Aston Villa 0-1 Liverpool LIVE! Salah goal – Premier League match stream, latest score and updates today
The Boxing Day action continues on the day Premier League football resumes as Liverpool travel to face Aston Villa. After six weeks without top-flight fixtures due to the World Cup, these two sides will be looking to hit the ground running as they get the second part of the season underway.
For Liverpool it has to be a fast start, after they spent Christmas sixth in the table and 15 points off the pace set by Arsenal. Jurgen Klopp’s side were nowhere near their best in the first few months of the season, but the talk after their recent camp in Dubai is of positive steps being made. Trent Alexander-Arnold and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain both start for the visitors.
As for Villa, they won both of their Premier League matches after Unai Emery’s arrival, including on home soil against Manchester United. They’ll be hoping to pick up from where they left off, though will have to do so without Emi Martinez who is yet to return from the World Cup. Robin Olsen starts in his absence. Follow all the action with Standard Sport’s LIVE blog below!
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GOAL! Aston Villa 0-2 Liverpool | Virgil van Dijk 37′
Great run from Oxlade-Chamberlain, bundles his way through a couple of challenges and plays it wide to Nunez.
He drives into the box, cuts inside onto his right foot and the shot deflects wide before Mings boots it behind for a corner.
Alexander-Arnold whips it in, ball bobbles around and comes back to Van Dijk… WHO SMASHES IT HOME! Great finish.
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34 mins: Villa keeping faith with the high line, just about get it right this time.
Nunez is away again, looks to square it to Robertson and it’s a brilliant interception from Mings to stop the left-back having a tap-in.
All for nothing, the flag does now go up for offside.
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33 mins: Nice drop of the shoulder from Bailey as he drops into midfield, turning away from Thiago.
Looks to slide a cute pass through to Watkins, no real space for it though and Alisson can came out to claim.
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31 mins: Henderson whips the ball over the top, it’s on every time.
Salah gets there, into the box but he drags the left-footed effort wide as Mings closes him down.
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28 mins: Chaos in the Liverpool box, bodies flying everywhere after a Buendia backheel. Appeals for a penalty as Alexander-Arnold shoves Digne, waved away.
Now Konsa shanks a clearance and Nunez volleys it at goal when clean through, straight at Olsen!
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25 mins: Robertson clips the cross into the box, Nunez heads over. May well have been offside.
Klopp will be thrilled with what he’s seen from his side so far, even if they have been somewhat vulnerable at the back.
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24 mins: Salah wins a corner for his side as he drifts into the box, cross is charged down. Robertson over to take.
Van Dijk absolutely clatters into Konsa at the back post, that will be a free-kick. Good header that from the Villa man under really pressure anyway.
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22 mins: Alexander-Arnold with a one-man press, all the way up to Olsen. Liverpool are right up for this.
Nunez has been a bit clumsy so far, but he’s really worrying the Villa defence. Constantly making that run in behind.
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20 mins: Luiz too keen to close Robertson down, gives away the free-kick.
Looks a really painful one for the left-back, ankle got caught there by the midfielder. Looks like he’ll be fine for now. It will be him or Alexander-Arnold to whip it in.
Robertson it is, Matip heads home…. OFFSIDE! Liverpool thought they had a second but the flag goes up.
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17 mins: Match has settled down a bit now, and Villa are right in it.
And now they have another huge opportunity! McGinn with a wonderful ball in, Watkins free at the back post but his diving header bounces straight up for Alisson.
At the other end, Nunez gets his feet in a tangle as the ball comes in.
