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Aston Villa crushed Liverpool 7-2 in one of the most astonishing results in Premier League history.
Ollie Watkins scored a hat-trick in the first half and Jack Grealish played a starring role as the Midlands club humbled the champions at Villa Park with a remarkable performance on Sunday night.
It is the toughest defeat Liverpool have suffered since 1963, when they beat Tottenham by the same score, and the worst defeat that Jurgen Klopp has suffered in his career as a manager.
It was a sensational end to a sensational day of Premier League football in which 25 goals were scored in the six games played.
Earlier on Sunday, Liverpool’s big rivals Manchester United were also humiliated: they lost 6-1 at home to Tottenham and their former coach José Mourinho.
That will be of little comfort to Liverpool, who were simply overwhelmed by a Villa team that have now won all three games this season.
The Reds finished 64 points ahead of Villa last season when they won the title at a canter, and Dean Smith’s team only avoided relegation on the final day of the season.
But Liverpool had no response to Villa’s offensive prowess as he ran up his back and conceded seven goals for the first time in the Premier League.
The champions got off to a lousy start when goalkeeper Adrian, replacing the injured Alisson, made his FIFTH error leading to a goal when his misguided pass was picked up by Grealish, who laid the ball on a layup for Watkins in the fourth. minute.
Watkins, a club record signing of £ 28 million from Brentford, then doubled his team’s lead in the 22nd minute with a fine shot in the top corner that edged Adrian.
Mohamed Salah cut one for Liverpool, but to no avail as John McGinn restored Villa’s two-goal band with a deflected volley.
Watkins completed his hat-trick in 39 minutes when he scored home from close range, a remarkable performance from a man who had never scored in the top flight before this game.
Villa did not yield in the second half when Ross Barkley scored a debut goal with another deflected shot ten minutes after the restart.
Salah got his second game at the hour mark, but it was merely a consolation as Grealish, who had claimed three assists, struck twice more for the hosts to close out an impressive 7-2 victory.
While Liverpool will be conducting an investigation into this unfortunate performance, Villa will be very confident in his incredible display as he joined Everton to be the only Premier League clubs to have a 100 percent record this season.
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