Aston Villa vs Liverpool LIVE
Aston Villa struck a rich vein of form in their final match before the Europa League final as they beat Liverpool 4-2. Ollie Watkins was at the double for the hosts, who led at half-time but conceded an equaliser to Virgil van Dijk shortly after the break before the Briton renewed his chances of going to the World Cup with some late heroics.
It was a superb performance from the Villans, who took advantage of Liverpool’s ongoing injury problems to run riot in their final home match of the season. Stunners from Morgan Rogers and John McGinn gave the adoring home support something to sing about, sealing Champions League qualification as they head into a potentially historic trip to Istanbul.
For Liverpool, meanwhile, Arne Slot is once again left to pick up the pieces and he has yet more injuries to work around after losing both Alexander Isak and Jeremie Frimpong ahead of this match. Catch up with the action as it happene below with Standard Sport’s dedicated match blog, complete with expert insight and analysis.
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FULL-TIME: Aston Villa 4-2 Liverpool
That does it at Villa Park.
Aston Villa 4-2 Liverpool
90+5mins: The substitute Douglas Luiz is standing over it but Lucas Digne shoots. He hits the wall and earns a corner.
Aston Villa 4-2 Liverpool
90+5mins: Villa have a free-kick as the clock winds down here.
GOAL! Aston Villa 4-2 Liverpool | Van Dijk '90+2
Van Dijk heads home from Szoboszlai’s corner to pull one back.
Aston Villa 4-1 Liverpool
Eight minutes have been added on here.
GOAL! Aston Villa 4-1 Liverpool | McGinn '88
McGinn makes it four with an absolute stunner! Villa Park is in rapture.
Aston Villa 3-1 Liverpool
84mins: The incident is checked and cleared.
Aston Villa 3-1 Liverpool
84mins: Uh-oh. VAR checking a potential penalty here! Martinez is the offending party and seems to have grabbed a not insignificant handful of Van Dijk’s shirt.
Aston Villa 3-1 Liverpool
83mins: Close for Liverpool! A deep cross into the box is headed goalwards by Van Dijk, who may have been offside, but Martinez is equal to it. He then smothers Chiesa as he attempts to sneak the rebound beyond him.
Aston Villa 3-1 Liverpool
81mins: Barkley makes a marauding run through the middle and finds Rogers in a wide space. His cross to Watkins is cleared, and the follow-up from McGinn meets the same fate.
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