FT: ASTON VILLA 7-2 LIVERPOOL

Date: Sunday 4 October 2020
Kick Off: 19:15
Venue: Villa Park, Birmingham
Competition: Premier League
Referee: Martin Atkinson (West Yorkshire)
Broadcast: Sky Sports Main Event/Sky Sports Premier League (19:00)

Live: https://www.ja606.co.uk/articles/viewLiveArticle/426404


LIVE SCOREBOARD

ASTON VILLA - 7
Watkins 4', 22', 39'
McGinn 35'
Barkley 55'
Grealish 66', 75'

LIVERPOOL - 2
Salah 33', 60'


LIVE LEAGUE POSITIONS

2. Aston Villa - Pld 3, W 3, D 0, L 0, F 11, A 2, GD 9, Pts 9
5. Liverpool - Pld 4, W 3, D 0, L 1, F 11, A 11, GD 0, Pts 9


TEAM NEWS

Aston Villa
Doubtful: Kortney Hause (knock)
Injured: Bjorn Engels (thigh), Tom Heaton (knee), Orjan Nyland (back), Wesley (knee)

Liverpool
Doubtful: Jordan Henderson (thigh)
Injured: Alisson (shoulder), Sadio Mane (coronavirus), Joel Matip (unspecified), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (knee), Thiago (coronavirus), Kostas Tsimikas (thigh)


TEAMS

Aston Villa
26 Martinez
2 Cash (Elmohamady 80')
4 Konsa
5 Mings
18 Targett
7 McGinn
6 Luiz (Nakamba 80' )
20 Barkley
17 Trezeguet (Traore 87')
11 Watkins
10 Grealish

Subs
12 Steer
14 Hourihane
15 Traore
19 Nakamba
21 El Ghazi
27 Elmohamady
39 Davis

Liverpool
13 Adrian
66 Alexander-Arnold
12 Gomez (Jones 61')
4 Van Dijk
26 Robertson
8 Keita (Minamino 45')
3 Fabinho
5 Wijnaldum
11 Salah
9 Firmino (Milner 68')
20 Jota

Subs
62 Kelleher
7 Milner
14 Henderson
17 Jones
18 Minamino
27 Origi
76 N Williams


KEY UPDATES

4: GOAL - ASTON VILLA 1-0 LIVERPOOL
Adrian attempts to pass it to Joe Gomez but his pass is way off target allowing Jack Grealish to latch onto it, he plays it back into the centre of the box for Ollie Watkins (3) to slot it in.

22: GOAL - ASTON VILLA 2-0 LIVERPOOL
The ball is played to Ollie Watkins (4) running towards the box on the left hand side, he takes it into the box and cuts inside Joe Gomez before unleashing a great shot into the top right corner.

33: GOAL - ASTON VILLA 2-1 LIVERPOOL
Diogo Jota receives the ball on the left and takes it into the box and passes it to Naby Keita whose effort is blocked, and it falls for Mohamed Salah (4) who lashes it into the net.

35: GOAL - ASTON VILLA 3-1 LIVERPOOL
Ross Barkley swings in a corner kick from the right which Joe Gomez heads out, but only to John McGinn (1) on the edge of the box, who volleys it in via a deflection off Virgil van Dijk.

38: LIVERPOOL BOOKING
Virgil van Dijk receives a yellow card (1) for a foul on Ross Barkley.

39: HAT-TRICK GOAL - ASTON VILLA 4-1 LIVERPOOL
Ross Barkley launches the ball into the box from a free kick, it finds its way to Trezeguet on the left hand side who sends a cross across the face of goal for Ollie Watkins (5) to head in from close range for his hat-trick.

45: LIVERPOOL SUBSTITUTION
Naby Keita is replaced by Takumi Minamino at half time.

46: ASTON VILLA BOOKING
Douglas Luiz receives a yellow card (1) for a foul on Takumi Minamino.

55: GOAL - ASTON VILLA 5-1 LIVERPOOL
Joe Gomez gives the ball away in defence and the ball is worked between Jack Grealish and Ross Barkley (1), who takes a shot which deflects off Trent Alexander-Arnold and flies into the top right corner.

60: GOAL - ASTON VILLA 5-2 LIVERPOOL
Roberto Firmino wins the ball in midfield and plays it through to Mohamed Salah (5), who hits a low shot into the bottom corner.

61: LIVERPOOL SUBSTITUTION
Joe Gomez is replaced by Curtis Jones.

66: GOAL - ASTON VILLA 6-2 LIVERPOOL
Jack Grealish (3) takes a shot from the edge of the box which takes a massive deflection off Fabinho and flies into the top left corner.

68: LIVERPOOL SUBSTITUTION
Roberto Firmino is replaced by James Milner.

75: GOAL - ASTON VILLA 7-2 LIVERPOOL
John McGinn plays it through to Jack Grealish (4) who has beaten the offside trap and takes it forward and slots it into the bottom left corner.

80: ASTON VILLA SUBSTITUTION
Douglas Luiz is replaced by Marvelous Nakamba.

80: ASTON VILLA SUBSTITUTION
Matty Cash is replaced by Ahmed Elmohamady.

87: ASTON VILLA SUBSTITUTION
Trezeguet is replaced by Bertrand Traore.

90+2: ASTON VILLA BOOKING
Marvelous Nakamba receives a yellow card (1) for a foul on Mohamed Salah.


LAST MATCHES

Aston Villa
Thursday 1 October 2020
Carabao Cup Fourth Round
Aston Villa 0-1 Stoke

Liverpool
Thursday 1 October 2020
Carabao Cup Fourth Round
Liverpool 0-0 Arsenal
Arsenal win 5-4 on penalties

Head to head
Sunday 5 July 2020
Premier League
Liverpool 2-0 Aston Villa


TOP SCORERS

Aston Villa
Ollie Watkins - 5
Jack Grealish - 4
Ross Barkley - 1

Liverpool
Mohamed Salah - 5
Sadio Mane - 3
Takumi Minamino - 3