Liverpool v Aston Villa LIVE: Premier League result and reaction as Reds return to the top of the table
Liverpool 2-0 Aston Villa: Nunez and Salah strike for the Reds to take them five points clear at the top
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Your support makes all the difference.Liverpool continued Arne Slot’s dream start to his tenure with a confident 2-0 win over Aston Villa on Saturday night.
The Reds dominated early on, eventually capitalising as Mo Salah ran clear on the counter and Darwin Nunez collected the ball to fire past Emi Martinez.
Both sides had chances in the rest of the first half, with Villa forcing two great saves from Kelleher, though the first half ended with the home side ahead.
The second half was a far less eventful affair, with Liverpool dominating possesion but both sides finding it difficult to carve out clear-cut chances.
As Villa chased an equaliser, Salah chased a clearance and came off better, with the ball defelcting into his path to take him one-v-one by the halfway line. The Egyptian raced to the Villa box and calmly lifted a chip over Martinez to finish the match and take Liverpool back to the summit of the Premier League.
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Liverpool 1-0 Aston Villa
63 mins
Liverpool win a free-kick on the right wing, and it’s another chance to swing in a dangerous delivery. Mac Allister does just that, firing towards the back post, but Diaz heads over.
Liverpool 1-0 Aston Villa
60 mins
A Liverpool attack breaks down as Salah is offside after a lovely chipped ball in from Mac Allister. The home side attack again right away, with some good play on the edge of the area ending in Nunez firing low at Martinez.
Liverpool 1-0 Aston Villa
57 mins
Villa win a free-kick on the left wing, but Digne’s delivery only reaches the first man as Bradley clears. There’s a VAR check, as Bradley seemed to tug Torres to the ground, but nothing doing.
Liverpool 1-0 Aston Villa
55 mins
Plenty of exchanges of possession here but neither side can capitalise at the moment. The home side have had 75 per cent of the second-half possession so far, so that gives you an idea of how long Villa have the ball for when they do win it back.
Liverpool 1-0 Aston Villa
52 mins
Onana has been everywhere so far tonight, winning possession back on a number of occasions. Liverpool have been trying to push forward but they’ve been limited over the last couple of minutes.
Villa try and launch a counter but Bailey can’t get the shot away and he’s blocked off by a sea of red shirts in the box.
Liverpool 1-0 Aston Villa
50 mins
Rogers tries to play in Watkins but a combination of Konate and Jones wins the ball back on the edge of the Liverpool box.
Liverpool 1-0 Aston Villa
48 mins
CLOSE! Liverpool go close now as Diaz finds Robertson on the overlap. He delivers a brilliant cross to Nunez at the near post, but he can only power a header wide!
Liverpool 1-0 Aston Villa
46 mins
CLOSE!
Villa launch the ball forward and Konate can only head it to Rogers. The space opens up in front of him as Konate had fallen, and Rogers is 1-v-1, but he fires wide as he tried to curl into the far corner!
KICK-OFF! Liverpool 1-0 Aston Villa
Villa get the second half started!
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