English Premier League

Aston Villa vs Liverpool, 2024-25 English Premier League

· English Premier League
Aston Villa
  • 38': Youri Tielemans
  • 45'+3': Ollie Watkins
FT
2 - 2
Liverpool
  • 29': Mohamed Salah
  • 61': Trent Alexander-Arnold

Liverpool held by Villa but go eight points clear

Premier League leaders Liverpool needed Trent Alexander-Arnold's second-half equaliser to secure a 2-2 draw at Aston Villa on Wednesday that lifted them eight points clear at the top.

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 1': Curtis Jones (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 1': Foul by Marco Asensio (Aston Villa).
  • 3': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Andrés García.
  • 3': Attempt missed. Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is too high. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold following a corner.
  • 4': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by John McGinn.
  • 5': Attempt blocked. Diogo Jota (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.
  • 6': Attempt missed. Diogo Jota (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold with a cross.
  • 8': Foul by Curtis Jones (Liverpool).
  • 8': John McGinn (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 12': Foul by Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool).
  • 12': Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 14': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Ibrahima Konaté.
  • 17': Offside, Aston Villa. Marcus Rashford is caught offside.
  • 18': Attempt missed. Diogo Jota (Liverpool) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ibrahima Konaté.
  • 20': Delay in match (Aston Villa).
  • 20': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 22': Foul by Ryan Gravenberch (Liverpool).
  • 22': Morgan Rogers (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 22': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Ryan Gravenberch.
  • 23': Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 23': Foul by Axel Disasi (Aston Villa).
  • 23': Axel Disasi (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
  • 26': Attempt missed. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Andy Robertson.
  • 27': Attempt blocked. Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Dominik Szoboszlai.
  • 27': Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 27': Foul by Andrés García (Aston Villa).
  • 29': Goal! Aston Villa 0, Liverpool 1. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Diogo Jota.
  • 35': Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 35': Foul by Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa).
  • 36': Foul by Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool).
  • 36': Marcus Rashford (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 37': Attempt missed. Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by John McGinn with a headed pass following a set piece situation.
  • 38': Goal! Aston Villa 1, Liverpool 1. Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner following a set piece situation.
  • 39': Attempt missed. Diogo Jota (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Andy Robertson with a through ball.
  • 40': Attempt missed. Curtis Jones (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold.
  • 41': Foul by Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa).
  • 41': Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 42': Axel Disasi (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 42': Foul by Diogo Jota (Liverpool).
  • 45': Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
  • 45'+3': Goal! Aston Villa 2, Liverpool 1. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lucas Digne with a cross.
  • 45'+4': Attempt blocked. Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Andy Robertson.
  • 45'+4': First Half ends, Aston Villa 2, Liverpool 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins Aston Villa 2, Liverpool 1.
  • 48': Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 48': Foul by Marco Asensio (Aston Villa).
  • 50': Attempt blocked. Marcus Rashford (Aston Villa) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is blocked. Assisted by Lucas Digne.
  • 50': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Ibrahima Konaté.
  • 51': Foul by John McGinn (Aston Villa).
  • 51': Ryan Gravenberch (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 55': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Morgan Rogers.
  • 56': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Ollie Watkins.
  • 57': Attempt saved. Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold.
  • 60': Diogo Jota (Liverpool) hits the bar with a right footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Ryan Gravenberch.
  • 61': Goal! Aston Villa 2, Liverpool 2. Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mohamed Salah following a fast break.
  • 63': Attempt missed. Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
  • 63': Attempt blocked. Andy Robertson (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dominik Szoboszlai.
  • 63': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Morgan Rogers.
  • 65': Attempt missed. Diogo Jota (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Andy Robertson with a cross.
  • 66': Substitution, Liverpool. Darwin Núñez replaces Diogo Jota.
  • 66': Substitution, Liverpool. Conor Bradley replaces Trent Alexander-Arnold.
  • 67': Substitution, Aston Villa. Matty Cash replaces Andrés García.
  • 67': Substitution, Aston Villa. Donyell Malen replaces Marco Asensio.
  • 67': Substitution, Aston Villa. Jacob Ramsey replaces Marcus Rashford.
  • 69': Attempt missed. Darwin Núñez (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Dominik Szoboszlai with a through ball.
  • 71': Offside, Aston Villa. Donyell Malen is caught offside.
  • 73': Offside, Liverpool. Darwin Núñez is caught offside.
  • 77': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Andy Robertson.
  • 78': Substitution, Aston Villa. Ian Maatsen replaces Lucas Digne.
  • 79': Attempt blocked. Donyell Malen (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 79': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Curtis Jones.
  • 80': Attempt blocked. Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Matty Cash.
  • 80': Substitution, Liverpool. Luis Díaz replaces Alexis Mac Allister.
  • 81': Offside, Aston Villa. Jacob Ramsey is caught offside.
  • 82': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Jacob Ramsey.
  • 83': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Morgan Rogers.
  • 83': Foul by Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool).
  • 83': John McGinn (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 85': Foul by Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa).
  • 85': Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 86': Substitution, Aston Villa. Lamare Bogarde replaces John McGinn.
  • 87': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Ian Maatsen.
  • 88': Delay in match because of an injury Conor Bradley (Liverpool).
  • 89': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 89': Substitution, Liverpool. Jarell Quansah replaces Conor Bradley because of an injury.
  • 90': Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+1': Offside, Liverpool. Mohamed Salah is caught offside.
  • 90'+2': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Darwin Núñez.
  • 90'+3': Attempt missed. Morgan Rogers (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Jacob Ramsey following a corner.
  • 90'+4': Attempt saved. Matty Cash (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
  • 90'+5': Attempt missed. Donyell Malen (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left.
  • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Aston Villa 2, Liverpool 2.
  • 0': Match ends, Aston Villa 2, Liverpool 2.

Statistics

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6 Fouls 8
0 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 3
8 Corner Kicks 6
1 Saves 1
47.7 Possession 52.3
17 SHOTS 9
3 ON GOAL 4
0.2 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
340 Accurate Passes 379
407 Passes 449
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
3 Accurate Crosses 3
20 Crosses 19
0.2 Cross % 0.2
43 Long Balls 26
25 Accurate Long Balls 11
0.6 Long Balls % 0.4
4 Blocked Shots 2
11 Effective Tackles 13
16 Tackles 22
0.7 Tackle % 0.6
8 Interceptions 3
24 Effective Clearances 20
24 Clearances 20

Game Information

Competition: English Premier League

Venue: Villa Park
Location: Birmingham, England
Attendance: 41,910

Premier League Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Arsenal 9 +13 22
2 AFC Bournemouth 9 +5 18
3 Tottenham Hotspur 9 +10 17
4 Sunderland 9 +4 17
Full Standings

Line-Ups

AVL Aston Villa (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
23 Emiliano Martínez (GK)
5 Tyrone Mings
3 Axel Disasi Yellow Card
12 Lucas Digne
16 Andrés García
21 Marco Asensio
8 Youri Tielemans
7 John McGinn
11 Ollie Watkins
9 Marcus Rashford
27 Morgan Rogers
Aston Villa Substitutes:
Matty Cash, Oliwier Zych, Jacob Ramsey, Ian Maatsen, Donyell Malen, Robin Olsen, Jamaldeen Jimoh, Lamare Bogarde.

LIV Liverpool (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Alisson Becker (GK)
4 Virgil van Dijk
5 Ibrahima Konaté
26 Andrew Robertson
66 Trent Alexander-Arnold
8 Dominik Szoboszlai
10 Alexis Mac Allister
38 Ryan Gravenberch
20 Diogo Jota
17 Curtis Jones
11 Mohamed Salah
Liverpool Substitutes:
Darwin Núñez, Caoimhín Kelleher, Harvey Elliott, Kostas Tsimikas, Conor Bradley, Jarell Quansah, Federico Chiesa, Wataru Endo, Luis Díaz.

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