Aston Villa vs Chelsea LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction as Mason Mount brace seals win
Follow all the fallout as the Blues kept pace with the Premier League’s top three
Mason Mount and Kepa Arrizabalaga were Chelsea’s heroes as they survived a scare at Aston Villa to maintain Graham Potter’s unbeaten start.
Mount bagged a brace – in front of watching England boss Gareth Southgate – to seal a battling 2-0 win at Villa Park. But they needed Kepa to produce two stunning first-half stops to deny Jacob Ramsey and Danny Ings with Chelsea on the ropes. The Blues have now won their last five in all competitions – keeping four clean sheets – and cemented fourth spot in the Premier League. Defeat was harsh on an improved Villa, who rattled Chelsea, but they slipped closer to the drop zone.
Boss Steven Gerrard joined with Villa 16th and two points above the relegation zone, they now sit 16th and just a point above the bottom three almost 12 months into his reign. He had been at pains to stress the fine margins which had seen his side draw three of their last four games and had demanded his players become headline makers. The problem was Villa made all the wrong headlines as Chelsea were gifted a sixth-minute lead thanks to calamitous defending from Tyrone Mings. Mount later delivered a sucker-punch on 65 minutes after being taken down by Mings 25 yards out and firing in a brilliant free kick, which outfoxed goalkeeper Emi Martinez. Follow all the post-game reaction from Aston Villa vs Chelsea:
Mohamed Salah fires Liverpool to victory over Man City as Jurgen Klopp sent-off in tempestuous encounter
Liverpool could not compete with Manchester City, Jurgen Klopp had claimed. And over 38 games this season, he may be right, with the gap still standing at 10 points. But over 90 febrile, fantastic minutes, Liverpool ended the champions’ unbeaten start, offered a reminder of why Anfield remains Pep Guardiola’s bogey ground and Klopp his toughest opponent.
Liverpool have made a premature departure from the title race this season and Klopp exited a famous victory early, sent off for yelling in the linesman Gary Beswick’s ear. His disciplinary record may have deteriorated but on the pitch, he improved an already remarkable statistic. He extended his unrivalled number of wins against Guardiola to 12 and the context made this one of the greatest. Liverpool went from their worst start to a season under him to their best performance since April with a brilliant, blistering display. Whatever the financial disparity between them and City that Klopp referenced on Friday, they demonstrated they can defeat them on the pitch. There was no inferiority complex where it mattered most.
If Liverpool had been a shadow of themselves this season, the same felt true of Mohamed Salah. Yet the defining rivalry in the Premier League in recent years spurred the Footballer of the Year back to a state of high-speed superiority. Erling Haaland seems destined to succeed him as the Golden Boot winner, but Salah was the scorer in their first Premier League duel. After five games without a goal, he scored one that established a four-point lead at the division’s summit: but for Arsenal, not Liverpool or City.
Salah fires Liverpool to victory over Man City as Klopp sent-off in fiery encounter
Liverpool 1-0 Man City: Salah beat Ederson in a one-on-one after the City ‘keeper had earlier denied him in a similar position, before the Reds’ manager was dismissed for berating officials on the sidelines
FT Liverpool 1-0 Man City
That win is just Liverpool’s third victory in the league this season whilst it is also a first defeat for Manchester City who were the only team in the Premier League not to lose before kick off.
FT Liverpool 1-0 Man City
Liverpool’s Alisson has assisted Mohamed Salah three times in the Premier League, the most a goalkeeper has assisted a single player in the competition’s history.
FT Liverpool 1-0 Man City
That defeat means Manchester City drop four points behind league leaders Arsenal. Liverpool are up to eighth after collecting a crucial three points.
They had to dig deep in a terrific, physical and testy encounter at Anfield.
Full-time: Liverpool 1-0 Man City
90+9 mins: Diogo Jota is eventually helped off the pitch and is replaced with Kostas Tsimikas. Who knows how many minutes are left now? Maybe two?
One more chance for City perhaps?
No that’s it, the ball comes over to Alisson. He grabs hold of it and the full time whistle goes to end the game. Liverpool have the points!
Liverpool 1-0 Man City
90+6 mins: Diogo Jota is down with a seeming strained muscle but City play on and De Bruyne lifts a ball into the box from the right side.
Haaland thinks he’s got a free header but Joe Gomez nudges him in the back and the ball bounces up kindly for Alisson to claim.
Liverpool 1-0 Man City
90+3 mins: The noise level inside Anfield has properly ramped up. Every block, every challenge is being met with huge roars.
Close! Darwin Nunez comes flying down the left wing and breezes around Manuel Akanji. He carries the ball into the box then slides a pass over to Alexander-Arnold on the back post.
The substitute has to stretch to reach it and his effort goes wide!
Liverpool 1-0 Man City
90 mins: It’s very scrappy now. Tackles flying in left, right and centre. Players kicking off, loads of argy-bargy. The officials are having a tricky time dealing with this.
Julian Alvarez is on replacing Ilkay Gundogan for Man City. Trent Alexander-Arnold returns for Liverpool to take over from Mo Salah.
Six minutes of added time to play!
Liverpool 1-0 Man City
88 mins: RED CARD! Mo Salah is clattered high up the pitch by Bernardo Silva but the referee lets play go on as City come away with the ball. Salah is fuming and so is Jurgen Klopp.
Klopp is screaming and hollering at the assistant referee and is shown a red for his trouble! The Liverpool manager has to go.
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