Aston Villa 1-2 Liverpool: Reds keep title hopes alive with win at Villa Park

Liverpool stored their Premier League title hopes alive with a hard-fighting 2-1 win over Aston Villa on Tuesday night time at Villa Park.

Any outcomes aside from a win for Jurgen Klopp’s facet would have seen Manchester Metropolis topped champions earlier than Liverpool subsequent kick a league ball. Their fears have been realized simply within the opening minutes when the hosts took the lead by Douglas Luiz.

Lucas Digne’s cross prompted havoc within the field, permitting Douglas Luiz to direct his header goalwards. The trouble was parried by Alisson, however Luiz was readily available to prod residence and hand Villa a shock lead.

5 gamers have scored 15+ Premier League objectives this season:

▪️ 22 – Mohamed Salah
▪️ 20 – Son Heung-min
▪️ 18 – Cristiano Ronaldo
▪️ 15 – Diogo Jota
▪️ 15 – Sadio Mané

Ronaldo, Sonaldo and the LFC entrance three. 🤝 pic.twitter.com/w7oUUnGL57

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The lead was nonetheless reduce simply minutes later by the Reds when defender Virgil van Dijk’s shot squirmed previous Emiliano Martínez permitting center-back companion Joël Matip to complete from shut vary; the 1-1 draw being maintained by each groups heading to the halftime break.

In a sport of probabilities, a pair of Trent Alexander-Arnold free-kicks sailed previous the purpose body earlier than Klopp turned to Thiago Alcântara looking for a spark with 62 minutes gone. The affect was virtually fast when the Spaniard gained the ball again for Liverpool to interrupt at tempo.

Having missed a headed alternative within the first half, Sadio Mané made no mistake this time, displaying his predatory instincts to get on the top of a Luis Díaz ball and put Liverpool in entrance.

Liverpool are actually unbeaten throughout their final eight away video games within the Premier League.

◉ 8 video games
◉ 6 wins
◉ 2 attracts

One other essential win. 👏 pic.twitter.com/RSs7ZPAric

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Villa had a number of alternatives to equalize however the blunt Danny Ings was inclined to many missed probabilities with the Reds holding a late strain to go stage on factors with Metropolis who’ve performed a sport much less.