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One of them when the usual Liverpool traveled to Birmingham to take the fourth consecutive victory of the season.
But without the injured Alisson and Sadio Mané with positive covid-19 in the starting eleven, last year’s champion was eliminated.
24-åringen Ollie Watkins it represented a hat trick during the first 45 minutes of the match when Villa went into halftime with a 4-1 lead.
It was a perfect hat-trick, as the teammates said at half-time. I’ll take it, says Watkins in Viasat.
In the second half, new acquisition Ross Barkley, on loan from Chelsea, made it 5-1 before Mohamed Salah polished the figure with his second goal of the night.
But two hits from Jack Grealish ensured the match ended 7-2 and gave Liverpool their first loss of the season. Grealish also had three assist points in the match.
In the last goal He even invited Jürgen Klopp to laugh a bit when he stopped looking at his team.
– I’m very disappointed. We should have done better. But it was a day like this when nothing worked out in our favor. But Aston Villa got it right. We’ve never lost with these numbers before and I hope we don’t do it again, says Virgil Van Dijk.
Aston Villa is new second in the league with nine points from three games.
Now the national team awaits a break in the Premier League.
