Liverpool 2-0 Aston Villa: Match Report & Ratings | OneFootball

Written by Mark Strickland

Liverpool 2-0 Aston Villa

Liverpool go five points clear – no one has amassed more points (28) than Arne Slot after 11 Premier League games.

Mohamed Salah and Darwin Nunez scored from a Villa corner and throw-in either side of half-time, embarrassing their set-piece coach.

The world’s best no.2 ‘keeper Caoimhin Kelleher and a lucky VAR call helped make it nine shutouts from 16.

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Leon Bailey denied Salah a goal-scoring opportunity before Nunez latched on to the ball, emphatically finishing despite a heavy touch.

In the 25th minute, Trent Alexander-Arnold was forced to withdraw but is confident his hamstring injury is not serious.

Salah and Nunez looked to combine again, but the latter blazed over the bar – from hero to zero.

Kelleher applied strong wrists to headers from Amadou Onana and Diego Carlos from consecutive, in-swinging Lucas Digne corners.

Andy Robertson delivered a perfect cross, but Nunez headed wide, right of the target – he should have scored a hat-trick.

Bradley tugged Pau Torres’ shirt in the penalty area, but David Coote dismissed his claim and VAR did not intervene.

Carlos headed against Salah who dinked Emiliano Martinez at his near post – the first in Europe to register 10 goals and 10 assists this term.

Player Ratings

XI: Caoimhin Kelleher 9, Trent Alexander-Arnold 6, Ibrahima Konate 9, Virgil van Dijk 8, Andy Robertson 9, Ryan Gravenberch 8, Alexis Mac Allister 7, Curtis Jones 7, Mohamed Salah 9, Darwin Nunez 8, Luis Diaz 7.

Subs: Conor Bradley 6, Cody Gakpo 6, Dominik Szoboszlai 6, Waturu Endo 6.