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(57min Goal)Aston Villa vs Liverpool LIVE! Premier League match stream and team news as Andrew Robertson misses out
Aston Villa vs Liverpool LIVE! Premier League match stream and team news as Andrew Robertson misses out
Aston Villa 1-3 Liverpool LIVE!
Villa Park hosts its final Premier League game of the season tonight as Unai Emery’s side look to finish with a bang against Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool. Victory for the hosts this evening will guarantee them a place in the top-four and qualification to next season’s Champions League.
It has been a remarkable time for Villa under Emery but they must still get the job done to cap a fine campaign in superb fashion, particularly given their semi-final defeat in the Conference League. With a four-point lead over Tottenham with two games to go, it would be a huge disappointment should they fall on the home stretch.
Liverpool will be in no mood to provide any handouts in Klopp’s final away game as Reds manager. Both teams have a few injury concerns with the visitors potentially missing Andrew Robertson. Follow all the latest updates from Aston Villa vs Liverpool LIVE via Standard Sport’s match blog!
Aston Villa vs Liverpool updates
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Youri Tielemans returns for Villa
Aston Villa switch to a 4-3-3 formation with Youri Tielemans back from injury.
Unai Emery’s move to a five-man defence didn’t pay off in Greece so it’s a case of Ollie Watkins flanked by Leon Bailey and Moussa Diaby in attack.
Matty Cash is the man to make way.
One change for Liverpool
Andrew Robertson sits this one out having missed training at the back end of last week with an injury issue.
Joe Gomez starts while Harvey Elliott and Cody Gakpo retain their places in the XI having scored against Tottenham, meaning Darwin Nunez and Dominik Szoboszlai are on the bench.
Aston Villa team news
Aston Villa XI: Martinez; Konsa, Carlos, Torres, Digne; Tielemans, McGinn, Luiz; Bailey, Watkins, Diaby
Subs: Olsen, Chambers, Lenglet, Zaniolo, Duran, Kesler-Hayden, Iroegbunam, Munroe, Kellyman
Liverpool team news
Liverpool XI: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Quansah, Van Dijk, Gomez; Elliott, Endo, Mac Allister; Salah, Gakpo, Diaz
Subs: Kelleher, Konate, Szoboszlai, Nunez, Jones, Tsimikas, Gravenberch, Bajcetic, Bradley
Tom Hanks in the house
Hollywood actor Tom Hanks is backing his boys in claret and blue tonight.
A huge game for Villa and their most famous fan (sorry, Prince William) is in situ for every kick!
Rewind: Aston Villa thrash Liverpool 7-2
Ollie Watkins’ hat-trick against the then-defending champions was perhaps the most remarkable result of the Covid era.
It helped send Liverpool into a huge downward spiral that season and they went on to finish third.
Head-to-head record
Villa have not beaten Liverpool since their famous 7-2 thrashing on home soil in 2020.
Aston Villa wins: 59
Draws: 41
Liverpool wins: 102
Aston Villa hoping to recover key players
Team news due out in a little while and Aston Villa have a handful of players they’re monitoring.
“Each day is going to be very important because some players are with a small injury, having pain and there’s not a date when they will come back,” manager Unai Emery said at the end of last week.
“Like [Nicolo] Zaniolo, he’s close but until he’s feeling comfortable with his pain then he’s not available to play. Hopefully, he can progress.
“[Youri] Tielemans is close; Alex Moreno has a small injury and he needs some days, maybe he could be available.”
Villa fans to put on display for final home game
Claret and blue flags have been set up around the ground for home fans to wave ahead of kick-off tonight as Aston Villa look to put on a spectacle for their last home game of the season.
Mixed emotions for Jurgen Klopp on Villa Park bow
Jurgen Klopp has mixed feelings about Villa Park as he returns for the final time as Liverpool manager.
The ground witnessed a crucial moment in their title-winning season when Andy Robertson and Sadio Mane scored in the final three minutes to snatch a 2-1 win in November 2018 which extended their unbeaten start to that campaign and felt hugely significant.
However, the following season they returned as champions and were incredibly thumped 7-2.
Asked about his memories of Villa Park Klopp said: “You talk about that game (the 2-1 win). We had another night at Aston Villa…
“True, it was a really special game when we won 2-1. At half-time we had a little situation in the dressing room – a little argument between two players but you will not get the names from me (Robertson has previously admitted it was him and Mane) – and then we could calm it down and turned the game around, which was really special.
“That’s when you go for absolutely everything, when everything is on the edge and these kinds of things can happen as long as you settle as quick as possible.
“That was a very important one, a great feeling after the game absolutely.
“This group of players was really special. It meant so much and things can happen when you work together for a long time especially, that’s normal.”
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