The fans of Aston Villa and Liverpool Counting down the days until the end of the season. The villains to prove their ticket to Championssomething they couldn’t do in their first ‘match ball’ against the reds, but they could achieve by winning the equal to the result of the spurs next Sunday or if Tottenham don’t win against City this Tuesday. Farewell guests Klopp at Anfieldin his last game as manager of Liverpool.
The match started at a fast pace, with the usual ‘rock and roll’ of those from Merseyside and started before the spectators had time to take their seats. It is with a strong drive of Elliott breaking lines, integration of wrong and placing the cross from a corner of the area. A priori the play does not seem dangerous, but as the ball touches Pau Torreshe caught Dibu slightly out of position and in his attempt to straighten he put the ball into the goal in an absurd own goal (2′).
In the following minutes, Aston Villa were still a bit disoriented and Salah came close to scoring a second, in his typical game, again taking a touch from Pau Torres and just wide of the post.
Exchange blows and aim
It took ten minutes for the team to get the pulse of the game. Emery, but he did it with a very clear idea. The motto is to send balls into space Watkins, Bailey and Diaby so they can finish the play themselves or wait for those coming from behind. This is how it is tied Tielemans (12′), who from the edge of the area directed a low shot that hit the post.
in 22′ Gakpo He outplayed Liverpool again, taking advantage of the death pass from the hyperactive Harry Elliott.
From that moment in public Villa Park He began to fight harder than ever to try to get back. He was about to regain equality Diego Carlos, who caught the ball in the goalmouth, but not enough force to push it. Diaby also wasted the one for one match Alison sending the ball into the clouds.
Second part of a similar script
Emery’s team went cold again and he did not forgive Quansahtaking advantage of a set piece served up musically at Elliot’s far post and finishing with a wonderful turn of the neck at the far post (48′).
The runner continued down the stretch and Aston Villa and Liverpool found the back of the net again, although on both occasions the goals were disallowed due to millimetric offsides by the passers. Bailey and Diazthat left the goal on a plate to Watkins and Elliott in tracked plays.
In the final stretch Alisson and Emi They seemed determined not to let more goals fall, but They took a long time I have other plans. A ball out error McAllister The Colombian took advantage of this with a dry shot that kissed the woodwork and against which the Brazilian goalkeeper was helpless (88′). In the madness of the last ten minutes Darwin Nuñez He beat ‘Dibu’, but it was the third goal disallowed for offside and a sign of things to come. A pass from Diaby hit the coffee planter’s body, changed the ball’s trajectory forever and beat Alisson (88′). In injury time he had a shot from close range. Diabetes which was deflected with his biceps by the red goalkeeper, a hero in the final minutes. Qualification for the Champions League will have to wait.
match lineup
1
4
12
6
3
14
31
8
Eleven
19
7
1
66
2
3
78
4
19
10
18
Eleven
7
Villa Park
1′
Alisson Becker1
Trent Alexander-Arnold66
Joe Gomez2
79′
Wataru Endo3
75′
Jarell Quansah78
47′
Virgil van Dijk4
Harvey Elliott19
37′
74′
Eleven
64′
Alexis McAllister10
51′
Cody Gakpo18
22′
74′
Mohamed SalahEleven
69′
Luis Diaz7
75′
Replacements
Caoimhín Kelleher62
79′
Ibrahima Konaté5
Kostas Tsimikastwenty-one
Conor Bradley84
Dominik Szoboszlai8
75′
64′
78′
Curtis Jones17
75′
Ryan Gravenberg38
74′
Stefan Bajcetic43
78′
84′
87′
Darwin Nunez9
74′
coach
Unai Emery
Jurgen Klopp
Source: La Verdad
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