Aston Villa vs Liverpool LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Follow live coverage as Aston Villa face Liverpool in the Premier League today.
Manchester City are reigning champions after beating Liverpool to the finish line in a neck-and-neck 2021/22 title race where a comeback win on the final day of the season against Aston Villa secured a fourth title in five years for Pep Guardiola's side.
Jurgen Klopp's Reds were on course for a quadruple last season but were forced to settle for just an FA Cup and Carabao Cup win and will return trying to win the title again just as they did in 2020.
It was a dramatic season for Chelsea a year ago with Roman Abramovich now replaced by Todd Boehly as owner in west London. He will want an instant return on his hefty investment at Stamford Bridge while Tottenham, back in the Champions League, will want to kick on once more too.
It's not all about the action at the top though with Fulham, Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest promoted to the top tier for 2021/22 and hoping to hold their own against the best English football has to offer and avoid the drop.
We will bring you all the action and updates from today's game in the live blog below:
Aston Villa vs Liverpool
That concludes our commentary of the Premier League fixture between Aston Villa and Liverpool! We hope you’ve enjoyed it!
Aston Villa vs Liverpool
It doesn’t get any easier for Aston Villa, who travel to play Tottenham on January 1. Liverpool return home to host Leicester City on December 30.
Aston Villa vs Liverpool
Despite a spirited effort in the second half from the hosts that saw no less than seven total shots, Liverpool take all three points from Aston Villa in their first match since the World Cup break, winning by three goals to one. The hard work was done in the first half by Klopp’s side, who were able to rely on their two-goal advantage in the second half and invite their opponents forward. It looked to be a risky move as the hosts pulled one back through Watkins, but Liverpool’s explosive counter-attacks would lead to a restoration of the two-goal cushion thanks to Bajcetic’s first Premier League goal; coming just two minutes after his introduction. The win takes Liverpool to within one point of Manchester United in fifth - temporarily - while Aston Villa stay 12th.
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