Liverpool V Aston Villa: Premier League – Live

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Liverpool (4-2-3-1) Mamardashvili; Bradley, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; Gravenberch, Mac Allister; Salah, Szoboszlai, Gakpo; Ekitike.
Subs: Woodman, Pecsi, Gomez, Endo, Kerkez, Wirtz, Chiesa, Nyoni, Ngumoha.

Aston Villa (4-2-3-1) Martinez; Cash, Konsa, Pau, Digne; Onana, Kamara; McGinn, Rogers, Guessand; Watkins.
Subs: Bizot, Maatsen, Lindelof, Mings, Bogarde, Barkley, Sancho, Malen, Broggio.

Referee Stuart Attwell.

Arne Slot has said nan Liverpool level stock his views connected nan reasons for nan team’s slump and he will not wantonness an attacking style successful hunt of a measurement out. The caput coach admitted that six defeats successful 7 games was unacceptable earlier Aston Villa’s sojourn connected Saturday and denied making excuses for Liverpool’s worst home tally successful 72 years.

Slot accepted nan pressure was connected earlier his makeshift squad exited nan Carabao Cup against Crystal Palace connected Wednesday. That unit to apprehension nan slide, however, is not, he insisted, coming from Liverpool’s owner, Fenway Sports Group, FSG’s main executive of football, Michael Edwards, aliases nan sporting director, Richard Hughes, aft a summertime transportation outlay of almost £450m.

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Preamble

In a dim, distant past – 5 and a spot weeks agone – Liverpool were apical of nan Premier League, 12 points clear of 18th-placed Aston Villa. Now nan 2 clubs are level connected points, snuggled together successful mid-table.

Villa’s betterment is simply a reminder that things alteration very quickly successful football; that bad patches are almost unavoidable and you conscionable person to thrust them out. Easier said than done, particularly erstwhile you:

a) are nan reigning champions
b) are 1 of nan biggest clubs successful nan world
c) spent eye-watering wonga successful nan summertime and
d) beryllium successful a civilization that has gone wholly mad

The bully news for Arne Slot is that there’s a elemental solution: if Liverpool triumph tonight, nan bloodlustful masses will look elsewhere. At slightest until nan adjacent game.

Kick disconnected 8pm.