park
Location: Birmingham, England
Attendance: 41,919

English Premier League Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+46 Arsenal 28 64 4
+39 Liverpool 28 64 2
+35 Manchester City 28 63 3
+18 Aston Villa 29 56 7
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Statistics

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12 Fouls 10
0 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 3
3 Corner Kicks 2
3 Saves 3
60.8 Possession 39.2
17 SHOTS 9
6 ON GOAL 4
0.4 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
441 Accurate Passes 259
530 Passes 343
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
5 Accurate Crosses 4
17 Crosses 11
0.3 Cross % 0.4
64 Long Balls 65
42 Accurate Long Balls 27
0.7 Long Balls % 0.4
3 Blocked Shots 0
10 Effective Tackles 7
15 Tackles 12
0.7 Tackle % 0.6
8 Interceptions 12
13 Effective Clearances 15
13 Clearances 15

Line-Ups

AVL Aston Villa (4-3-1-2)

No. Name
1 Emiliano Martínez (GK)
5 Tyrone Mings
4 Ezri Konsa
27 Lucas Digne
2 Matty Cash
20 Danny Ings
19 Marvelous Nakamba
23 Philippe Coutinho
7 John McGinn
6 Douglas Luiz
11 Ollie Watkins

LIV Liverpool (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Alisson Becker (GK)
4 Virgil van Dijk
32 Joël Matip
21 Kostas Tsimikas
66 Trent Alexander-Arnold
3 Fabinho
17 Curtis Jones
8 Naby Keita
10 Sadio Mané
20 Diogo Jota
23 Luis Díaz

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