DBasia.news – The club with the champion title, Liverpool still has some sharpness. Hosting Aston Villa in the continued Premier League match on Monday (6/7) AM, Liverpool won 2-0 at Anfield stadium.
These results has also made Liverpool manage to keep a perfect record of always winning in 24 consecutive matches at home. While Mane collected his 50th goal at Anfield with Liverpool.
Jurgen Klopp made three start changes from the ones played against Manchester City. In this match Klopp Entered Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Naby Keita, and Divock Origi who replaced Jordan Henderson, Gini Wijnaldum, and Roberto Firmino. While Villa manager, Dean Smith made five changes after losing to Wolverhampton in the previous match.
Aston Villa immediately presented a threat when the game started. However, Villa’s attack could only produce a corner kick.
Apart from Villa’s early pressure, Liverpool began to supress opponents with high pressing. However, the champion has not been able to create opportunities. Until the game was 20 minutes in, not many threats occurred on both sides of the field.
Both sides continued to try to build an attack, but no one managed to penetrate the defense. The long balls across Liverpool was easily broken by Villa. Instead Villa’s wing attack was still able to be muted by the host. The goalless draw lasted until the first half was over.
Entering the second half, Liverpool increased pressure. But it was Villa who got the golden opportunity in the 52nd minute. However, Anwar El Ghazi’s ball was able to be contained by Liverpool goalkeeper, Alisson.
After entering three players at once, Firmino, Henderson, and Wijnaldum, Liverpool increased their attacks. Klopp’s decision to make a direct change resulted in a goal on the 71 minutes through Sadio Mane after receiving Keita’s pass. This is the 50th goal scored by Mane at Anfield with Livepool. The host is 1-0 up.
Liverpool continued to receive a chance in minute 76. After making a one-two pass with Mane, Firmino fired hard. Unfortunately the ball was still able to be pushed over by Pepe Reina and only produced a corner kick. Liverpool increasingly dominated the game with ball possession reaching 73 percent.
The host doubled the lead in the 89th minute through a player who had only played for four minutes, Curtis Jones. Receiving feedback from Mohamed Salah, Jones scored his first goal in the Premier League in front of Kop End.
The 2-0 score lasted until the fight was over. With this result, Liverpool has extended the record of never losing at home in the Premier League to 57 matches and winning 24 consecutive wins. While Aston Villa currently has not moved from the relegation zone with 27 points in the 18th position of the Premier League standings.
Line-up:
Liverpool (4-3-3): Alisson; Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joe Gomez, Virgil van Dijk, Andy Robertson (Williams 90), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Wijnaldum 61), Fabinho (Henderson 61), Naby Keita (Jones 85), Mohamed Salah, Divock Origi (Firmino 61), Sadio Mane.
Aston Villa (4-3-3): Pepe Reina, Ezri Konsa Ngoyo, Kortney Hause, Tyrone Mings, Neil Taylor, John McGinn, Douglas Luiz, Jack Grealish, Anwar El Ghazi (Samatta 74), Keinan Davis, Trezeguet (Vassilev 85).