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Amazing things in the English Premier League continued and after Tottenham took Man United 6: 1, Aston Villa swept champion Liverpool 7: 2 at home!
Birmingham has shown that its excellent start to the season is no accident in achieving the famous victory. Olli Watkins scored a hat-trick and Jack Greenish added 2 goals and 3 assists for the phenomenal success.
The champions were slapped hard and it’s really hard to explain what happened. They have 9 points, but have conceded 11 goals in 4 matches so far. Villa also has such an asset, but of 3 matches, occupying 2nd place and showing that the team’s ambitions this time are not just survival.
The hosts played one of the most impressive matches in their history and were able to score more goals. Jürgen Klopp definitely has something to think about.
Ross Barkley made his debut for the hosts, replacing Conor Hurricane in midfield. The big news for Liverpool was the absence of goalkeeper Alison due to a shoulder injury. Sadio Mane had a coronavirus and was replaced by Diogo Jota.
The absence of the champions’ starting point guard probably had an impact, as Adrián gave the hosts a goal in the 4th minute. Robertson returned to the Spaniard, who went badly on the right, Greenlish was the first to reach the ball and found free to Ollie Watkins, who calmly scored his first Premier League goal. A terrible start for the Merseysiders.
In the 8th minute, things for the champions could have gotten even more ugly when Greenlish seamlessly passed free-kick Barkley, who was exposed with an inaccurate shot just beyond the gate. Good luck to Liverpool, and the hosts definitely played hard.
In the 16th minute Liverpool responded after Salah brought in a great Firmino, whose experience, however, was too weak and Martinez succeeded. Seconds later, the Egyptian fell into the penalty area after McGinn’s intervention, but the judge and the VAR did not award him a penalty.
Soon after, the local goalkeeper almost returned the gesture and gave the rival a goal, passing Mings badly, but Liverpool did not reach the goal. Firmino had Martínez kill his shot in the 21st minute. The guests improved, but at that moment Villa struck again.
Again, Grillish gave a big pass behind defense to get Watkins out. He dealt with Gomez by changing direction and then sending the ball into the far corner. Good goal!
Liverpool tried to respond and Jota shot correctly, but in the middle of the door, and then his new attempt was repelled by Martinez over the door. In the 33rd minute, however, the intrigue returned. Jota found Kate, who controlled and passed Salah, who found the far corner with his 4th goal of the season and №100 in English football.
However, the hosts were not at all startled and only 2 minutes later they regained the two-goal lead. First, Barkley missed from a clear position, but after the next corner McGinn fired from the air, there was a rebound and Adrian had no chance: 3: 1!
Just 4 minutes later, Birmingham scored a sensational fourth goal! After a free kick, the ball was directed to Trezeguet at the far post, who returned parallel to the goal line and Watkins headed for his hat-trick. The VAR verified a goal for an ambush, but there was none and Villa took the lead with 4: 1! Phenomenal!
Thus, Watkins became the first player with 3 goals against Liverpool in Dimitar Berbatov’s championship in 2010. With this result came the break.
Immediately after her, Jurgen Klopp reacted and released Takumi Minamino, but the hosts scored another goal. In the 55th minute, Barkley stayed free in front of the penalty area and shot, and after a slight rebound, the ball was in the far corner, 5: 1 for Aston Villa.
Soon after, Mohamed Salah returned a goal after an assist from Firmino, with 30 minutes remaining. However, in the 66th minute, luck was back on the hosts’ side, when after a shot from Greelish the ball bounced off Fabinho and visited the away goal for the sixth time.
Watkins missed the keeper before Jack Greenish scored for the seventh time in the 75th minute. McGinn’s pass returned it behind the opponent’s high defense and the midfielder advanced to score another goal with a precise shot.
Thus, Liverpool scored 7 goals for the first time since 1963, when they fell with the same result from Tottenham. In the 84th minute, Watkins hit a crossbar after another goal position for Villa, and at the end no new goals fell.
Aston Villa – Liverpool 7: 2
1: 0 Watkins 4
2: 0 Watkins 22
2: 1 Salah 33
3: 1 McGinn 35
4: 1 Watkins 39
5: 1 Barkley 55
5: 2 Divorce 60
6: 2 Grilish 66
7: 2 Grilish 75
Aston Villa: Martínez, Cash (80 El Mohammadi), Konsa, Mings, Targut, McGinn, Lewis (80 Nakamba), Barkley, Trezeguet (87 Traore), Greelish, Watkins
Liverpool: Adrian, Alexander-Arnold, Gomez (61 Jones), Van Dyke, Robertson, Keita (46 Minamino), Fabinho, Vainaldum, Salah, Jota, Firmino (68 Milner)
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